Six months on Elvanse! An update..
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- čas přidán 2. 06. 2024
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Intro and new email - 00:00 - 01:07
What Elvanse helps me with - 01:29
What’s changed since starting Elvanse - 03:35
What I don’t like about Elvanse - 05:04
Contact email: OllieEdQuestions@gmail.com
Just started on 30mg of Elvanse today after nearly 3 years with the NHS. This video makes me feel so positive about it all. I know everyone’s experience is different, but everything you said makes total sense and it’s what I want for myself. I keep turning down promotions at work because I feel like I wouldn’t be able to cope with the additional work and it’s massively holding me back, but even one day on this and I could already feel some effects and had a slightly more productive day than most! Hopefully it works as well for me as it did for you. Thanks for making these videos too, it’s made me feel less anxious and more positive!
Please keep me updated on how you get on with treatment over the coming weeks Becky, I’ve got my fingers crossed for you! Remember, if something isn’t right, ask for it to be changed - it’s a period of adjustment and eventually you’ll find the treatment that works wonders for you! 👍
thx for your video. i started elvanse today and i am impressed by the „peace“ in my mind and the focus i have with it.
I'm on a similar journey. God bless you brother. I'm so happy for you 😊
Love the videos! Been watching for a while, your helping me thru. Keep up the work.
Thanks Zak, so glad they’re helping! Your kind comments are the reason I make them 😁
Alright pal just a quick message to say thanks for doing these videos there very informative and are a massive help to people like myself. I got diagnosed with combined ADHD at 31 I started on Concerta XL was on 27mg for 3 weeks it didn't agree with me had similar issues to you with agitation ect.
After watching your videos I decided to speak with my l psychiatrist about changing to Elvanse.. I start tomorrow on 30mg really hoping I have a better experience and it helps 🤞👍
Hey Ollie - thanks for this video. I am due to just start Elvanse shortly and I’m really looking forward to it.
Good luck 🤞
I really appreciate you talking about being able to plan for the future now and set goals. I hope this helps me.
I hope so too!
That’s exactly how I feel about Concerta it doesn’t necessarily help me initiate the task about if I can build up the will power to do so it will help me complete the task
Glad it’s not just me 👍
Cheers. My struggle is establishing a morning routine and taking them on time.
Man... You just summarized my exact experience. I wish I could high five you.
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These videos are great. Thanks for continuing with them. My session with the psychiatrist is today. I am really hoping for a positive diagnosis as it'll help me manage my mind. Wish me luck!
Awesome! Good luck Jake - keep me posted 👍
@@ollieedward643 three hours I was in there. Diagnosis is ADHD with traits of autism. It all makes perfect sense and I'm really happy that I can now move forward. Waiting for the medication report. She told me and I've forgotten already!
@@jake1368 sounds about right for the medication 😅 good luck my friend!
Just about to start this so found this super useful 🙂
The sleep part is so genuine. Before medication, I used to take the same amount of sleep, between 6 and 8 hours. However, if I slept for less than 8 hours, I feel so tired. I don't have a problem falling asleep, I more like waking up earlier than expected full of energy, then it's running out so quickly.
i got diagnosed with ADD not long ago and i'm starting elvanse tomorrow. these videos have helped me a lot, they've answered most of my questions and they've really helped to ease my nerves so i just want to say thank you :)
how has it been on elvanse? I'm starting meds soon and I want to try either Vyvanse/Elvanse or Concerta first.
