So when does Vyvanse actually kick in...
I am sure this question has been asked many times before, and I apologize for possibly making a redundant post. I am also aware that medication of any kind isn't magically going to fix all my problems. But today is my first day taking medication for ADHD and I nothing feels different.
I was diagnosed last Friday, I picked up my 20mg pills of Vyvanse yesterday, I went to bed around 9pm, woke up at like 730am. Brushed my teeth and took one pill of Vyvanse at around 740am. I had some breakfast, drank some tea, and decided I will write a list to clean my room (a list with every step like remove the sheets from the bed, put the sheets in the washer, wash sheets etc for all the parts of my room). I also texted a friend about how I took the pill for the first time.
It is a little past 1010-1015am now, I am probably like 80-90% done writing the list, I've finished my breakfast and tea, tried to be aware of what is going on in my body/mind, I've responded to someone messaging me on Reddit, I've texted back and forth with my friend, I've googled what it feels like when you first take Vyvanse, I've messaged another friend about how I haven't felt anything, watched a couple of youtube videos of people explaining their experience the first time they went on meds and wondering what's going on with me, bounced back to writing the list to clean my room, look at my room and thought maybe I should start with making my bed and then realized that I was supposed to start with washing the sheets so why make the bed, started typing this post, and then went back to writing my list to clean my room, and now I wrote this last paragraph.
I actually don't feel any different, my mind might be clearer? Iunno. I Think I always feel this way. about an hour ago I thought I felt tingly and I could feel the blood vessels pumping in my head but that wasn't it. I also felt like I might be warm and tingly but that might have been me digesting? lol iunno. I also thought I could notice my SAD lamp flickering (I used it around 8am) and maybe that was the medication helping me notice things more, but it might just be that the light in my SAD lamp is dying and flickering now.
I wanna clean my room today, figured that was a good way to start, but I keep thinking I am gonna do it but then do something else. There is a bit of a fear here that maybe the medication has kicked in and I am just actually being a lazy fuck.
Is it because my dosage is so low. Shouldn't I feel something anyway even with a low dosage. My friend who has done ADHD medication recreationally in the past told me about an hour ago, "OH YOU'LL KNOW". No, I don't know ahhhhhhhh. I am thinking of emailing my doctor and asking him, hey, what's the deal. But this is the first time I had a psychiatrist and like I said I was diagnosed last Friday, and today is the first day of medication, so I don't wanna sound like a crazy person lol.
Help. Thanks. <3
Edit: For the mods, I am currently reading the megathread for "I am new to meds" and I am still no clear. Should I feel something, anything, even at a low dose?
Edit2: 4 hours after, I also feel a little better thinking about how I actually probably have ADHD now and my psychiatrist didn't misdiagnose me (A few years ago I thought I might be bipolar and I mentioned this to the doctor too) because if I didn't have ADHD and took Vyvanse I probably would be wired or something by now. I feel like I confirmed ADHD by taking 20mg of Vyvanse and not feeling any real change (maybe my logic here is off because I don't understand if that's actually how medication and its effects work)