Does anyone else take a RX stimulant (e.g. Dexedrine, Ritali

Was the other one Ritalin?

Ah, sorry, didn't realise the title would get cut off. Dexedrine, Ritalin, Adderall, Concerta, Vyvanse, there's a bunch of them.

What's your problem with the medicine?
Is it suppressing your appetite to the point where you can't eat enough? Or another issue?

Yes, the side effect I'm having issues with is extreme loss of appetite. I take it at 11:00 AM when I wake up and then at 6:00 PM (which is when my doctor instructed me to take it, and I don't want to go against her orders for fear of misusing it; I've brought up the issue with her and she's firm about the timing and just says I need to force myself to eat even if I'm not hungry). It lasts 4-6 hours, so I have zero appetite during the day; when it starts wearing off at 10:00 - 11:00 PM my appetite returns and I end up eating all of my calories then, and that just does not seem healthy at all and I don't want to be living in an unhealthy way. I've tried forcing myself to eat during the day as the doctor suggested (people have suggested smoothies or protein shakes as a particularly goood idea) but I literally can't - the best way I can describe it is like having a stomach virus. I I feel nauseated at the thought of food the way one does when sick with a stomach virus, and if I try to force myself to ingest something, I just gag and I can't get it down, again, as if sick with that. I CAN'T go off the medication, though. So it's a major problem. :frown:

would it be possible or have you already tried another similar med, two of my children take adderall xr in the morning and its suppose to last all day my son is starving when he wakes up but they both eat regular through out the day and have never had any nausea or eating issues, hope you find something that works good luck

Unfortunately I've already tried Ritalin and Adderall and had the same appetite problems plus a gazillion other side effects that I thankfully don't get with Dexedrine. I appreciate the idea, though, thanks!

That's the thing, I really don't want to use it as a diet aid to help me lose weight, I really want to lose weight healthfully.

Yeah, I've read a lot of the studies as well, though not about the old school anti-depressants, interesting (Psych. major with a particular interest in Psychopharmacology, so I'm into learning about this stuff *cough*nerd*cough*).

I'm trying to kick soda altogether, though. Aspartame freaks me out, which granted is rather illogical, since the refined white sugar used in non-diet sodas isn't exactly a healthy substitute - if anything there's more negative data on it. Oh, or are you from America? Subsitute refined sugar for high-fructose corn syrup in regular soda, then, amounts to about the same in the crap department. We make regular soda with sugar here; I nearly choked the first time I had a regular soda in America, wondering what the hell was wrong with it :laugh: Taste-wise, I mean, not regarding health implications, since I didn't know what was in it.

And coffee, holy crap, smells great, tastes great, but puts me through the freaking roof! I'm talking jittering non-stop, can't sit down, pacing, so irratible I'll lose it if someone asks me what my deal is, can't hold a conversation, through the roof. Apparently I have a low tolerance for caffeine, because the same thing happened when I took Tylenol with caffeine for a migraine - damn it was crazy!

Uh, yeah, so now that you know my life story, I'll shut up. Will def. look into the Omacor, though. Thanks!

Heh, i'm not from the USA but i've been there, that HFCS stuff is nasty! Apparently a proper sucrose-containing pepsi is released once a year and people go crazy for it. Like cadbury's creme eggs.

I'm actually laughing here; as someone who has *also* studied psychology with pharmacology, well.. It's interesting to know how we work! Probably a lot of science people fall into areas that are relevant to them like we did.

Caffeine is a double-edged sword - too much and you start getting paradoxical ADHD side-effects. My friends still talk about the day when i drank 6 espressos in one go (19 years old on a dare). I got tunnel vision with a tinge of blue, it was like being in a cheap sci-fi movie.

About the dosing schedule - does eating food before the taking the pill help at all? I know what you mean about wanting to lost weight naturally; if i wanted to, i could just eat 1 small meal a day and the fat would melt off, but so would the meagre muscle mass Also dieting of any kind reduces the nutrients you need to keep healthy. You might see a benefit from taking Omacor (or any kind of fish oil) and a general multi-vitamin. Hope it goes well!

Ha, reminds me of when the Mountain Dew "energy drink" was released here (forgive me if I'm repeating stuff you know, but here you can't have caffeine in soda that isn't brown/black unless you call it an energy drink - weeeeiiiird - so our Mountain Dew was caffeine free whereas all Mountain Dew has caffeine in America) and people were all over it.

Yeah, pharmocology's a bit of a hobby for me (yeah, I know how bizarre and somewhat sketchy that sounds). It's a joke among my friends that if you're going to take something, OTC or RX, you should ask me, because nine times out of ten I'll have all the details. It's interesting stuff. If I wasn't such a lazy underachiever, I'd probably go to pharmacy school.

Holy ****, man, six espressos in one sitting? Well, a dare's a dare. I think you've outdone me in the crazy bad experimental ideas department, and that's no easy feat! Bravo! :laugh:

I've been contemplating breakfast before the medication, but I've always had a crap appetite first thing in the AM, even as a little kid. After a protracted battle, my mom caved and just started sending my breakfast in my backpack as my "snack" to eat during our first recess. Still, most viable idea at the moment, so I'll likely give it a go. I'm already cramming down Calcium, Vitamin D, Iron, Vitamin C, and B12 to counter the early stages of arthritis with which I've been genetically blessed and mild anemia (Christ, I sound like a real wreck when I write it all out!) so I don't think I need a multi, but Omacor sounds like it has good potential.