Brief history, 43 yr old woman, diagnosed last spring when my 8 yr old son was diagnosed. I was initially prescribed Focalin xr, burned through it in no time (could only get about 5 hours out of it, then practically went narcoleptic). Then tried Concerta, loved it to begin with, truly does last longer, and then started experiencing a lot of anxiety on it. Now I'm on Vyvanse 50mg. I've been on it about a week, really like the focus I get off of it, feels natural, unlike the others that I have tried. The only problem I have is pretty severe headaches late in the day and evening.... has anyone else had this and does it subside with time? I had headaches with Concerta for the first couple of days and then it stopped.

Would appreciate any imput. I would like to try my son on Vyvanse, but I'm a little hesitant until these headaches subside. He's on Concerta 36mg has done very well but in the past couple of weeks he's losing focus by afternoon at school. It really is a balancing act, isn't it??? What works for some, doesn't work for others, it's all a little maddening! :eyebrow:

The headaches may subside a little bit as you adjust to the medication.

I was getting headaches on the Vyvance too. Honestly though I've only taken it 4 times since I got it. I upped it to 90mgs on Thursday and didn't take my meds on Friday or the weekend. I took it for the 2nd time this morning so we'll see how the headache goes. I attributed the headaches in the afternoon to not having eaten anything all day! Vyvance makes me not want to eat. Today I ate breakfast before I took the meds so we'll see if that helps. I did notice that once I ate something on Thursday, the headache went away.

I got a slight headache my first day at 30mg, then fine the rest of the week, and again my first day at 60mg, then fine the rest of the week.

Give it a week and see if you are still getting headaches at a particular dose.

HYDRATE! Make sure you're drinking TONS of water, especially if you feel any drymouth. Headache could be partly due to the being dehydrated from the Vyvanse. Also, make sure you're eating.

I realized my headaches and stomachaches were due to my lack of eating and drinking, mostly... If I ate and drank regularly, I felt much better.

Thanks for the imput, I definitely have to remember to eat and drink, so that may have been part of it!

Update: I haven't had a headache in 2 days now, yeah!!!! They've gotten better with each day and last night was the first night, since starting Vyvanse, that I've actually gone to bed and slept really well, before that, I was sleeping really lightly, any little noise would make me jump.... I talked to my Doctor today and she said that the Vyvanse rep told her that patients should give the medicine 2 weeks to fully adjust to it...... I've almost made it and I would say that it definitely an improvement over the Concerta and Focalin Xr that I have tried..... hope it stays this way!