Posted by 3 Beer Effect on June 4, 2002, at 13:46:41
In reply to Which ADD med causes the most weight lost?, posted by opal on June 4, 2002, at 8:11:39
Adderall IR used to be an amphetamine diet pill called Obetrol.
Dexedrine/Dextrostat/Dextroamphetamine are supposed to be the most powerful appetite suppressing/diet pills ever made (besides of course the rarely prescribed Desoxyn-Methamphetamine Hcl Tablets). None of the substitutes such as Didrex, Sanorex (Mazindol), Phentermine, Phenmetrazine, Xenadrine (otc), etc has ever matched Dexedrine as a diet pill. Dexedrine was ate like candy by Hollywood actresses in the 50s, 60s, & 70s for many years in order to lose weight.
But the effect does wear off after 5 hours so I find you can eat lunch between doses.I am willing to bet Adderall XR is the most powerful diet pill out there now, because since it releases the second dose six hours after the first one, you get no "break" in between where you can get hungry enough to eat lunch, so you end up eating next to nothing all day until it wears off.
Ritalin or Focalin are supposed to be less appetite suppressing than the amphetamines Dex or Adderall. It is more of a pure psychostimulant than a general CNS & psychostimulant. BUT, you cannot take Ritalin or Focalin with food an hour before or it dramatically reduces its absorption & effectiveness. I ended up losing weight fast with Ritalin since I always took it on an empty stomach. I also thought (in my own opinion) that Ritalin makes food taste gross & eating seems like a trivial activity.
If I were you I would switch to an immediate release preparation of Dexedrine/Dextrostat or Adderall. Not only will you get a "break" for lunch 5 hours after Dex or 6 six after Adderall IR, but also amphetamines are just as extensively absorbed with food or without- the difference is that on a full stomach amphetamines take longer to peak & so the effects will feel "weaker". So you could take the Adderall or Dex with breakfast in order to keep your weight up. Just stay away from foods & drinks that acidify your urine such as coffee, cola because they eliminate amphetamines from the body faster & reduce their effectiveness. Better to drink ice water or fat free milk with breakfast or any other meal when taking Dex or Adderall.
Also, I would suggest taking a weekend break from Adderall/Dex & go out to dinner (& a movie) on Friday night AND Saturday or Sunday night if you can afford it.
Weekend breaks prevent tolerance, & one good thing about Dexedrine/Dextrostat & Adderall is that they are such powerful appetite suppressants/thermogenics that while all the other people are spending billions on Xenadrine/Hydroxycut/Ripped Fuel Extreme & the less effective Metabolife to lose weight & get fatter ever year, on Dex or Adderall you can pretty much splurge all you want for 2 days a week, and you stay thin even without exercise!
It almost makes you feel guilty, like we are cheating or something, since one legal ADD prescription pill makes you more productive at work, thinner, & more sociable, all benefits sought illegally during the "fashionable" powder cocaine craze of the late 1970s, early to mid 1980s.
3 Beers.............
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