@@MochaRose990 hey, hope you’re doing well. elvanse has been awesome, truly. i find that it really helps not only with my focus but also with my procrastination and motivation. it gives me a little bit of an extra push and i get into my tasks without thinking too much about it (and i end up finishing them too!). it makes me feel a lot more present and aware, it’s like my brain can process information without as much effort as before, which makes me less anxious as well. i will say i have noticed some side effects: my appetite has decreased a bit but it’s not really concerning, i’ll just force myself to finish a meal even if i don’t feel like it. (be careful so you don’t forget to eat, it has happened to me throughout these weeks, sometimes i’m doing something for hours and totally forget about eating); also, if you take your meds later on the day you might have some trouble falling asleep. you should to take them in the morning ideally.
i wish you the best of luck and i hope meds work for you the way they’ve worked for me! keep us updated 🤗
@@manueltomas2847 thanks a lot for the anecdote! this sounds like exactly what I need. I struggle a lot with starting task, studying for school and receiving mediocre grades despite the fact that I could get much better grades, I don’t always enjoy talking because my mind is somewhere else or listening requires me to focus a lot and try to think of a response. I’m really hoping I have just as great of an experience on it. I will keep you updated.
have you had to increase your dose since starting?
@@MochaRose990 sounds all to familiar to me 😫 no, i actually haven’t. it’s only been 3 weeks and i’m feeling pretty good for the time being but i can definitely say that the first two or three doses felt a lot stronger than they do now, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. i never felt too agitated or anxious in the beginning but it definitely felt like i had a BIG cup of coffee, except it lasted much longer and i didn’t experience the restlessness and energy crashes i sometimes have with caffeine (plus caffeine sometimes makes me more distracted, this didn’t happen with the meds - i’m just using caffeine as an example because i think it might be easier for you to understand what it feels like when you start). after a while i noticed the come up felt more natural and subtle but i could still definitely tell a difference. my doctor told me i could opt for not taking elvanse on the weekends if i had no intention of doing work and i’ve done that a couple of times. (check with your doctor before doing this, i just followed what mine suggested) i didn’t feel any sort of withdrawal or unpleasant feeling, it really just felt like my mind pre-meds (very distracted and ruled be constant procrastination) and i don’t mind that, sometimes i don’t need to be fully active and it’s cool to just relax. for the time being i don’t feel like i need to increase the dose but i’m not opposed to it! let’s see how i feel a couple months from now
@@manueltomas2847 you're awesome for the replies! thanks a lot. also, out of curiosity, have you ever tried adderall? I have 3 times in my life (once 3 years ago to help study and it didn't help at all), and twice within the last few months. i took 40mg in one day and honestly didn't feel any different but i concluded that maybe it was because i was out running errands and not doing something that really required focus. so, 2 days later i tried 20mg and it did help me start getting things i was procrastinating doing, done like laundry and cleaning. butttt it didn't help me with studying and i still felt like me but when i went to sleep, i was extremely anxious and felt uncomfortable..
so i asked you this because i know adderall and vyvanse/elvanse are both ampethamines and i want to know if they had similar effects for you. if it does, i'm thinking maybe i should try methylphenidate drug class first.
Coming up to about two months on Elvanse after switching from Concerta XL. I see what you mean about it helping with procrastination. Concerta stopped me fidgeting and impulse buying+ but didn't really help me get moving. Swings and roundabouts. Both useful.
Thanks for your videos Ollie - they've been really informative, you come across really well, genuine, down to earth and honest.
I got diagnosed yesterday - ADD / ADHD - my therapist has recommended Elvanse - Ive got no worries about taking it, a few minor side affects compared with the immense effort I have to constantly put into to performing at work seems like an acceptable trade off to me, I guess time will tell.
Congrats on your diagnosis, and good luck with the Elvanse!
Thank you Andrew, that’s really kind!
I wish you all the best with starting elvanse! Please feel free to message/email me if you have any questions about my experience or just need someone to vent to 👍
Just started on 30 mg of Elvanse two days before and I'm really glad about your videos and all the input! Thanks a lot for that!
Now I know that my current euphoria will not last and that this is totally okay and just normal. Additionally, I really didn't know that I should drink less or avoid coffee, so I'm glad about that information as well! Today I already was very jittery, but extremely productive and I wasn't sure whether the nervousness would for the whole medication period or whether it is caused by the medication.
