Tic from med

[Brandye]

Just wondering if this is just happening with us or if others have experienced this. My son who is 9 yrs old is doing this weird jaw thing. It looks like he is popping his ear or jaw. He did this for the first time when he started taking Adderall and is still doing it on the Vyvanse. He has never done this on any other meds. Are these two meds similar in effect? Werid how only these two have caused it and no other. He has been on almost every med. I am about to give up on meds all together for him. He has terrible rebound, doesn't eat, doesn't sleep, has irritabilty, and acts crazy on ALL meds. Now the jaw thing.

[Tylerlee17]

They're very similiar. Vyvanse is longer acting and produces less physical (periphrial -god I can't spell-) stimulation.

[KittenPoker]

My 7 yr-old son did the same thing the first few days on Vyvanse. I got him a huge package of Extra bubblegum in case he continued. It went away within a few days. He even said, "Mommy, it's like I can't stop moving my mouth."

Give it a bit of time. It's disconcerting but if the meds are working otherwise it's minor.

[Brandye]

Yea, it did stop but then started back up again. Some kids at school are starting to notice and saying things to him. You know how kids can be.

[netsavy006]

Yea. I would report this side effect to the doctor as the medication could be causing this. I know how bad tics can be as there were several meds that gave me tics:

Ativan, Ritalin, Strattera, Metadate CD, Focalin XR, Risperdal, Invega.

Best of Luck...

[Tylerlee17]

Everyone's different but here's what I've noticed for me: On Vyvanse I feel more steady and streamlined but when I look down at my hands, I am physically shaking (not incredibly bad otherwise i'd ditch it). On Adderall I feel extremely jittery as the popular claim goes, but when I hold my hand out I am shaking but MUCH less than when on Vyvanse.

Vyvanse gives me a Get up, go, and dont stop feeling (although it's one I can control not trying to sound as if Im full of wreckless energy); On adderall it's like a sedating affect (when I say sedation I don't mean fall asleep, if anything im insomniatic on adderall moreso than vyvanse) - In other words Adderall calms me down, makes me less inclined to talk unless spoken too; Vyvanse makes me more social and gitty so to speak.

Both work well with each having slight drawbacks while the other benefits. Honestly, I'm torn by simply taking one or the other because I like them both but I'll go where my nose leads me. Hope any of that helps.

Oh and one of the things I find about adderall XR is if you have too many notable side effects still after being on the same dose for a few weeks if you eat alot of food the side effects, like the jittery feeling, will decrease quite a bit atleast for a few hours (like say when you're in class). Not with Vyvanse though :/ - that could just be me though.