Is weight loss with Adderall normal?

Really?? There is no magic pill!! Working out and eating right is the best thing for you! I am on Adderall for ADD and yes I have lost weight but I continue to eat right and work out. Why would you want to be on a drug that you really don't need?

On the guest here posted that adderall lower your metabolism and thats why your appetite is suppressed and therefor you gain weight. That is totally wrong. Appetite suppression doesn't have to be related with increasing or decreasing your metabolism. Actually Adderall is a stimulant so increases your metabolism, thats why people lose weight as a side effect. It also suppresses appetite but not related with the rate of metabolism. They are different mechanism.

Everyone's body is different i wasa taking Xencil for weight loss doctor said it suppress your hunger not true because it does not work for me. Adderal work if you work out and eat healthy. Try it for a month if it works use it if not then dont. It all depends on your body and how your body works.

Since you don't have ADHD you will probably get your desired effect from taking it.  I urge you to do as someone else suggested and quit it once you reach your goal - then follow up with diet/exercise.  You will not be able to maintain your weightloss if you don't.  You will be extremely hungry when you quit the medicine.  I hope that you are reading other people's posts though, because I think if you are taking a drug like this, in order to be responsible it is good to know why people who take it for ADHD/a mood stabilizer really need it and how it effects us, so that you do not take it for granted and abuse it.  This drug is not "fun" to be on in my opinion...

I take Adderall for ADHD and as a mood stabilizer.   I do not experience any of the "typical" side effects of Adderall - including weight loss.  In fact when when I started it I was SO HUNGRY ALL THE TIME and I didn't have enough food to eat to satisfy it because I'm extremely poor.  (As many of us with these types of problems are because we can't hold down a stable job.)  I was miserable & gained weight in the beginning.  After a while it started to even out and now I weigh about the same as I did before I started it.
If you are taking it only to lose weight then you probably will be more happy, excitable, etc.  Upon starting Adderall it made me tired and depressed and blank.  I f**king hated it.  (This too has evened out for the most part.) 
I deal with these side effects while I am at work so I can function - be on time, have a normal conversation, finish the tasks I have to perform at work.
When I finish work I CANNOT WAIT for the Adderall to wear off so I can be my "normal" self again.  I am not creative or fun to be around when I am on my Adderall.  I am dull and mousey and average. 

The only personal benefit I see to the medication when I am not at work is that it helps control my self-injury urges which come seemingly at random.  When I do not take it I have severe mood swings and experience an internal rage/tension that can only be relieved by letting blood.  Most people do not understand this, even others with ADHD.  I take the Adderall because I'm sick of going to the emergency room for stitches & I am sick of the rage, the tension, and the self-hate.  Thanks to Adderall I have not cut in over 3 and a half years.

Outside of work the pluses for other people when I am on it are:
 -  I will be more likely to be on time to a friend's/family member's social event.
 -  I am less likely to embarrass them by talking too loud, too fast, too much, saying the wrong thing by accident.
 -  I am less likely to have a sudden mood swing and be an angry/rageful/crying wreck to deal with.

So if you do decide to take the Adderall for weightloss, please remember this drug is not a "party."  People who abuse Adderall and other stimulants make it really painful for people like us who actually need them.  This is a very controlled drug (thankfully) and sometimes I fear that if all these people are using them for off-label use and abusing them that one day they may pull them from the market altogether, in which case a lot of us who really need them to function would be completely screwed.  I've done the revolving door of medications trying to solve my problems and stimulants are the only thing that works.  For our sake and yours, please be responsible.  Thank you.

i came across this whiling i was google searching about teeth grinding, tongue biting and i have a white bump on the side of my tongue which isnt painful but really annoying that i tend to constantly be chewing on. my jaw is begining to hurt, more my bottom teeth though.

it isnt actually from Adderall, ive never had adderall before nor tried speed like drugs other than one pill wen i went culbbing but didnt give me as much side effects like this Capsule im taking. its seems to be that adderall also has amphetamines (speed) which i didnt know. im taking a weight loss tablet brought from china which actually has all the side effects of taking speed alone. i have weird sleep patterns, dry mouth especially VERY VERY thirsty, insomnia, loss of appetite (never thought it culd be possible with me cos of how much i love my food), i could go a whole day without food, feeling energetic even though u havent eaten or had proper sleep, outbursts of hyperactive behaviour, blurry eyes, and the annoying mouth games with the tongue & lip licking etc. and worst of all my heart races out of out the blue which kind of scares me giving me anxiety..

if you want to lose weight, try Xiyouji Qingzhi Capsule. Google it & it will tell you about it & will amaze u with how much weught ppl have lost. even though i now know why i feel the way i do, i am not gonna stop taking the tablets until i reach my weight goal. Yes we know its bad for you and can bring future risks, but its only for temporary time. its not that i dont want to eat. i do but my stomach & mouth wont let me do so. and sometimes i even forget to eat at work cos i work on a computer all day. ive never not eating this much in my life, i used to try starving myself anole on no medication and it never worked.. but with amphetamines you wont even be tempted to eat maccas even if your friends are stuffing their face infront of you.

also even though u get weird sleep patterns to the poiint where you'll fall asleep at 5am and naturally wake up 2 hrs later feeling ultimately refreshed, as if ud slept 12 hrs -.- its very weird to me. im 18 yrs old & have already have had speed.

