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Vyvanse - skin breaking out with pimples :(
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Posted 27 September 2008 - 05:44 PM
I have had more acne with certain meds before...ask your GP for retinA it clears it up right away...trentinoin works as well. I am not sure if there is something that certain meds have that creates the breakouts or if it is stress, but the retin-a really works...but ask for the GEL not the cream, your skin will peel like something out of a horror movie at first (just the first layer) but after 2 weeks the blemishes will be almost gone...guy or girl you should exfoliate too, which cleans off dead cells and moisturize along with washing your face...it works and helps until you can get a prescription, it will make your face brighter, so the pimples will be less noticable. If you are going out and there is an inflamed pimple buy Avon spot treatment (it looks like a tube of lip gloss) you dab it on the pimples at night and by am they lose the redness and some the blemishes will shrink...go to Avon.com and you can hunt it down, it should be in the face and skin care area.
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Posted 12 November 2008 - 05:41 AM
lostaddguy, on Sep 27 2008, 06:54 PM, said:
Odd, maybe not enough to be a big deal, but curious about why this would happen or if anyone has ever heard of it?
YES!....me too!
i have been searching to see if anyone has experienced acne breakouts from taking vyvanse but i have had no luck. i ahve been taking this medication since february and i have absolutely loved it! (with the exception of a dry mouth and extreme tiredness at night)...but i use to have no problems with acne at all. like i would maybe get one pimple every other week but nothing noticeable. ever since i have been taking the medication, my face has just been getting worse and worse and i dont know what to do!
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Posted 18 February 2009 - 02:03 AM
ME Toooo...........
any ideas? Freakin weird? I always have had some, but not like this!
AHHHH!!!!
YES!....me too!
i have been searching to see if anyone has experienced acne breakouts from taking vyvanse but i have had no luck. i ahve been taking this medication since february and i have absolutely loved it! (with the exception of a dry mouth and extreme tiredness at night)...but i use to have no problems with acne at all. like i would maybe get one pimple every other week but nothing noticeable. ever since i have been taking the medication, my face has just been getting worse and worse and i dont know what to do!
any ideas? Freakin weird? I always have had some, but not like this!
CheerLEADER, on Nov 12 2008, 05:41 AM, said:
lostaddguy, on Sep 27 2008, 06:54 PM, said:
Odd, maybe not enough to be a big deal, but curious about why this would happen or if anyone has ever heard of it?
YES!....me too!
i have been searching to see if anyone has experienced acne breakouts from taking vyvanse but i have had no luck. i ahve been taking this medication since february and i have absolutely loved it! (with the exception of a dry mouth and extreme tiredness at night)...but i use to have no problems with acne at all. like i would maybe get one pimple every other week but nothing noticeable. ever since i have been taking the medication, my face has just been getting worse and worse and i dont know what to do!
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Posted 18 February 2009 - 02:39 PM
I was taking 30mg of Vyvanse, but I have been upped to 50mg after I told the doctor that it was wearing off around 2-3 in the afternoon. Now it seems to last all day. I am in law school, and after barely making it through the first semester, I went to see the doctor, and this has helped tremendously. I feel like I am back to my old self, mentally, and I am doing really well in school this semester.
Side effects/problems: I got a daily headache when I first began taking it. My appetite has become nearly non-existant, and I have lost about 10 pounds in just over a month (though I could have stood to lose it). I have also had dry mouth, but I drink more water and it is fine. More concerning to me is that I have developed a few zits that refused to heal. I alternated using acne medicine and neosporin to encourage healing, but nothing produced ANY results, for days on end. Finally, believing it might be related to the Vyvanse, I went off the medicine for a day or two, and the zits began healing immediately. This worries me, and I wonder if this could be related to "tweaker zits", the facial lesions or zits that abusers of Methamphetimine get. Perhaps I am just over-concerned, but I have never had zits that won't heal at all. Anyone else have any thoughts on this? Also, what are the ramifications of not taking the medicine once or twice a week? Is this bad for any reason? WIll it mess up my body chemistry or reduce the effectiveness of the medicine?
Side effects/problems: I got a daily headache when I first began taking it. My appetite has become nearly non-existant, and I have lost about 10 pounds in just over a month (though I could have stood to lose it). I have also had dry mouth, but I drink more water and it is fine. More concerning to me is that I have developed a few zits that refused to heal. I alternated using acne medicine and neosporin to encourage healing, but nothing produced ANY results, for days on end. Finally, believing it might be related to the Vyvanse, I went off the medicine for a day or two, and the zits began healing immediately. This worries me, and I wonder if this could be related to "tweaker zits", the facial lesions or zits that abusers of Methamphetimine get. Perhaps I am just over-concerned, but I have never had zits that won't heal at all. Anyone else have any thoughts on this? Also, what are the ramifications of not taking the medicine once or twice a week? Is this bad for any reason? WIll it mess up my body chemistry or reduce the effectiveness of the medicine?
pimples, on Feb 18 2009, 02:03 AM, said:
ME Toooo...........
any ideas? Freakin weird? I always have had some, but not like this!
