Am I Abusing Adderal and Losing Too Much Weight at the Same Posted: 02-01-06 22:37pm
Help..? confusedddd
Heres my story..
Im 15..5 ft 3. I have ADD/ADHD and im on
25mg..soon to be 30mg of Adderall.
ive been onon it for about 5 or 6 months
now but i started off wiht 10 mg -15mg of
Focolin til i became practically suicidal
and got put on 10 mg of adderal and
gradually got the dose raised from their.
this is the thing 2 years ago i say True
life on mtv about being addicted to
adderal.. i ddint know i was add at the
time.. but i know the drug seemed cool
becasue you lost weight..
when i was diagnosed and put on adderal..i
was ina way excited because i remembered
what i herd about the drug and the weight
loss even tho at that time i was about 135
or 140 and wasnt fat at all..but i wanted
to lose weight..
yeh well losing weight was cool and still
is..but sum one accused me of being
anerexic..not cool..and im going to say
ina way i wud say im sort of addicted..but
im not sure..? i mean..
wehn i forget to take it i get crazy..i
get m0ody restless meann physcoo madd and
wayy emotional..? i hate it..now i look
back and iw as never liek that ehn i wasnt
on it ..i depend on ti now.. for school
alot..but wayyy more for my moods. Ive
only forgotten it liek 3 times..and one of
those days i threw a badd fit..? over
nothing i threw stuff screaminggg hit my
mom and brotherrr and i didnt even think
about it till the next dayy..? and i felt
so bad.. i need adderall now or else i
would probably be in juvy or something.. i
was never liek this before i got put on
it.. WHen im on it it liek controlls mee.
I love that i can go days wihtout eating
though..and lose weight..
i now weigh about 115..? thats liek -20
pounds in 5-6 months..and its so
noticeable..i dont even play sports right
now..when i started adderal i was playing
a sport and got down to 105-110..
i heard it can cause anerexia....i wudint
say i am turing anerexic but then again i
feel leik i am liek sometimes i think
about eating but im not even hungry n then
i jsut decided to not eat..even tho i
havent eatin since the morning of the day
before.. i thought anerexia was more
mental liek thats wat ur making ur self do
is not eat.. II jsut dont have an
appetite.. i dont kno what going on..i no
its normal ..its really scarey but i love
losing weigh..maybe it is mentally for
me..idk?
*ina way i guess im sort of using adderal
as my weight loss too?..i mean yeh i deff
need it for sch0oll..and even more nowww
since i freakin started this dumb
shyt..butt i cant stop asking to have it
raiseddd its so weird..plus i need it most
of all for these stupid moods now..godd*
onece i passed out..well balcked out but
not really i fell down andd was tlakign to
my mom the whole time i was fallning ..
its like everything went black and then
next thing i no is im ont he floor looking
up at mi mom.. and the whole time i was
fallig i was screaming er mi mom to help
me n to make it stopp..but idk shes said
it was probably cuz i needed to eat..
but she doesnt know how long i go wihtout
eating..
or in school.. a freind will make me laguh
but soometimes its ot the point wehre im
jsut laughing a regualr laugh..giggle
chuckle..and ig et light headed n dizzy n
fall..? idk wats up wiht that..
it scares me alot sometimes but i know
that if i got takin off it ..i coulnt
control myself.. im getting my does
raised..idk y actrually i jsut amm
Insomnia-yeh got that.. i sit up til about
3-4am ..doing everything to try n fall
asleep..nothing works..then i have to get
up at 630 for school..and i actually feel
alright ..?
i dont liek having rages of being
emotional and mad.. im afraid if i got
takin off it i wudd..hurt myself worse
..some how?
i dont knwo and ii heard that some kids
have suddenly died..?
and that adderall is off the market in
canada..?
what if it gets taken off the market in
US..what am i going to do
i feel leik ima ll alone on this..liek no
one can underatnd wat im going through..i
mean its not jsut a pill that can help me
concentrate liek i thought it was..
it starts u up mentally ..andd makes u
addicted.. it makes me lose tonz of weight
and idk..
i just need someone whoo goes through the
same kidn of thingsss and idkk im so
confused about myself rihgt now.. im
scared im going to b liek this the rest of
my life..
i dont want o have to go to drug abuse
classes or somehting..im not abusing it
really..mi docs perscribing it..im not
taking more then wat im tol d 2..neverrr
ever..
everyday i feel leik im becoming more
dependant on thsi stuff..
and then..sometimes i sit in sch0ol and
then it suddenly feels liek im in a dream
and nothings real and its all slow
motion..and when i finially snap out of
it..i think to myself" does anyone else
ever feel liek that" its pretty insane.
Adderal belongs to the group of
psycho-simulative drugs named
"amphetamines". Adderal is used for
treating Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder (ADHD). All amphetamines,
including Adderal, decrease appetite and
cause weight loss, insomnia and invite
abuse. According to your age, sex, height
and my calculations you should be around
55kg. Since you are 52kg, you don’t need
to lose any more weight! Someone is
anorexic if one doesn’t eat, doesn’t
have menstruations (for girls) and if one
loses more than 10% of ideal body weight
(according to age, sex, and height). For
now, you are not anorexic but you will
become so if you continue an abnormal
diet. All amphetamines, including Adderal,
cause abuse and psychic dependency if not
used properly. Your case is very close to
be verified as abuse. You need expert help
from a mental health professional to seek
treatment for possible drug-abuse and
emotional support if you are ready to
confront this challenge.
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