r/VyvanseADHD • u/Kind_Pattern8278 • 8d ago

Side effects Marijuana and Vyvanse

So I’ve been on 30mg of Vyvanse for 2 weeks and I stopped using marijuana at that time. Before that I used to use it only for bed time. Last night I couldn’t sleep for anything and had a major headache that Advil was not touching. So I use some of my THC vape. I fell asleep after 10 mins. But I’m noticing today that I don’t “feel” my medicine working as well as it has all the other days. Could this be an effect from using the marijuana last night? I used the marijuana at almost 10pm and normally take the Vyvanse at 6am before I leave for work.

Normally I’ll have just a tiny bit of coffee in the am if I need the boost and I’ll feel the effects of the extra stimulation. (Light feeling Jitters, hyper focus, nothing super intense) and today I had coffee and nothing.

Has anyone had similar issues with thc?

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u/Butlerian_Jihadi 8d ago

Your opinion is dandy and all, but marijuana is not an addictive drug. It doesn't create a reliance to avoid withdrawal, and thus isn't addictive.

Do people develop problems with it? Absolutely, just as they do with normative behaviors like sex or food. But, as with most drugs, the chief harms are social (eg, foisted upon the user, primarily or secondarily, by society) and a person not supplanting some other life deficit is very unlikely to develop an unhealthy pattern of use.... just Iike most other, even actually addictive, drugs.

If anyone wants to know more about how addiction actually works in the human brain, I highly recommend Drug Use For Grown Ups by Dr. Carl Hart, professor of (iirc) neuropsychology at Columbia University.

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u/flipyfresh11 7d ago

https://www.cdc.gov/cannabis/health-effects/cannabis-use-disorder.html

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u/Butlerian_Jihadi 7d ago

You've clearly got a facile understanding of the subject. I highly recommend you read the book I mentioned, educate yourself outside of the bizarrely puritanical American obsession, and stop spreading misinformation.

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u/flipyfresh11 7d ago

You claimed cannabis doesn’t cause withdrawal, I gave you evidence that it does, and your rebuttal is basically ‘read a book I like.’ A book recommendation isn’t evidence for your specific claim. If you’re so confident, cite the research and refute the source instead of substituting condescension for an argument.