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submitted 11 months ago by Stamets to c/[email protected]

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[–] drev 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's best to take vyvanse no later than 12-14 hours before you expect to go to bed, but some people need longer. Try taking 500-1000mg vitamin C a couple hours before bedtime, maybe also some magnesium just before you go lay down.

The vitamin C is particularly effective in flushing out any residual vyvanse in your system to prevent it from keeping you awake, and the magnesium will help you fall asleep. Zinc-magnesium supplements are also common, and the extra zinc is needed for your body to produce dopamine (which is something that is put under stress with ADHD medication releasing so much of it).

[–] citrusface 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Oh I took it at 10am yesterdsy. I didn't fall asleep until 630 am. I was up at 730? So a solid hour.

Thanks for the vitamin c tip. I will try that

Edit: should also mention that I just stepped up to 40 after having taken 30, but hadn't been able to get any for a few weeks, so I'm gonna check it up to a bit of system shock. I'm sure it will level out after a few days, I wasn't having trouble sleeping on 30

[–] blazeknave 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Do you have a blood pressure monitor at home?

[–] citrusface 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I do, yes

[–] blazeknave 1 points 11 months ago

Awesome! My Dr lets me do telehealth regularly bc the only thing she does differently when I'm there is BP, so just upload the data and stay home now.

[–] drev 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

No problem! It's a cheap solution for me, but everyone is different ofc. As a 75kg guy who's struggled with insomnia from birth, I can wake up way too late after losing sleep, then take my 70mg dose at 15:00 and still fall asleep by 22:00 if I take 1000mg vitamin C by 20:30

I see magnesium+zinc supplements labelled ZMA in health/fitness shops, highly recommend something like that too if you normally have trouble falling asleep anyway. It knocks me out quickly, works wonders for my sleep quality, then the next day the meds are even more effective/helpful because I got such great sleep.

[–] citrusface 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm gonna give this a few days to see if my body gets used to it again, I'm feeling tired now, but obviously only running on an hour of sleep.

But if the insomnia keeps up I will def give that a try, probably move my multivitamin to nighttime rather than the morning

[–] citrusface 1 points 11 months ago

I was able to fall asleep by 3am last night - so I think after a few more days insomnia won't be an issue, but I do think I'll move to taking my multivitamin at night alone with extra vitamin c

Thanks for the tip!