I'm just wondering if there is any connection between Inattentive type ADD and obesity. I've been overweight my entire life, in the past few years my weight seemed to skyrocket out of control and I weighed about 280 lbs. It was at this point I decided to do something about it and drastically changed my diet and lost about 50 lbs. Anyway without side tracking too much are there any other inattentive ADD people here with weight problems?

Hello Xeon-

That describes me to a T. Like many things I have trouble focusing on, food choice is one of them. I live with someone who is essentially a chef and that helps as we cook pretty decently. What do you tink of the crossover? Did changing your diet help with any symptoms?

Yea, I'm a innatentive ADDer, I weigh 312 lbs. (Keep in mind you! I do 500 lbs on the bear, I can curl 40lbs regulary, and 100 lbs for about 3 reps, I jog, and ride my bike about 10 miles, I do two martial art studies, that add up to a hour a day, and I walk home after school, two miles, I'm hardley "flabby")

I found some things to help.

1) cinnimon sticks, I can chew on one for a whole day, and that keeps me out of the fridge, plus they boost your fat matabolism, act as natural insulin, etc.

2) Tea, herbal teas of ginger, lavander, and peppermint keep me on my toes and give me a cool head. Peppermint helps to increase the bloodflow to your brain, keeping it clear. Ginsing boosts you matabilism, a little detox, and helps your body absorb nutrients. Lavander stills a overactive mind, keeping your thoughts a little more in check, to help you focus a little better.

Yes, I've had a problem with weight by whole life and It's definitely connected to my ADHD. When I was younger I used to self medicate with food. Forgetting to eat and going all day with out eating really messed up my system too. I really confuse my body cause it has no idea when it's going to eat and goes into starvation mode which actually causes me to gain weight even if I'm not eating very much. Also when I go all day with out eating I get so overwhelmed and am so hungry that I sometimes just east anything.

And lets not forget procrastinating about exercise too...lol

One program that I've found helpful in the 3 hour diet.

I really need to plan out ahead of time what I'm going to eat and when I'm going to eat or my brain shuts down and I can't decide!

I would say there is a connection. When I was undiagnosed, I think all my food cravings were more attempts at self medication. Right now if I don't take my medication regularly, I find myself craving sweet things. I think I'm trying to 'jump start' my brain!

Tara, for the three hour diet aren't you supposed to carry a apple with you all the time or something?

thats what my doc told me, "if you get stuck and can't eat to keep your matabilsm up at least you have a apple" or something like that....


Oh michalanago! LMAO! I said that and then I thought "oh, well, now were gonna forget the apple! and then I thought about Oh, maybe we can tie a string to a apple! lol, then its like we have pet apples..


Eidt= Oh yea, I allmost forgot!!!! Wallnuts are GREAT for this kind of thing. They are chalked full of steratonin! you brain will love theese things, plus I kinda like that bitter taste they give me. If your feeling hungry, keep a tray of theese next to the frige, or in the frige for that matter, a handfull of them will normally cure the crave, and keep you a little on track.

edit, edit....editing! HA! edit masta!

ok,

Yea, this is a problem i have been trying to fix for a while because I pretty much decited to "skrew school" and wen't off my meds in favor of feeling like a person again.

needless to say I have been eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, stuffing, eating. Dipping food, in food, covering that food in more food, wrapping it in some other food, and then shoveing it in my mouth, so I have been on the ball recentley with trying to figure this whole process out.

I am underweight

I've been an emotional eater as long as I can remember. Got worse a few years ago when living on my own after a horrible relationship. And my thyroid went nuts. I'd somehow managed to eat in unhealthy ways without it affecting my weight for many years but it finally caught up with me and I put on ~50-60lbs. I've always been a little on the plus size side anyway.

I've finally started losing that weight. Started around Thanksgiving when I had a tummy bug that kept me from stuffing my face (usually when I get sick I eat even more to try and feel better) then I carried on some of the eating habits of smaller portions and non-processed foods (the only stuff that agreed with me at the time). Then I started Dexedrine. It's not that is makes me not hungry.... it just makes me not feel the need to stuff my face out of boredom/stress/unhappiness/etc.

I know I used to eat a lot when bored (and I was ALWAYS bored) and at night (either boredom or because I couldn't sleep and would then get a little depressed in the middle of the night).

My boredom is directly related to my ADD and my eating problems are directly related to my boredom so I'd say that's a connection.

I was never overweight until after 23 or so. In High school I was more underweight if anything. I almost never ate. But, my mom also never bought soda or any sort of junk food. Never had chips, crackers, cookies, muffins etc... All junk food I ate was at friends houses or mooched at lunch time. No processed foods really. I had to cook it if i was hungry or at least heat it up. My mom did make sure I ate breakfast at least though. She would pick me up put of bed and put me in front of the TV and shove oatmeal in my lap, or at the very least tea and toast when I got older.

One of my best friends growing up was ADHD so we were always doing something. The word "bored" was not allowed in her house so imaginations were used quite often.

Now I'm a boredom and an emotional eater so now I have problem. Late night binging is an issue.

Yeah, if it hadn't of been for the fact I was in multiple sports when I was undiagnosed I would have been huge. I definitely ate without thinking, I could eat half a pizza, go back to the fridge and wonder where that half had gone! Since I forgot I had eaten I wouldn't be full and I'd eat more, I wouldn't remember eating the pizza until I had finished what I had just eaten.

Now on my medicine I eat a lot less. I now know what it's like to eat like a normal person....haha.