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Out of curiosity, can I ask which ADD meds you use? I find Dexedrine incredibly useful, and I expected it to lower hunger as a side effect, but didn't really fi

Out of curiosity, can I ask which ADD meds you use? I find Dexedrine incredibly useful, and I expected it to lower hunger as a side effect, but didn't really find it did anything in that regard.

awsedrftg 9y ago
I'm not the person you asked, but I figured I'd add my two cents. I have tried two different medications, with very different results in the side-effects department. The first one I tried for about a year was Adderall (the regular release one, not the XR). With Adderall I noticed significant loss of appetite, to the point that I had to actively remind myself to eat, like other people here have mentioned. It was interesting, because I would feel my stomach sending the "I'm hungry" signal, but it was trivial to ignore it. It wasn't until I would go 12 hours without eating and start to feel light headed that I would realize, "oh... I need to eat something." However, I still enjoyed food very much. Unlike someone else in these comments said, I didn't feel like I was merely ingesting sustenance vs. enjoying my meal. Whether a few hours or 12 since my last meal, as soon as I started eating I would think "oh wow, I was really hungry. and this is tasty." Currently I am taking Vyvanse. All other things aside, one of the very noticeable differences between Vyvanse and Adderall (for me) is the loss of appetite. With the Vyvanse, although I am able to go without eating for much longer than without, I still get hungry. With no meds I might say I feel like I'm starving after 4 hours. With Vyvanse I might say that after 5-6, though I will usually eat before that, because it is definitely noticeable in a normal time frame. With Adderall, I had to actively remind myself to eat, otherwise I might get dizzy and light headed first.
vanderZwan 9y ago
I started out with methylphenidate, but that gave me extremely high blood pressure and anxiety. It also completely removed my appetite Since about half a year I'm on lisdexamphetamine and it works a lot better, except for the hunger bit (although that also is a bit better). Also, I can't drink coffee, not even a single cup in the morning, or I will end up skipping an entire night of sleep. That part is supposedly fairly unusual for AD(H)D so I'm wondering if I might be slightly misdiagnosed or something EDIT: adderall = ritalin, vivanse = lisdexamphetamine, so my story has similarities to awsedrftg except my appetite is affected differently.
- always_good 9y ago
  Re: your edit, you meant methylphenidate = ritalin, of course.
  - vanderZwan 9y ago
    Ooops... yes, thank you.

Out of curiosity, can I ask which ADD meds you use? I find Dexedrine incredibly useful, and I expected it to lower hunger as a side effect, but didn't really find it did anything in that regard.

awsedrftg 9y ago

I'm not the person you asked, but I figured I'd add my two cents. I have tried two different medications, with very different results in the side-effects department. The first one I tried for about a year was Adderall (the regular release one, not the XR). With Adderall I noticed significant loss of appetite, to the point that I had to actively remind myself to eat, like other people here have mentioned. It was interesting, because I would feel my stomach sending the "I'm hungry" signal, but it was trivial to ignore it. It wasn't until I would go 12 hours without eating and start to feel light headed that I would realize, "oh... I need to eat something." However, I still enjoyed food very much. Unlike someone else in these comments said, I didn't feel like I was merely ingesting sustenance vs. enjoying my meal. Whether a few hours or 12 since my last meal, as soon as I started eating I would think "oh wow, I was really hungry. and this is tasty." Currently I am taking Vyvanse. All other things aside, one of the very noticeable differences between Vyvanse and Adderall (for me) is the loss of appetite. With the Vyvanse, although I am able to go without eating for much longer than without, I still get hungry. With no meds I might say I feel like I'm starving after 4 hours. With Vyvanse I might say that after 5-6, though I will usually eat before that, because it is definitely noticeable in a normal time frame. With Adderall, I had to actively remind myself to eat, otherwise I might get dizzy and light headed first.

vanderZwan 9y ago

I started out with methylphenidate, but that gave me extremely high blood pressure and anxiety. It also completely removed my appetite Since about half a year I'm on lisdexamphetamine and it works a lot better, except for the hunger bit (although that also is a bit better). Also, I can't drink coffee, not even a single cup in the morning, or I will end up skipping an entire night of sleep. That part is supposedly fairly unusual for AD(H)D so I'm wondering if I might be slightly misdiagnosed or something EDIT: adderall = ritalin, vivanse = lisdexamphetamine, so my story has similarities to awsedrftg except my appetite is affected differently.

always_good 9y ago
Re: your edit, you meant methylphenidate = ritalin, of course.
- vanderZwan 9y ago
  Ooops... yes, thank you.