I tried Methylphenidate and my mentality was altered. So I almost thought that I don't have ADHD. Elvanse already has great effects on my productivity, energy and motivation. But I also suffer from side effects. Especially in the first hour I have headache, feel a little bit dizzy and queasy. The nausea kind of comes back on several times during the day and sometimes I'm not sure whether I'm hungry or queasy. My appetite is less but that doesn't bother me because I gained weight because of an antidepressant. What can you say about the side effects? My psychiatrist told me that they will lessen the more my body and mind gets used to the medication. Do you have similar experiences? And do I have to expect similar effects when increasing the dosage?
Looking forward to your response! :)
give it a week, you will get that used to 30mg you wont feel the effects, you'll be begging your doctor for a higher dosage. im on 60mg and cant wait to be put up to 70mg
Hey! Thanks for your comment. Personally.. I didn’t really find the side effects ‘wearing off’ as my body got used to the medication. Instead I just spent more time in the titration phase and dialled my dose in. One thing I know is that if I don’t drink a bunch of water early in the day, I’m likely to suffer the same side effects, but that obviously won’t solve all your issues! It’s worth speaking to whoever is overseeing your treatment and see what they recommend - perhaps a different dose or even medication is needed? Please let me know how you get on! Ollie.
It's so useful to see how others are getting on with Elvanse. I am on the third day @20mg, and apart from feeling sleepy have not noticed any difference....I don't think! House still needs organising and my tropical garden is going South if I don't get out there soon! I'm going to ask the Doc if I can go to at least 40mg for next week, I need to get back on my feet again. Anyway thanks for the informative video, hope everything is still good with you.
I started today with 30mg and don't notice anything either 🙁
Hi Ollie. Thanks for posting these. I started on Concerta a week ago and its been really helping. Work in particular has gone brilliantly and I can already feel the urge to make pretty drastic changes. Keep telling myself to hold off on any big decisions for now and wait until I'm settled. Does it really stay like this? Is life really this easy?!
That’s great! Really pleased for you, Tom. I think that’s wise, wait until you’re completely settled and think whatever it is through fully - it’s easy to get caught up in the ‘honeymoon’ phase of meds. To a certain degree that feeling has stayed with me, but to a lesser extent, so hopefully you experience the same
Hi, don’t make big moves that you cannot assume when your meds tolerance kicks in. Many people loose the effects after a couple of months/ years. Take as little as you can, jusr enough to stay focused. Take meds holidays the more you can, every week. It may help push the tolerance further in time.
Thank you Ollie. I start on Elvanse on Thursday.
Oh quick question. I don't drink anyway but do you and what is your experience with it?
Great news Richard!
@@richardevans9658 I do drink occasionally - the biggest difference I’ve found is that the alcohol affects you sooner and is more potent. Definitely something to be wary of!
@@ollieedward643 Thank you Ollie. I don't drink very much at all due to self-medicating undiagnosed. I'm a light weight because of it. I'll be very wary.
@@ollieedward643 where bouts you from?
I love you man!
Thanks for this. It's my first week on Elvanse at just 20mg and I can really feel the benefits. Are you settled on 40mg now? Do you take a break from it on a regular basis? How often? Do you feel this reduces the tolerance the body develops? Thanks for the video
Hey Jan 👋
Glad to hear you’ve started your journey on Elvanse - I hope it works for you!
I am settled on 40mg for the foreseeable future - it works for me and there are only a few downsides. I usually try to take a break from Elvanse once a month (or so) which definitely helps to reset my tolerance. I haven’t done so in a couple of months now though because I haven’t felt the need - but as soon as I feel it’s necessary I won’t hesitate to take a weekend off!
Thanks for reaching out 🤙
@@ollieedward643 Hi, thaks for getting back to me, really encouraged by what you say. Thank you so much for creating the videos
I’ve tried so many stimulants. I couldn’t get on with elvanse. I’m now trying dex to see if that works. Do you take an antidepressant too? I wondered which one worked for you
Hey man.
I don’t take any antidepressants, no. I used to take citalopram/celexa but I’ve been off it now for ~2 months.
Let me know how you get on with dex - it’s not something I have any experience with unfortunately!
