Since I got covid (one month ago yesterday!) I have not been taking Vyvanse very often. I don’t know why, I guess I wanted to see how I would do and feel without out it – plus I was struggling so much with my energy level, I felt like maybe it was making it worse. If you think of your body like a furnace, taking Vyvanse is like shoveling tons of coal on the fire – it burns bright and fast for a while, but then it dies way down and you’re out of coal.

What I did not take into account was the mood boosting effects of Vyvanse. I’ve spent a week being miserable, filled with anxiety, feeling like I was failing at life every way possible….and today on a lark I took a Vyvanse and I feel normal for the first time in what feels like forever but is realistically just a few days. So I think I’m going to try an experiment where It take Vyvanse every day, Monday-Sunday. That’s how it’s supposed to be taken after all, and while I was anxious to build up a backlog, I think it’s safe to say I have a solid one going (almost a full bottle of extras.) So, we’ll see how that goes, I really hope I can keep this “normal” feeling going because its waaaaay better than the alternative!