"i have a love/hate relationship with this medication. i was diagnosed with add in my late thirties. 

vyvanse helps me a lot...when i can feel its effects. i take 50 mg a day. for three hours, i feel wonderful and very productive. the drug make feel very calm, hence very focused. i feel at peace and i stop questioning every single thing i do. it&#039;s like my usually racing thoughts (cognitive hyperactivity) stop for a moment and let me focus on the task at hand. 

but, when the drug wears off, after only three or four hours, i feel horrible! my throat gets tight, a disabling anxiety kicks in, i feel depressed, my thoughts start racing again and honestly, i feel like i could kill myself. so i go from feeling wonderful to being suicidal..."