Thanks for the videos really helpful, I’m at the diagnosis phase.. My doctor at the beginning thought I might need antidepressants until i found out and shared more details with him that I feel the reason of me feeling down with zero energy to continue my day is because all of the procrastination I have in my life for the million ideas and tasks I have open in my head which I wish I could organize them to start and then complete them.. all this procrastination, distraction and fatigue make me feel bad about myself thus down and depressed... have you felt the same before your adhd diagnosis?
Absolutely.. I’ve made several videos on this exact topic - one that might be really useful is: czcams.com/video/flAevsq53Bg/video.html
Check it out and see if you can relate!
@@ollieedward643 Thank you man! I hope I’m on the right path.. God bless!
@@Sayfnyona all the best Yousef 🙏
Taking caffeine with Elvanse really _is_ a bad idea, not to mention the heart-rate increase, but it's especially important to abstain from it during titration, where one needs to be very keenly aware of any and all effects Elvanse is having. Caffeine will only serve to obfuscate and/or compromise this critical phase.
If you have sleep trouble, you may have sleep apnea. Sleep apnea symptoms can be similar to ADHD or accompany your ADHD diagnosis. Males with a neck circumference over 17” and females with a neck circumference over 16” are at risk. My ex bf said I snore really loud when I sleep. Got a home sleep study and they confirmed I have Obstructive Sleep Apnea. I finally got a CPAP after my dentist’s oral appliance failed to rectify the apnea and the machine works really well for me. I still take Adderall and Wellbutrin for the ADHD, but getting good sleep helps with health in so many other key ways, from reducing BP to improving mood.
Hey man!
I have had several sleep studies (including a comprehensive overnight/daytime one at Papworth) which have not shown sleep apnea.
It was something I thought I suffered with for years, but apparently it’s not the case!
@@ollieedward643 Nice that you took the sleep tests, good for you mate, hope things are great for you
thanks for the update! How come you upload your videos like this instead of a regular horizontal format?
I think it’s just because of the video editor I use - it’s only a cheap one for IPhone so maybe it’s worth me investing a bit more money into!
@@ollieedward643 the standard iMovie for iphone is pretty good!
@@JordanJSparks awesome, I’ll give it a go! Thanks Jordan
Hi! Any crashes in mood during first week of taking it?
How about an update? This channel has helped a lot of people. 💪💪
Planning on making an update video soon!
@@ollieedward643 Looking forward to that. I'm sure I speak for a lot of people when I say I hope you're doing well. As I said, this channel has been a great help. Thank you. 🙂
What i found to be working well for me with fatigue is adding vitamins and minerals with my vyvanse... zinc, magnesium, vitamin D and "greens powder". Overall perfect so far
Thats awesome, thanks for sharing!
Great idea! Which dosages do you take? What do you recommend?
Hi Ollie, how are you getting on now? I am on Elvanse, my concern is over time I may need to keep increasing doses and this may no longer be an effective drug anymore.
Thanks for your videos.
Hi mate. I am well, thank you. I havnt found this to be the case myself, I have been stable on my 40mg dose for over a year now. Occasionally I take a short break from the meds - 1 or 2 days - and that seems to have worked for me. Thanks for the question!
@@ollieedward643 That's really helpful thanks for your response. when you take breaks, is that over the weekend for example? or less regularly like a few days a month? That day can you drink a real cup of coffee and enjoy it? I'm currently avoiding caffeine.
one other question as I have your attention, my 30mg dose is working wonders in the morning but wears off around lunch, did you find the higher dose last longer into the day?
Thanks again. Love the videos, they have been super helpful.
I'm 36 and am on 30mg vyvanse since 2 weeks... love it so far.✌️
Good stuff!
Do u have more confidence with it?
I cannot sleep on this stuff 😭
Thanks
What dose are you on at the moment? 30mg wasn’t strong enough for me but I think 50mg is too much and was thinking about asking for 40mg like you did. It is effective and I am more efficient but after 4 hours I become so irritable and get awful eye pain/headaches, I am a bit behind on sleep but feel like surely this isn’t right?
