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most Extended Release stimulants including Vyvanse have half lives around 12 hours. if you take them when you naturally wake up from being up late, you're basically setting the cycle if you aren't undersleeping.
instead: wake up at intended bedtime - med half life and then go back to sleep
maybe I should start taking them at 9-10am instead of 6-7am because I absolutely get hit with the crash around 6pm every day
a thing I do is, I find having extra in me at the end of the day helps me get to sleep at the right time, so I get my dextroamp extended release prescribed as 3 pills, i take 2 pills at 0900h and 1 pill at 1200h, and dex has a 14h half life so I've still got a little in me going to bed so i don't get serially distracted.
the other thing is you can fall asleep when not tired, though many ADHD people seem to be more conscious than non-ADHD people during the first stage of sleep and it's really easy to get bored think it's not working and then get frustrated
alternatively, simply be unable to find a pharmacy with any vyvanse in stock for over a month and let your unmedicated, unshackled id regulate your sleep schedule for you
To be clear, definitely do whatever works for your particular body, but in general half lives don't have a whole lot to do with the actual duration of effect
