Posted by RBC on February 27, 2012, at 16:21:30
In reply to Re: dexedrine dosage - what's correct/incorrect?, posted by novelagent on February 27, 2012, at 14:10:25
> isn't Vyvanse better than Spansules, since Spansules are just 12 hours tops, and Vyvanse is approx. 15 hours or so?
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> I'm on Spansules, after being on 10mg x 3/day of tablets, and find they don't seem as equivocal as the tablets-- with each 10mg dose, I found great pep, yet the effect is more muted at 30mg on Spansules each morning.
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> I can't sleep if I take them at 10 AM or after, but if I take them at 7 AM, it ends to early in the day. I want Vyvanse, because I feel Vyvanse lasts all day long when I've tried it.
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> I'm only on Spansules because the drug shortage has made tablets impossible to find, but Spansules aren't affected, per the FDA's drug shortage people.
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> However, I alerted the FDA to the fact there's a company producing 2.5mg, 5mg, 10mg, 15mg, 20, 25mg, 30mg, 7.5mg dexedrine IR tablets, coming online I believe in March (initially with just 5mg and 10mg). yup, they didn't know.
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> Anyhow, I'm on 30mg of Spanules-- 30mg of Adderall XR is equal to 70mg of Vyvanse, according to Shire. Yet this seems off-- Vyvanse's prescribing range is, I believe, 20-70mg-- yet Adderall is like 5mg-60mg, not 5mg-30mg.
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> Still, it seems accurate- 60mg seemed to be enough when I took it from a friend once, but another day, I took 90mg, and talked my ear off to a taxi driver an hour after taking it. Felt bad, the taxi driver really didn't like me talking so much, and I felt forcred speech- like I couldn't stop. I read somewhere on here that someone's taking 2 70mg Vyvanse/day. That's a prescription for schizophrenia down the line.
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> any advice on vyvanse dosing?
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> > I really think it varies from person to person. I really am not concerned what the FDA says. I have been on Dexedrine for over 4 years now. I take 3 15mg spansulas and 2 5mg ir tabs a day. Some days I will take less, like 2 15mg, I dont really seem to take the 2 5mg everyday. But usually I do. I also am prescribed Xanax as well. I do know people that take over 100mg a day as well. it really just depends, I think it also depends on your day as well at least it does for me.
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>I have also been on Vyvance. I first was given the 50mg and then the 70mg. Dont get me wrong Vyvance wasnt bad but it gave me horrible cotton mouth and also bothered my stomach. I would suggest IMO Take the 2 15mg Spansulas in the morning say 7am then in the afternoon take a 5mg IR tab or maybe 2. The 10mg IR dex tabs are not as good as the 5mg tabs, they wont last as long and keep you up all night. I take 3 15mg spansulas of Dex in the morning then sometimes I take my 2 5mg Ir Tabs but not always. If you really want to go with vyvance for you I would try it at 1 70mg in the morning. I just feel Dex is a lot better and cleaner..Hope this helps..I also dont have problems sleeping, however I do have tolerance and I also take Xanax everyday. Vyvance actually seemed to linger longer for me. I found myself Taking more Xanax just to sleep, I also could not handle the side effects. Insane Cotton mouth all day and stomach cramps were very bad. I was on vyvance for a few months. Adderall for me I dont like at all, its not even close to being as clean as Dex or Vyvance. IMO Dex is the best! If you have any other thoughts or questions feel free to post. Do you take any other meds? Also the range of vyvance is 25 50 and 70mg I was taking a 50mg and a 70mg towards the end. i didnt even want to try vyvance but pdocs seem to want you to try it before Dex so I felt I had no choice. I have tried almost all ADHD meds and the best for me is DEX however it seems to be a bit harder to get from docs.
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