I guess I prolly should have asked my doc first, but I am mixing adderall and vyvance now. I wanted to try and switch to vyvance and see how it substittued for adderall, but I barely notice anything. I have a high tolerance for these meds it seems- adderall xr 20mgs only seems to last in my system for like 1-2 hours and I barely notice it if I take 20mg, so I would usually take 40mg. For a few days now I have taken one or two adderalls a few hours after taking 70 mg vyvance. Today I took one of each pill together and had a reasonable effect. Then I took 40mg more of adderall like 6 hours later and now I feel really wierd, and anxious, somewhat paranoid. Im thinking I prolly should be more careful with these drugs. Anyone have any input?

Hi Dragsum,
You guess correctly about asking your doc 1st! Since you didn't, I'm wondering how you are able to get your hands on vyvanse? Personally, I think for you to be playing doctor with your meds is playing with fire. What you don't know can have serious repercussions, that's why our docs have MD after their name.
In my ignorant brain, I'm betting that you are in an overdose mode. Adderall XR at 40mgs is top of the line for that med. And Vyvanse, which is also a stimulant like Adderall, has its maximum dosage at 70 mgs.
I highly recommend you stop one of these right away. Personally I would stop the Vyvance. I suspect that your blood pressure may be up right now also. You might have yourself in a serious situation right now.
I actually think you may want to give your hospital a call, or whoever your insurance provider has on call. Most health insurance companies have an RN or some knowledgable person on hand, just so you can ask if you are at physical serious risk right now, as you just may well be.

I take AdderallXR at 40 mgs daily as well. I also take 10 mgs of Adderall fast acting 1st thing in the am just to hopefully wake me up enough to take the rest of my meds. AND, I even take a middle range dose of Strattera, to help with the ADHD. But Strattera is not a stimulant, so I am not at risk. AdderallXR is not long lasting, it is true, but complimenting it with a 2nd stimulant is not good either. I can pretty much tell you exactly the time of day that the Adderall leaves my system. But at the time of day that it does, if I was to take another dose, I'd be up later than til 3 am like I am now. I heard a rumor that the wizards are working on a "patch" for Adderall that is supposedly going to solve that wear off problem. But until they do, call someone now!

Good luck,
A.T.

PS: I see we are both Schweitzer fans

Thank you for your reply Always Trying

Well, it seems as though I survived my little ordeal. I have a very high tolerance for drugs in my system- I think that is because I use to be an abuser back in the day. My little ordeal today was seriously rough though, I had very intense anxiety omg, so I won't be doing that again. But seriously, I barely notice any of these stimulants working in me anymore. I can take 80mg of adderall XR in a day and not even come close to the effect that 20mg used to have on me.

I'm not sure what to do. I even took 2x 70mg vyvanse in a day once just to see the effects (doses spaced 5 hours apart), and after I did that it began to feel as if I took 40mg of adderall Xr. I read somewhere that 70mg vyvanse= about 30mg adderall, but I can't be sure. But I'm seeing my doc this tues to talk to him about this stuff.

But anyone reading this, don't do what I did and mix these drugs. It made me feel very weird, its like I wasn't controlling myself, as if I was completely spaced out, yet I was still there, and REALLY bad anxiety.

Hi Dragsum,

I'm so relieved to hear from you. You do know that there are many choices these days for the ADHD med's. Clearly it isn't working for you. But that's the MD's job. I'm glad that you have an appt made.
Best of luck to you<
AT

Vyanase is suppose to be comming out in higher doeses it may even be out alreadly like you some days it doesn't help much.