u/Apprehensive_One5633

Hi all,

Starting Vyvanse (20mg) soon, and hoping to get some advice/tips from seasoned vyvanse-takers lol.

I really just am a little bit nervous from some negative experiences/adverse effects i’ve read here. I understand it doesn’t suit everyone but i’d like to give myself the best possible chances.

So comment any helpful/underrated tips if you have any!!

I know like you should eat lots of protein, drink a lot of water, take it in the morning and avoid caffeine/acidic food.

TLDR: Rant on how shit law is at Monash

I transferred from another university to Monash Law, and I have to say, the experience has been majorly disappointing.

I’m honestly so shocked because I came from a Uni that was lowkenuinely considered a joke in contrast to Monash which is famously prestigious. Overall I felt way more supported in my studies at my previous uni, my lecturers didn’t hate their students and for the most part, actually really cared about the topics they were teaching in. They led meaningful/insightful discussions that helped us understand the topics better and were WAY NICER ABOUT IT TOO.

There are a lot less contact hours at Monash, instead there’s 2-3 hour seminars where they just through the content we already read in the textbook, instead doing something productive like going through problem questions, and applying what we learnt. The assignments I have found are vague (I have on 3 occasions have to chase up CE’s to get a full rubric), and there are WAY TOO MANY GROUP ASSIGNMENTS.

Why am I in a group of 6 people for an assignment with a 2000 word limit!!!?? If we are gonna get thrown into a group assignment at least make the workload more appropriate. 2000 words could be handled by 1 person.

And why the hell are we doing mini-quizzes like in PLSI what the helly is that, not only are they just annoying because I have to write **edit PRINT my own notes out (why am I paying $7 for printing when I have paid $300 in student amenities fees? - although that is seperate rant…I digress), the quizzes I feel even don’t even test your knowledge and understanding of the concepts learnt, instead the questions are heavily testing MEMORISATION of niche and irrelevant details.

Nobody communicates on the discussion boards at all - weird. AND THE READING GUIDES ARE NEVER CURRENT. Plus I swear they just straight copy and paste stuff into moodle that is vaguely related to the topic, some parts are not even assessed and they’re in there ANYWAY??? Like… do y’all think this is a game? Y’all think I have time to be reading ts for the love of the game?

Edit: Please do not comment or PM me asking what Uni I transferred from. I don’t think it’s unreasonable in the circumstances to want to keep that to myself. I won’t respond.

Thx for allowing me to crash out and reading my rant xx