Posted by novelagent on February 27, 2012, at 14:10:25
In reply to Re: dexedrine dosage - what's correct/incorrect? » med_empowered, posted by RBC on February 27, 2012, at 12:26:04
isn't Vyvanse better than Spansules, since Spansules are just 12 hours tops, and Vyvanse is approx. 15 hours or so?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
any advice on vyvanse dosing?
> 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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