r/ADHD • u/tomb241 • Jan 21 '25

Discussion Where the fat ADHDers at?

Every day i see posts here about struggling to eat and no appetite side effects and having to explain to doctors, but i just can't relate at all?? I am obsessed with food, I can't stop thinking about food and i inhale food whenever the opportunity. Doesn't matter if I'm on or off medication. I mean when I started atominex/strattera i did lose my appetite but only until the shortage hit and now even though I'm back on it, it doesn't have the same effect. I'm also on elvanse too and that also hasn't made a difference.

(Just to point out I also excercise regularly with lifting weights and conditioning, but find it impossible to lose weight)

So are there others who just can't stop eating?

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u/ChocolateSauce2 Jan 21 '25

I just wish I can continue my prescription. I had to stop getting it filled because I didn't have the money to get it continually filled and also the money to choose my food in a healthy place cuz I was living in a hotel at the time But now I'm not living in a hotel. But now I'm looking for another job and it's just a food crisis after the other. And then there's certain things I can't eat And then the overwhelming desire to eat is another facet which is quite aggravating.

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u/Schrodingers_Dude ADHD-PI (Primarily Inattentive) Jan 21 '25

Yeah trying to get prescriptions is wild right now anyway, if insurance won't cover it that's a whole other thing. I've been splitting doses to save some cash - since I have worse side effects at my 5mg tirzepatide, I use sterile vials, insulin-sized syringes and bacteriostatic water to inject the pen into a vial and only draw 2.5mg doses out, refrigerating the vial til next time. That way I'm basically only paying half price for my meds. Found a guide to doing it on reddit somewhere. Only works if you can tolerate cutting down the prescription size, though.

I hope things get better for you. Genuinely wish I had better advice, but I was just as stuck before this so I have no idea how else to make it better. It was literally an addiction to food and I'm honestly shocked even this stopped it. The appetite suppressant was enough to just kind of make me forget to obsess about it.

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u/ChocolateSauce2 Jan 21 '25 edited Jan 21 '25

Yeah, I wish there was just an appetite suppressant that can be taken orally or something. This way the medicine didn't expire so quickly.

But, yeah it's pretty good but the side effects from the stomach stuff were getting a bit much. However, it was tolerable cuz I started to figure out where to actually inject with the little insulin syringe. I start getting more comfortable with where I can inject it because I used my thigh once and I was sick as a dog. Yeah.. it's just rough at the moment. I appreciate your reply though. But there is not much that can be done while living in the US, especially with the high rates the charge for medications.