Anyone here takes prescribed ADD medication? Specifically Vyvanse?

I take this. I had similar effects when I started, luckily this was when I was first getting in to lifting so it wasn't that bad. My recommendation would be to lighten the load for a bit, let your body adjust to the medicine for a week at least. You'll probably get the same shit, just not as intense. After the week or two try increasing the weight again and see how you feel. If it doesn't improve at all talk to your doctor

Your doctor should have instructed you to not work out while under the influence of it, because of the increased heart rate and bp.

The general recommendation is to work out in the mornings, before taking the drug, or in the late nights when the effects have worn off.

I personally stopped taking it because a) I really enjoy HIIT and setting new 1RMs and this gave me arrhythmia while on the drug, b) the lack of appetite kills my gains, and c) the comedown is a bit too much sometimes.

Sucks that u burgers don't get Dexedrine. I take Dexedrine and have god tier workouts. Also no appetite suppression.

>>42307281

You're just not used to it yet m8. I'm on vyvanse (60mg) and workout fine on it. I sweat a bit more than I did working out before taking it but nothing major, and my heart rate is basically the same. My blood pressure actually went down significantly, all the way to the perfect ideal range, after I became accustomed to it (because before vyvanse I could only function as an adult through constant anxiety forcing me to accomplish tasks). When i first started taking it though I felt somewhat similar to you. You may be at too high of a dose. You could try pouring half the pill into water, drinking that, then taking the other half after your workout (depending what time you're working out). Or you could try to workout in the evenings when the medication is tapered/tapering off.


But yeah you need to talk to your doctor as soon as you have ANY sense of heart issues while taking it.

>>42307281
talk to your doc. maybe he will change the dosage.

I'm prescribed Ritalin. Shit works wonders for actual work purposes, virtually (virtually) no side effects. Tried taking it as pre workout once and it kinda fucked with my heart.

>>42307590
>on elvanse
>take 150 mg caffeine before workout
>tries to set new 1RM DL
>has to take breaks because of +170 bpm arrhythmias

I had to cough and strike my ribcage/heart with my fist to make the rhythm go back to normal.
probably not going to do that again.

Vy made me wanna blow my brains out.

Im on Adderall now, couple months, and I feel like i can take on the world

I'm on welbutrin & adderall now. I usually take an addie before work (8 hour night shifts, need to keep my mind on track) but on occasional I'll take one before a workout. I was a zombie at first, completely flat and emotionless but now I've worked past that and workouts are easy as fuck.

>>42307590

OP here, thanks for the advice,

my dosage is 30mg, I am pretty sensitive to stimulants so this is a good range and any less I don't really have any sustainable effect.

Any advice on the crash/comedown? Thanks

Combining ritalin and caffeine really made my comedowns horrible.
Virtually no comedowns without caffeine

>>42308661

Are you sure you're eating and drinking enough water? Vyvanse used to kill my appetite at first so the crash would end up being because I wasn't eating enough (would straight up forget to because I wouldn't feel hungry) and it's a stim so obviously dehydrates you faster than normally. Combine those two and you'll end up feeling like complete shit coming down from it.


There's also just needing to get used to it

Im on a low dose of vyvanse (30mg) i workout on it all the time on it and i even run on it too. It helps me push myself and every workout is godtier on it. used too get a crash when i first started taking it but i dont really feel it anymore

Is my heart gonna explode if i try to deadlift on 30mg

>>42309550
Just avoid caffeine