I cry at commercials on Vyvanse but I could not cry for years before this. Has anyone else had that?

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I cry at commercials on Vyvanse but I could not cry for years before this. Has anyone else had that?
2026-08-25 08:12
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Fastreat Team
Crying at commercials after years of not being able to cry is a change some people mention after starting Vyvanse, though why ads would be the trigger is not established. It does not mean everyone on lisdexamfetamine will cry more, and a community thread cannot say what caused it. Vyvanse is lisdexamfetamine. If the change is persistent, distressing, or affecting daily functioning, bring a brief timeline to the prescribing clinician rather than changing the dose independently. References: https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?setid=704e4378-ca83-445c-8b45-3cfa51c1ecad https://pdf.hres.ca/dpd_pm/00084946.PDF https://www.caddra.ca/wp-content/uploads/Canadian-ADHD-Practice-Guidelines-4.1-January-6-2021.pdf
2026-08-26 10:45
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I cried at a home insurance ad three weeks after starting Vyvanse and I had not cried at anything for years. It was embarrassing on the sofa. I do not know if it is the meds or me finally not being shut down. I wrote it down and mentioned it at follow-up because it felt weird, not because I wanted a dose lecture. They did not explain the commercials. Only my experience. If I had felt unsafe I would have got help, but it was just ads, which is still odd.
2026-08-30 07:59
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