Struggling with ADHD Med Crashes at Work

I’m also on Vyvanse. 30mg a day for the past 2 years. My meds aren’t working at all anymore and I’m so frustrated. The only thing that the psych tech was willing to do was increase my sleeping pills…. My symptoms are not manageable anymore.

Side note- if you're also on a antipsychotic, it is best to take the Vyvanse before the anti-p and put some distance in between them but they both work on similar parts of the brain so for some people they can cancel each other out and cause some extra side effects when they mix. I didn't know this until I stumbled upon some research about it. I now take my Vyvanse around 4 hrs before my Risperdal (anti-p) and the Vyvanse is more prominent and active and I feel the effects stronger and when I add the Risperdal it's like taking me down a peg or 2.

When I first started my ADHD meds I would experience the same crashes. While I am on a different medication, I told my doctor about it and she recommended 2 things. 1) was she could give me a 10 milligram dose to take when I start crashing to get me though the rest of my day. 2) to up my morning dose so I lasts all day. Personally I tried both

I'm experiencing this as well and it's an awful feeling. I just got diagnosed late as well along with Autism and my medicine (Focalin) causes me to act jittery, talkative, and basically super hyper for a few hours, and once it wears off I feel completely burnt out and tired. I heard it works very well for ADHD and all medicine works differently for others, but so far it causes me to go from overly happy and hyper to acting tired and sad. I don't know much about the medication you're on, but I do understand what you're describing and feeling and it's very similar to my symptoms as well. I asked on here a little while ago something similar to what you asked as well and was told it's pretty common for ADHD medications to do that, but it's still not fun of course. I have to take anxiety medication 30 mins to an hour after taking my ADHD medicine to help calm the symptoms down, but other than that, I'm still trying to figure it out like you are. So although I don't have the best advice since I'm also struggling with this, that's what I'm doing currently. It doesn't cure the symptoms really but it makes it semi-bearable, and I'm planning to talk to my doctor about it again soon, and I'd recommend you do the same. I hope it gets easier for you soon!