Vyvanse and weed deadly combo
Hi everyone, just wanted to share my experience with elvanse/vyvanse and weed over the past several months.
I started adhd meds almost a year ago, with methylphenidate. Long story short, it completely fucked me, I lost loads of weight, confidence, passion and energy. I also started smoking weed more frequently around this time too, which at the time helped me a lot, giving me something to look forward to in the evening after usually a shit day, helped me fall asleep, catch up with eating, etc. I then moved onto elvanse a couple months later, and the weed never really stopped. I was smoking at least once a day, usually in the evening, from august last year to about a week ago. I was constantly complaining about crashes, intensified autistic traits, the meds weren’t helping that much, it would take me about an hour to get out of bed each morning. I thought that after months and months of suffering on adhd meds that they would never work, I started to accept that i was never really going to be a productive person, and that I’d have to carry on living my life feeling like there just isn’t enough time in a day for me to be able to be productive and happy.
I am about to do my a levels, and I have spent the past few months unable to get myself to do any meaningful work, whether that’s due to lack of motivation and discipline or my brain just being too messy to properly think. About a week ago, I decided enough was enough. I had been smoking multiple times a day for about 9 months, and I had ruined myself. Today is day 7 of no weed. I am getting myself back now, as well as a new, improved and productive self. My meds finally work. They almost work a bit too much, I think my body is just not used to this dose without at least a small dose of thc to counteract the amphetamine effects.
I could go on forever about how much weed fucked me, but I’m sure you get the idea. 9 days before my first a level exam, I have felt actual stress for the first time in months. I have my emotions back, i am eating more, I can go to sleep early without having a massive urge to stay up and ruin the next day.
Im not saying weed will do this to everyone, but I just wanted to warn everyone, maybe weed isn’t as much of a harmless medicine as people say. And yes, I know that I was stupid with how much I was using it, if someone smoked weed once or twice a week whilst using vyvanse Im sure they’d be completely ok.
Thanks for reading my rant!!!