 

the capsules i take are maroon & yellow half/half. i opened one up today & found myself taking brown powder with crystal forms through it. i couldnt beleieve it, ive become obsessed searching about amphetamines. im actually scared to see wat will happen in the long run.

best way to lose weight is str8 out healthy food & exericse. (kickboxing recommended)

I am recently started treatment with adderall for ADD and I've noticed a big change in my life and study habits.  Some side effects but they are not a big deal.  Yeah I noticed sometimes I get kinda reddish but people really don't noticed because I have a light tanned skin.  Dryness in my eyes and mouth but I keep drinking lot of water.  Very healthy diet too.  I lost like 10 pounds in about two months but I really need to lose those. Now I am more toned and keep going regularly to the gym.  I am even more strength and feeling healthier.  I can fall asleep earlier and before the treatment I had so much difficulty to sleep and the next day was a waste.  I rarely drink.  I am not sure for how long I can be in the treatment.  I would like to know if you guys here have to go every month to a doctor to be prescribed or how do they do the follow up or how often you see the doctor.  Any one here had been prescribed by a regular doctor that is not a psychiatric?  I don't have insurance. I started looking for help in many places and it was a waste of time, so I  decided to pay without insurance, but my doctor doesn't want to give me two or three prescriptions and see me every three months.  He wants every month and every time I go I have to pay a consultation fee. I found information of regulation of this kind of medication and it is said that the physician can give me up to three scripts with indication of when I am supposed to to fill up in the pharmacy.  I showed that to my doctor and he said he see patients every month.  I cant afford doing this and trying to get to another doctor but all of them are full and none one is getting new patients or even charge like 500 per visit.  I even tried the free clinics but they are not allowed to prescribe these types of medications.  My doctor doesn't even take insurance.  He really lacks of compassion to the patients.  Any suggestions are welcome.  Thanks.  

My freshman year I was getting straight F's and couldn't focus on anything. It felt like my thoughts were covered in vasaline. I used to cry sometimes because of the struggle I had with retaining information other students found simple. I felt like I was stupid.The summer before my sophomore year I was diagnosed with ADD.  Adderall was a wonder drug for me. It sharped my mind to it's full extent. My sophomore year I got straight A's. I graduated a year later, an entire year ahead of my class. I just finished my first semseter of college, and maid the Deans list. It only makes you loose weight if you have ADD, if you don't, it probably won't have much effect. And if it does, it will have too much and the effects could be hazardous. Don't use it unless you need it. It does help with weight loss, but only because people with ADD/ADHD are so out of focus that they use food to cope. Without the need of that coping mechanism it's much easier to focus on positive things in your life. This was just my experience, and it's not a good idea unless you NEED it.

Okay I am trying to lose weight and last semester during finals I took five adderal and I have done alot of drugs in my past, adderal feels like legal meth, it does cut down your appetite and if you're exercising it can give u extreme amounts of energy and focus, but after a while just like doing meth those effects stop happening, and if you're worried about adderal slowing down your metabolism take niacin, it's natural and you dont need a prescription.

It is not a healthy way to lose weight, but it is possible.  I have noticed a decrease in appetite when I have taken it.  They key to weight loss is to eat snacks throughout the day.  So instead of 2 heavy meals which most Americans eat, you should maybe eat 4-6 light snacks a day.

FYI... I am a nurse and ADD is still diagnosed. It really just depends on which doctor you see!!!

just a word of advise as a person who has had adhd since i was a small child, and was on ritalin when i was a child and then taken off it by my mom because people said its wrong to have your child on meds........i did terrible in school, socially i was considered an aquired taste because people could only deal with so much and i was definately out of the box.........i dropped out of high school and scraped by to get my GED. i tried to attend college courses but could not concentrate and was completely uninterested as adhd people usually are......i went to medical assisting school and scraped through that barely and got a crappy paying job in that field.........i am 29 now and have been fully tested again and put on adderall xr and it has made a tremendous difference. The point is that if my mother considered for a second that maybe giving me what i needed (adhd) meds ,i may have learned better and had a successful life instead of a hard one and just because she didnt feel it was right to say her kid was on meds.......unfortunately i resent her to this day for not making a more informed choice but understandably it was a newer diagnosis when i was a child but now so much research has been done...... your child is in his/her prime years to basically learn how to learn in a manner of speaking and if your kid cannot focus then he or she is going to lose out on learning tools that are so needed to move forward successfully in life .......this is your childs whole life that you will be affecting just so you can say you didnt give your kid a pill that the kid probably needs more that you could ever know.......this was just meant for you to understand from the childs point of view because he or she will feel the same way when they get older and if they know you knew he or she needed help and you didnt get it ,they will resent you for causing them such misery........it sucks!!!

I've been taking it for two days and lost 3.5 pounds and I love it :)

when I was younger I took Adderall when I was younger and it made me lose a lot of weight but it does more than that it makes you tired and not want to eat! do not take it unless you have ADHD other wise it is deffinetally not worth it!

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I have no idea when this was written, but what you are describing here is bi-polar. Im sorry to say that you were misdiagnosed. Believe me, i speak from experience. I hope after this, you consider a mood stabilizer, not a stimulant.