AHHHH!!!!
YES!....me too!
i have been searching to see if anyone has experienced acne breakouts from taking vyvanse but i have had no luck. i ahve been taking this medication since february and i have absolutely loved it! (with the exception of a dry mouth and extreme tiredness at night)...but i use to have no problems with acne at all. like i would maybe get one pimple every other week but nothing noticeable. ever since i have been taking the medication, my face has just been getting worse and worse and i dont know what to do!
any ideas? Freakin weird? I always have had some, but not like this!
CheerLEADER, on Nov 12 2008, 05:41 AM, said:
lostaddguy, on Sep 27 2008, 06:54 PM, said:
Odd, maybe not enough to be a big deal, but curious about why this would happen or if anyone has ever heard of it?
YES!....me too!
i have been searching to see if anyone has experienced acne breakouts from taking vyvanse but i have had no luck. i ahve been taking this medication since february and i have absolutely loved it! (with the exception of a dry mouth and extreme tiredness at night)...but i use to have no problems with acne at all. like i would maybe get one pimple every other week but nothing noticeable. ever since i have been taking the medication, my face has just been getting worse and worse and i dont know what to do!
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Glad you all posted on here...even if we don't have an answer, it helps to know I'm not crazy. I haven't broken out like this since I was a teenager, and I'm pushing 30. 
I tend to scar easily too, so it's really affecting my self esteem and the time it takes me to get ready in the morning...adds an extra ten minutes at least, and the mornings are hard enough to get moving for as an ADD woman with an early morning job (and meds don't kick in until later).
FYI I actually skip the meds on the weekends and am still having the breakouts. I hate not taking the meds for a couple of days, to be honest, because I get much fewer personal chores done and I feel foggy again. But I don't want to get worse acne, let alone develop a tolerance to the meds...
I tend to scar easily too, so it's really affecting my self esteem and the time it takes me to get ready in the morning...adds an extra ten minutes at least, and the mornings are hard enough to get moving for as an ADD woman with an early morning job (and meds don't kick in until later).FYI I actually skip the meds on the weekends and am still having the breakouts. I hate not taking the meds for a couple of days, to be honest, because I get much fewer personal chores done and I feel foggy again. But I don't want to get worse acne, let alone develop a tolerance to the meds...
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izzy, on Mar 7 2009, 04:26 AM, said:
Glad you all posted on here...even if we don't have an answer, it helps to know I'm not crazy. I haven't broken out like this since I was a teenager, and I'm pushing 30. I tend to scar easily too, so it's really affecting my self esteem and the time it takes me to get ready in the morning...adds an extra ten minutes at least, and the mornings are hard enough to get moving for as an ADD woman with an early morning job (and meds don't kick in until later).
FYI I actually skip the meds on the weekends and am still having the breakouts. I hate not taking the meds for a couple of days, to be honest, because I get much fewer personal chores done and I feel foggy again. But I don't want to get worse acne, let alone develop a tolerance to the meds...
I tend to scar easily too, so it's really affecting my self esteem and the time it takes me to get ready in the morning...adds an extra ten minutes at least, and the mornings are hard enough to get moving for as an ADD woman with an early morning job (and meds don't kick in until later).FYI I actually skip the meds on the weekends and am still having the breakouts. I hate not taking the meds for a couple of days, to be honest, because I get much fewer personal chores done and I feel foggy again. But I don't want to get worse acne, let alone develop a tolerance to the meds...
I'm having the same problems here. Vyvanse works well for me but is giving me terrible acne....I mean terrible cystic acne and I'm over 40. What is going on? I stop for a few days and I clear up...then I start and then it happens again. Adderall does the same thing! What can I do?
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flgirl1, on Mar 12 2009, 11:22 PM, said:
izzy, on Mar 7 2009, 04:26 AM, said:
Glad you all posted on here...even if we don't have an answer, it helps to know I'm not crazy. I haven't broken out like this since I was a teenager, and I'm pushing 30. I tend to scar easily too, so it's really affecting my self esteem and the time it takes me to get ready in the morning...adds an extra ten minutes at least, and the mornings are hard enough to get moving for as an ADD woman with an early morning job (and meds don't kick in until later).
FYI I actually skip the meds on the weekends and am still having the breakouts. I hate not taking the meds for a couple of days, to be honest, because I get much fewer personal chores done and I feel foggy again. But I don't want to get worse acne, let alone develop a tolerance to the meds...
