Before I explain, I just wanted to let you know that there is a patch that you can wear now. It can work up to 12 hours depending on how long you wear it. It is like a long acting Concerta. It is called Daytrana. It sends out a slow steady even amount of medicine all day. You might want to ask your doctor about that. The Vyvanse which I am on now is good. I have no side effects with it. No ups and downs. But, it is very closely related to Dexedrine. I used to be on it until I found the vyvanse. The doctor let me try it because it was so closely related to dexedrine that I wouldn't have any significant effects or unexpected effects. I did have side effects with dexedrine, but not with vyvanse.I hope that this helped you. Remember that the Daytrana is more closely related to concerta or ritalin.

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Just thought I would throw in my two cents... we just moved my 7 year old from concerta to vyvanse and living to regret it. The whole reason we made the move is that we were trying to see if we could discontinue a booster dose (with Concerta, we needed to do a booster at 4-5p).

I just think that my son doesn't tolerate Vyvanse as well as Concerta. Of course, it may be totally different for you. Just know that you need to watch Vyvanse for a good month before making a judgement call.

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my daughter was on vyvanse for one month and it was awesome, she was doing wonderful, (we got this med with a promotion from company). our insurance wont cover it, so we had to go to concerta, now she is angry , and moody, cries all the time,,, i dont know what to do . Is there another drug that is the as vyvanse?

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I have a 17-year-old daughter, recently dx with ADD and she has done very well on the one dose of Concerta taken in the a.m. up until about 4 weeks after starting treatment, when she began to complain of again not being able to concentrate. She was told to increase her dose to 2 pills in the a.m. every day and for 3 days seemed to be doing well, reported increased concentration and understanding of things going on in school, and a feeling of accomplishment. On the 4th day she said she was having feelings of paranoia and not being able to concentrate. On the last day of the week, we opted not to have her take any pills, and this seemed to correct the problem. The problem with these medications is they have to be tweaked so often and many times after this change in dosing everything will seem to be ok and then they have to be tweaked again. Overall, tho, I think the Concerta taken in the correct dosage does work well.

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My son, who is 16, was on Concerta until about 6 months ago. He wasn't doing as well as he used to on the Concerta and the doctor told us that Concerta doesn't always work as well for adolescents and adults, so he switched him to Vyvanse. He is doing fine on that. My husband is on Adderall and my adult daughter is on Vyvanse.

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I am a 42 yr. old female who has tried every ADD medication! Some seem to work for a little while but then stop working. I am always tired - have no energy, can't concentrate, have a bad short term memory, feel agitated a lot - not to mention very disorganized! I haven't tried Vyvanese yet, does any adults have positive results with this med?

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