Aderall - Loss of Appetite then starving? | ADHD Information

Hi There,

For those of you on Adderall are you REALLY not hungry until about lunchtime and then starving?  Then around 1ish I am REALLY full again?

I sounded like to me many of you are FULL all the time.  I am either so full I cannot even think about food or ravenous.  Kinda weird!

Jenny

I am on 10mg of XR a day

I take my medicine in the morn then some coffee and don't feel hungry and don't eat and then start to feel dizzy so I eat. I've had to force myself to eat whether I'm hungry or not!

In the morning I'm HUNGRY. I eat breakfast. Then I'm full till around 12. I can only have a snack or so then I'm full. Like an apple and/or yogurt. Then a couple hours later I might have a handfull of triscuits. Then by time I get home, it's starting to ware off and I'm HUNGRY! for dinner. Eat too fast, get a tummy ache and lay down and read/watch tv. Wake up around 4-ish HUNGRY and it's hard to go back to sleep. I had to stay up this morning for an hour before i could get back to bed.

What were we talking about???? Oh yeah, Aderall and hunger.

So.... that's my ugly routine ...... then again, I just started it a week ago so I'm sure I'll get the eating schedule down better. I need to snack more in the late afternoon whether I'm hungry or not.  but you know, when you're not hungry the though of food, makes you feel like you'll burst if you eat.

Oh, sorry, your topic, not mine. I'm in rare form tonight.... Hope you can follow all the dribble drabble and babble!

I'm pretty much full all day but if I forget to eat anything that day the next morning I will wake up starving or I still won't really be hungry when I wake up but will get lightheaded later in the day from lack of food. I had that the first 2 or 3 weeks on adderall, now my appetite is back.

Heehaw:  By time I got done typing your name I had to scroll back up and read your post again to find out what I was going to reply to!

As far as my focus goes, It's better. I get stuff done around the house, I can sit for hours at a time and read (although that was never a problem for me as long as the book was VERY interesting).  I do surf in greater efficiency though. I feel like when I search out information, I retain it and am satisified that I got what I was looking for. I also noticed that I had more patience with the kids and the tv being on. It used to be if the tv was on too loud I'd go crazy.  Hubby and I would have all but WWIII  over the volume of the tv.  Especially when the kids were up. With them yelling and playing and screaming, Hubby would have the TV up louder so he could hear over them and I though my head was going to explode!

 KA-BOOM!!

I don't think it took time for my body to adjust, other than some lower tummy issues, sleep and appetite.

I'm on Adderall XR as well, but only 10 mg.  I do believe I'm going to possibly need a higher dose.... but maybe not, it's too early to tell.

You are so funny Goober787!!  You sound more like my appetite issues.  Sometimes I could not think of eating and other times I am starving.  I would prefer to not be hungry :)

I just started this week.  Is your focus really good everyday?  Do you feel it took time to adjust to your body?

I wonder why some Dr's give XR and some do not?  I am on XR, but I do not feel like it lasts for me.

Jenny