I tend to scar easily too, so it's really affecting my self esteem and the time it takes me to get ready in the morning...adds an extra ten minutes at least, and the mornings are hard enough to get moving for as an ADD woman with an early morning job (and meds don't kick in until later).FYI I actually skip the meds on the weekends and am still having the breakouts. I hate not taking the meds for a couple of days, to be honest, because I get much fewer personal chores done and I feel foggy again. But I don't want to get worse acne, let alone develop a tolerance to the meds...
I'm having the same problems here. Vyvanse works well for me but is giving me terrible acne....I mean terrible cystic acne and I'm over 40. What is going on? I stop for a few days and I clear up...then I start and then it happens again. Adderall does the same thing! What can I do?
Yep. All kinds of skin problems are common with the amps. Since starting them, I have daily flushing, spots of excema in the crook of my arm, athelete's foot on my toes that won't heal completely, and acne. Nothing you can do except lower the dosage and/or just treat the symptoms. Obviously, if you stop taking the meds for any length of time, they won't do you any good, although a day or two off is good now and then, in my experience.
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I am really glad I found this post. I was wavering between asking my doc for Adderall or Vyvanse (my doctor is pretty good about prescribing me what I want, so long as I keep going to my therapist). I finally got my acne-prone skin under control and I'm not willing to deal with that again.
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Hey can you tell us how you got your acne prone skin to go away????
bitter almond, on Mar 16 2009, 12:12 AM, said:
I am really glad I found this post. I was wavering between asking my doc for Adderall or Vyvanse (my doctor is pretty good about prescribing me what I want, so long as I keep going to my therapist). I finally got my acne-prone skin under control and I'm not willing to deal with that again.
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Hey can you tell us how you got your acne prone skin to go away????
bitter almond, on Mar 16 2009, 12:12 AM, said:
I am really glad I found this post. I was wavering between asking my doc for Adderall or Vyvanse (my doctor is pretty good about prescribing me what I want, so long as I keep going to my therapist). I finally got my acne-prone skin under control and I'm not willing to deal with that again.
I actually have dry skin (until I started on Vyvanse....) and I have been using clindamycin topically and Azelex cream. It works ok....my problem is that I am not religious about using it, and any of the skin regimens work best if you don't skip any treatments.
Washing your hair before you go to bed and using a fresh pillowcase every night are also things I have heard that have helped. Keeps the dirt and scalp oils from getting on your face.
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Just want to come back to this thread and say that my skin has totally cleared up since I switched from Vyvanse to Adderall. The difference is amazing! I haven't had a zit in over a month, and my skin is back to being mostly dry.
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Me too!!!! Since I started taking a little over 2 weeks ago my face hasn't stopped breaking out...
Not sure what to do because the benefits are great....
Not sure what to do because the benefits are great....
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Posted 07 September 2009 - 01:43 PM
I just started Vyvanse like a week ago and my skin as broken out like mad! I havn't had it this bad in years!
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well i quit that shit, i took it for a while and my face went from perfect( not really) to HORRIBLE. but at the time i began, i never would have guessed it was the vyvanse. so i began doing everything i could to git rid of it and all i could do was just calm it down. over thanksgiving break i ran out and went a week off of it and i realized my acne cleared up, but still didnt think of it. i also realized i dont need it anymore because i picked up on the changes in my behavioral patterns and i learned to keep the patterns in effect without the vyvanse.... anyways.... my uncle died trgically at 38, i took some to see if it could relieve depression and all the sudden my face began to look like it did when i started, so i realized its definately the vyvanse.... so i quit and have a clear face again..
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I'm 22 and suffered from acne since I hit puberty @ 10 years old. My ADHD was untreated until March 2009 when my psychiatrist started me on Vyvanse (which was a JOB saver since I work a desk job!). My acne never really went away, but once I started the vyvanse my acne worsened, not only on my face, but also on my neck, back and shoulers! O.O It's really embarrassing and to make it worse, the bumps can take many days to heal. It's very frustrating, but this medicine has had more positives than negatives, so I guess it's just something I'll have to keep dealing with and working on. :\
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Posted 10 January 2010 - 11:21 PM
The Vyvance web site says little to nothing about acne as a side effect but if you google it, you'll see lots having this problem. That's the reason I switched from Vyvance. I'm 34 yrs old and was breaking out with cystic acne like a teenager, on my face, arms, back...thanks, dr, I'll take something else, please.
I tried a few things, but salylic acid worked best for me. I got a foaming face soap with the SA in it, and a topical treatment for at night. I also use a moisturizer that reduces oil, I think that's why it got so bad so fast.
Good Luck!
I tried a few things, but salylic acid worked best for me. I got a foaming face soap with the SA in it, and a topical treatment for at night. I also use a moisturizer that reduces oil, I think that's why it got so bad so fast.
Good Luck!
