Medication

Vyvanse

Articles tagged Vyvanse focus on psychiatric prescribing questions, side effects, interactions, alternatives, and practical conversations to have before changing medication.

Vyvanse
Medications · 11 min read

Vyvanse

Vyvanse is Adderall with a seatbelt.

Oct 10, 2025
How to Transfer Your ADHD Prescription to a New Provider
Treatment · 10 min read

How to Transfer Your ADHD Prescription to a New Provider

Maybe you moved. Maybe your provider retired.

Oct 1, 2025
Adult ADHD, Explained
Conditions · 13 min read

Adult ADHD, Explained

Adult ADHD treatment is one of the parts of psychiatry where the gap between what works and what most patients actually get prescribed is genuinely wide.

Sep 18, 2025
Stimulants Help Most People Focus. That Isn’t an ADHD Test.
Off Script · 14 min read

Stimulants Help Most People Focus. That Isn’t an ADHD Test.

The single most common ADHD diagnostic story I hear in the room goes like this...

Jul 13, 2025
Stimulants and cardiovascular safety in adults
Conditions · 8 min read

Stimulants and cardiovascular safety in adults

For decades the conversation about stimulant cardiovascular risk was muddled, with primary care doctors being more cautious than the data warranted and psychiatrists being maybe a little too…

Apr 18, 2025
Adderall vs Vyvanse: side by side
Comparison · 10 min read

Adderall vs Vyvanse: side by side

Both are amphetamines, both work, the differences are real but not enormous, and the right answer for any given patient depends on factors that the rep…

Jan 22, 2025
ADHD meds for adults: the questions I get most
Q&A · 12 min read

ADHD meds for adults: the questions I get most

Adult ADHD is everywhere now, which means I get the same set of questions from people considering a stimulant, in slightly different fonts, over and over.

Jan 19, 2025
Schedule II is doing more harm than good
Off Script · 9 min read

Schedule II is doing more harm than good

Stimulant medications are currently Schedule II, which is the same legal category as fentanyl, oxycodone, and morphine.

Jan 8, 2025