Weaning off and appetite

Adderall (and similar stimulants) make food completely uninteresting and undesirable. With the desire to eat gone, the pounds come off quickly. Unfortunately while all of this weight loss is going on, they body is panicking and going into "famine mode" -- preparing to store whatever extra food comes in as fat in order to survive the "famine". It is a very effective survival mechanism that has served humans well for quite some time. Your best chance is to work against the medicine, and with the body (the body will always win anyway). My suggestion: eat small, frequent, balanced meals - like 4-5x a day while taking adderall -- lean chicken breast, steamed/grilled vegtables, fresh fruit, cottage cheese, sugar free yougurt, etc. You will hate it, because you aren't really hungry, BUT the important part is that it will keep your body out of that 'famine' mode. So, when you do go off meds, you don't go crazy stuffing yourself -- try to eat the same types of small frequent healthy meals. You might eat a little more, just because your appetite isn't numbed anymore, but not nearly as much as if you had gone from low/no food intake while on meds, and then going off of them for a bit and feeling your monster hunger grow as your body realizes it hasn't eaten in a month. :) Hope that helps/makes sense. -frobebe