Hi All,

I had a random question. I understand that any stimulant decreases your appetite thus far. I have read a couple of post over the past week where I have found that supposedly for those individuals or for some other reason when you discontinue a stimulant your appetite increases.

--- Yes your appetite does increase that is a gimme, but what they are saying is you gain a lot of weight because your body has stored fat from not being fed enough and then when you eat even more that stored fat because SUPER STORED FAT.

I know that when I take a break from my adderall XR I eat excessive amounts of food and I can't stop. I don't get sick from eating, but I do indeed feel like a floating balloon lol.

Does this happen to anyone else?

Thank You,

Twinch = )

I'm on the IR, but when I take a day off, yes, I feel like I eat a lot. If you've experienced any appetite supression on the meds (and I definitely have), your old eating habits are going to seem rather gluttonous. On meds, I only eat, at best, 40% to 50% of what used to be normal for me. And even though the meds are out of your system after a day, your stomach certainly doesn't return to its normal size that quickly, so you're going to feel stuffed even eating just a little more.

The other thing is that unmedicated ADDer's often turn to food to self-medicate because it is one way of increasing dopamine. So when you're off meds, overeating is one way to still get that dopamine hit, and I think that's where a lot of the urge to really pack it in comes from.

I quit Adderall a year and a half ago and gained 60 pounds!!!!! i only lost 45 while on it! It has been sooo hard to just loose 15. Monday my doc put me back on adderall after others didn't work. I hope i loose again. Does the weight thing happen if you restart?

When I take a few days off of adderall, I eat CONSTANTLY. I eat normally when I'm on it but as soon as I get off, I eat excessively (and I'm naturally thin).