Hi Rubie. I’m on 40mg as I had the exact same experience as you did with 30 and 50mg. What time do you take your medication? And how much water do you drink throughout the day? I’ve found I get much more dehydrated taking this medication
@@ollieedward643 I’ve been taking it at 10am as I don’t want to risk side effects on less sleep. I drink a lot of water and don’t get headaches now but after 8 days it’s still a bit too intense at its peak and I get anxiety if I don’t eat immediately after. Thankyou for the videos/advice, i’m going to message my psychiatrist as I think 40mg might be better in the long run.
@@rubiefarrell-collins6240 that sounds sensible, get a professional opinion and work out what’s next for you. Hope all goes well for you!
Awesome, I start on it tomorrow. Took 33 years to get diagnosed...
Good luck! Wow, that’s a seriously long time to have to deal with untreated ADHD symptoms 😫
day 6 on elvanse. i ve had heavy headaches since day 1, feel a little bit depressed and in a bad mood, i am very very tired, thirsty and not more focused than before. is this normal?
Awesome video thanks
👍👍
I’m scared to keep taking it due to the faster aging cons when it comes to being on stimulants. :/
Do you workout on vyvanse?
What is the diagnosis of ADHD?
Did you get headaches? I’m on week 2 and have had a never ending headache
Break it in half and take it two hours from each other
I would Recommend to go talk with your psychiatrist and maybe discuss lowering the dose and drink plenty of water at least 2litres a day
Yeah man I’m only on my first week and having to cut out caffeine has just been hectic.. my body is missing the boost that my usual caffeine intake gives me.. any tips anyone? I take 30mg Vyvanse and waited 5 hours to have 40g caffeine today and my heart went nuts
Slowly reduce caffeine, it will feel more smooth than cold turkey, or just cold turkey and patience for auto-regulation of caffeine withdrawal
Nose rings adhd and elvanse you could be me bro
Hey. I've been taking elvanse for months now. When I initally took 20mg it was making me really jittery and nervous. I didn't like it, but then started working and noticed how much it improved my overall performance. So, then my doctor said I should go to 30mg. And I was working alot, I ended up doing 6 night shifts a week 10 hours long. And then prescribed 40mg, eventually i figured out I was getting really snappy and irritable at minor things. And would become almost fearless but angry too.
It made me quit cold turkey and then I litteral took like 10mg and I got some feeling. But felt calm. Now I've started taking 20mg as the focus is there. But I am still getting angry, I wondering if stimulants are incompatible for me or if there is an alternative that will stop me from being so impulsive and angry.
I have no filter as it is, but on meds I say what I think out loud and I've hurt a few freindships and been called out for overreacting. It's starting to get me down, as I've noticed the difference. I'm more normal off meds but can't focus on a damn thing for long, or I'm focused but eratic and prone to outbursts.
Have you consulted your doctor with regards to going back up to 20mg?
How about weight loss any progress?
I can't say the medication has had any impact on my weight long term. Good question though!
Today i started with 50 mg (30mg before) elvanse and i'm so tired. With 30mg i felt like my concentration was even worse. And now my sweating got 10x worse lol. Took ritalin before and had really bad side effects but had bit of concentration at least
Have you spoken to your doctor about potentially trying non-stimulant medications? They may work better for you?
@@ollieedward643 i haven't yet. I have pretty severe symptoms. Before being diagnosed i already sensed it and ordered from london non stimulants that have all the natural vitamins u need in order to concentrate including matcha for energy but it didn't help but caused lots of scne, then my mom got some aloe vera drink for me also kinda expensive and that too, didn't help. Anything non stimulant related doesn't help but thank u
@@t_rm2119 Strattera is the non-stim medication, and it’s likely to be much more effective than over the counter vitamins - plus it’s specifically designed to treat ADHD in people who don’t respond to stimulant medications such as Lisdexamphetamine. It’s worth looking into.
@@ollieedward643 thank youuuu!!!
nice vid i've now been prescribed 50mg - 30mg did nothing for me really. we shall see....
Best of luck!