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I have been on ADHD meds for almost 20 years. I was prescribed Ritalyn for about 15 of those years, then in 2008 my doctor switched me to Adderall. Got much better mental results from Adderall but then a few months ago he switched me to Vyvanse claiming that his other patients had given it rave reviews. i was VERY reluctant to switch but he gave me no choice and surprisingly, i Love the mental results.
As a teen, I had perfect skin and after my first child, I began to get a pimple every once in a while but when I started the Adderall, I began to have ACNE. up until that point, Proactiv had kept my face under control but it did not work for the Adderall acne. The Vyvanse has only made it even more intense. My face is in a constant state of pain and the scars are piling up by the minute. I have tried other acne treatments in addition to Proactiv: Murad, SK1N, Clean & Clear, and more. I have been on prescription acne medication for a little over a month now and still have seen little results. There seem to be very few medical professionals who are aware of the Acne side effects and as of yet I have not heard of any ADHD medication that works as well as the Vyvanse but doesn't cause breakouts. Until they create such a "pill" I guess we are forced to choose whether we lose our minds, or our faces...
As a teen, I had perfect skin and after my first child, I began to get a pimple every once in a while but when I started the Adderall, I began to have ACNE. up until that point, Proactiv had kept my face under control but it did not work for the Adderall acne. The Vyvanse has only made it even more intense. My face is in a constant state of pain and the scars are piling up by the minute. I have tried other acne treatments in addition to Proactiv: Murad, SK1N, Clean & Clear, and more. I have been on prescription acne medication for a little over a month now and still have seen little results. There seem to be very few medical professionals who are aware of the Acne side effects and as of yet I have not heard of any ADHD medication that works as well as the Vyvanse but doesn't cause breakouts. Until they create such a "pill" I guess we are forced to choose whether we lose our minds, or our faces...
summergirl23, on 10 January 2010 - 11:21 PM, said:
The Vyvance web site says little to nothing about acne as a side effect but if you google it, you'll see lots having this problem. That's the reason I switched from Vyvance. I'm 34 yrs old and was breaking out with cystic acne like a teenager, on my face, arms, back...thanks, dr, I'll take something else, please.
I tried a few things, but salylic acid worked best for me. I got a foaming face soap with the SA in it, and a topical treatment for at night. I also use a moisturizer that reduces oil, I think that's why it got so bad so fast.
Good Luck!
I tried a few things, but salylic acid worked best for me. I got a foaming face soap with the SA in it, and a topical treatment for at night. I also use a moisturizer that reduces oil, I think that's why it got so bad so fast.
Good Luck!
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Me 3! Always have had perfect skin and now big pimples that really hurt before they come out. I thought maybe it's sweating at the gym but I think it's definitely the Vyvanse. Love it though, even with it's side effects!! 
pimples, on 18 February 2009 - 02:03 AM, said:
ME Toooo...........
any ideas? Freakin weird? I always have had some, but not like this!
AHHHH!!!!
YES!....me too!
i have been searching to see if anyone has experienced acne breakouts from taking vyvanse but i have had no luck. i ahve been taking this medication since february and i have absolutely loved it! (with the exception of a dry mouth and extreme tiredness at night)...but i use to have no problems with acne at all. like i would maybe get one pimple every other week but nothing noticeable. ever since i have been taking the medication, my face has just been getting worse and worse and i dont know what to do!
any ideas? Freakin weird? I always have had some, but not like this!
CheerLEADER, on Nov 12 2008, 05:41 AM, said:
lostaddguy, on Sep 27 2008, 06:54 PM, said:
Odd, maybe not enough to be a big deal, but curious about why this would happen or if anyone has ever heard of it?
YES!....me too!
i have been searching to see if anyone has experienced acne breakouts from taking vyvanse but i have had no luck. i ahve been taking this medication since february and i have absolutely loved it! (with the exception of a dry mouth and extreme tiredness at night)...but i use to have no problems with acne at all. like i would maybe get one pimple every other week but nothing noticeable. ever since i have been taking the medication, my face has just been getting worse and worse and i dont know what to do!
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Jordan, on 10 February 2010 - 11:32 PM, said:
CheerLEADER, on 12 November 2008 - 05:41 AM, said:
lostaddguy, on Sep 27 2008, 06:54 PM, said:
Odd, maybe not enough to be a big deal, but curious about why this would happen or if anyone has ever heard of it?
YES!....me too!
i have been searching to see if anyone has experienced acne breakouts from taking vyvanse but i have had no luck. i ahve been taking this medication since february and i have absolutely loved it! (with the exception of a dry mouth and extreme tiredness at night)...but i use to have no problems with acne at all. like i would maybe get one pimple every other week but nothing noticeable. ever since i have been taking the medication, my face has just been getting worse and worse and i dont know what to do!
