Does anyone taking Vyvanse for BED have difficulty at night once the medication wears off? Tips?

Im currently taking 20mg of vyvanse and 20mg of fluoxetine. Both to treat my binge eating and also depression. I know the starting dose is 30mg for vyvanse, but 20 has been helping me a lot, I think because I also take fluoxetine, it makes the binge eating more manageable during the day, like I can finally take rational decisions of what to eat when I’m hungry. The downside is that I wake up every night at 2-3 am with an INTENSE craving for sweets, I’ve tried eating chocolate with stevia but it doesn’t work. I always end up eating some cookies from my roommate, and I eat them half asleep. I don’t know what to do, this is so hard. I’m wandering if my GP would be able to prescribe me with topiramate at night, I hope she does. I’ve taken topiramate in the past for BED and it really worked for me, the only thing I don’t like is the side effect of drowsiness (if you take it during the day).

Hi, I too struggle with this. I am 57 I started taking vyvanse about 4yrs ago. I have add and binge eating. The 1st year it worked great. I lost 30lbs I felt good during the day very focused etc. Then something happened it just seemed to wear off faster, but during the day i was too much. I lowered the dose raised the dose, but at night still wore off quickly and I started binge eating at night time. I have gained back 20 of the pounds I have lost. I do great during the day, I work out before work then I am on my feet all day as a food manager at a school. I am focused and I eat just not binge eating. But I am home for an hour or so, and the binge eating kicks in..I would too like to be able to cope better.

Omg I’m so glad I found someone who is struggling like I am.i take vyvanse 60 mg daily for bed.it works great during the day but when it wears off I really struggle.i have always struggled with sleeping.i also take my vyvanse early in in the day so I don’t feel overstimulated in the evening.now I seem to wake up every 30-45 minutes between 1-5am.i wake up with an intense urge to eat.i believe I can only get back to sleep if I eat.ive tried to break this pattern of thinking with little to no success.
I feel very sad about this situation.
I apologize that I have no answers but I feel sometimes it helps to have someone to relate to when your struggling with complex issues.

I have the same issue with night/evening cravings, though since my insurance moved Vyvanse to a different tier and now I would have to pay $200 a month and can't afford that I'll prolly experience symptoms all day,,, anyway... What has helped me is eating a salad, or fruit or carrots or (and what I usually do) have a glass of skim milk with some powdered slim fast in it. I usually crave sweets real bad and this has helped me a lot. And if things get real bad, some chocolate animal crackers. They're pretty low cal. Compared to a chocolate bar anyway!

nancy; There really is not a good answer for you most people can't even take this at bedtime or even close or they get no sleep. But all I can think of is to take it a bit later if it is not affecting your sleep and see if you can sleep longer. Or talk to the doctor because taking this late in the day may just be one of the reason's your waking up so early and having to fight off the binge eating. So, in other words, get something you can take to help you sleep better and take your second dose a bit earlier in the day. I have seen many people say that after on this medication a while that it seems to not help as much so maybe a dose adjustment is in order. Give your doctor a call and see what they think. Best wishes.