Re: Vyvanse — Anonymous you don't have any idea how much HOPE your post has given me. As you, I has been battling with severe bulimia since I was 16 (I'm 42). And as you I haven't lived one single day of my life since I was 16 without al least one episode of bulimia. I have been a prisoner or that exhausting disorder all my life. I was recently diagnosed with ADD and started taking Vyvance today. I came to internet looking for any relation between the effects of the drug and the cure for bulimia because it is the first day in 25 years that I don't feel the urge of binging and it all made so much sense when I read your post. I know that it is only my first day taking the medication but believe it or not I fell the amazing improvement already. I have read a lot about the relation between bulimia and the ADD and have analyzed very deeply what I feel while I'm binging and I have came up with my own theory, based on what I have felt and what I have read.
I have suffered for severe lack of focus all my life (ADD), although I was't diagnosed until recently. I discovered that the ONLY moment when I was really able to focus, to think things through, to analyze, to make plans, etc it was in the middle of my binges. The human brain craves for focus but those with ADD are completely unable to focus, so some of us grab to that which allows us to satisfy the craving for focus which in my case was a binge. I am aware that the phycological causes of bulimia have to me much more complex than that, but also think that is a huge part at least for some os us. Like you, I'm amazed to realize how few psychiatrist know about the cure of the eating disorders. I hope someone could start looking more deeply into this painful disease and can finally find a cure. Today, I hope that cure is Vyvanse and I can finally start living my life taken away 25 years ago for that horrible disorder, and like you, be finally able to give a mom to my two beautiful kids. Thank you very much for sharing your story!!! I The human body craves for focus
Re: Vyvanse — After starting vyvanse at the age of 41 as a newly diag. female with ADD, I was amazed at how effective it was in turning not only my life long battle with treatment resistant depression, on 5 anti-depres. at one time, but completely curing my 26 year long battle with severe bulemia. At no point in 26 years had I experienced on day without at least one episode. In fact, my average was around 4 times daily. Vyvanse has completely and totalled cured every sympton of this eating disorder. Amazing, overwhelming and sad in regards to how easily this tormenting disease could have been cured decades ago. My life was a mess of pain, depression and caos. Think you Shire, I'm a walking poster child (at 42) for what a stand alone drug can do to change a quality of life for victims of mis-diagnosis. I'm for once looking ahead with hope and happiness. My 3 kids now have a real mom who is present and accountable in life. I'm still learning about my ADD and what that means and the focus is not muddled with the horries of bulemia. I've worked in the Pharm. Med Education field for 12 years and I'm still blown away by how easily this disorder was overlooked by years of therapist and pyschs. Please pursue the indication through clinical studies to help others like myself.
Re: Vyvanse — Anonymous you don't have any idea how much HOPE your post has given me. As you, I has been battling with severe bulimia since I was 16 (I'm 42). And as you I haven't lived one single day of my life since I was 16 without al least one episode of bulimia. I have been a prisoner or that exhausting disorder all my life. I was recently diagnosed with ADD and started taking Vyvance today. I came to internet looking for any relation between the effects of the drug and the cure for bulimia because it is the first day in 25 years that I don't feel the urge of binging and it all made so much sense when I read your post. I know that it is only my first day taking the medication but believe it or not I fell the amazing improvement already. I have read a lot about the relation between bulimia and the ADD and have analyzed very deeply what I feel while I'm binging and I have came up with my own theory, based on what I have felt and what I have read.
I have suffered for severe lack of focus all my life (ADD), although I was't diagnosed until recently. I discovered that the ONLY moment when I was really able to focus, to think things through, to analyze, to make plans, etc it was in the middle of my binges. The human brain craves for focus but those with ADD are completely unable to focus, so some of us grab to that which allows us to satisfy the craving for focus which in my case was a binge. I am aware that the phycological causes of bulimia have to me much more complex than that, but also think that is a huge part at least for some os us.
Like you, I'm amazed to realize how few psychiatrist know about the cure of the eating disorders. I hope someone could start looking more deeply into this painful disease and can finally find a cure. Today, I hope that cure is Vyvanse and I can finally start living my life taken away 25 years ago for that horrible disorder, and like you, be finally able to give a mom to my two beautiful kids.
Thank you very much for sharing your story!!!
I
The human body craves for focus
Re: Vyvanse — After starting vyvanse at the age of 41 as a newly diag. female with ADD, I was amazed at how effective it was in turning not only my life long battle with treatment resistant depression, on 5 anti-depres. at one time, but completely curing my 26 year long battle with severe bulemia. At no point in 26 years had I experienced on day without at least one episode. In fact, my average was around 4 times daily. Vyvanse has completely and totalled cured every sympton of this eating disorder. Amazing, overwhelming and sad in regards to how easily this tormenting disease could have been cured decades ago. My life was a mess of pain, depression and caos. Think you Shire, I'm a walking poster child (at 42) for what a stand alone drug can do to change a quality of life for victims of mis-diagnosis. I'm for once looking ahead with hope and happiness. My 3 kids now have a real mom who is present and accountable in life. I'm still learning about my ADD and what that means and the focus is not muddled with the horries of bulemia. I've worked in the Pharm. Med Education field for 12 years and I'm still blown away by how easily this disorder was overlooked by years of therapist and pyschs. Please pursue the indication through clinical studies to help others like myself.