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    Surprisingly ADD medicine helps with weightloss

    Posts: 400 Member
    edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
    This fall i went and got myself check out from a doctor. I was in special classes my entire life and have a really hard time keeping my mind set on one thing. I am very disorganized as well. The doctor subscribed me a pill called conserta and this pill has cut my appitite in half and has helped my work situation in my opinion. I gained 15 pound back over the summer and now i am back to my lowest weight at 175. Has anyone else had side effects like these on ADD medication

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      My friend (who doesn't have ADD or ADHD) took adderall specifically for weight loss because she knew it shut her hunger off. I told her she was stupid for doing that, but I can't physically stop her lol. I don't condone it.
    • Posts: 400 Member
      My friend (who doesn't have ADD or ADHD) took adderall specifically for weight loss because she knew it shut her hunger off. I told her she was stupid for doing that, but I can't physically stop her lol. I don't condone it.

      I have heard of people doing this as well just for weightloss. But surprising with me, it helps me not to be scatterbrained all day
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      I have heard of people doing this as well just for weightloss. But surprising with me, it helps me not to be scatterbrained all day

      she was probably 4 times as constructive its like speed for productive people xD
    • Posts: 970 Member
      Yep, its a stimulant and they suppress appetites. I know Im ADD too.
    • Posts: 205 Member
      yes, they help, but be careful - when you go off them, the weight flies back. Same as with any stimulant. I am supposed to be on Adderall (along with some other meds0 and was on it for several year. When I lost my insurance - and thereby lost all my "crazy meds" I gained 70lbs within a couple of months. Now it wasn't all due to not having my meds, I was unemp,loyed and sat on my butt at home all day eating cheap food. But it was a factor.

      Its like in the old days when they would prescribe black beauties for weight loss, the doctor warned my mom that the minute she went off of them she'd gain it all right back with a vengeance.
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