Weight problems & ADHD

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Comment by Mandi_K on December 15, 2011 at 9:10pm

I thought that I was the only person on ADHD meds that started experiencing weight problems!  Sigh :)  Happy to find this site.

Comment by Jane on July 29, 2011 at 5:48pm

Hi I'm new at Women with ADD, and like a good ADDer, I think this is the fifth group I've joined today.  But I think I belong here.  I've been obese all my life--moderateley so.  I attended the webinar on obesity and ADD a few weeks ago, and it just blew my mind!  Although I have been fairly convinced (undiagnosed) that I have ADD for six months now, I had never made the connection betwseen ADD and eating disorders.  Now I see that my erratic (not erotic) eating habits have been a large cause of my overweight.  Dr. Levey gave some simple bits of advice (not diets) for instance--have breakfast within an hour of getting up.  Wow!  There are many days when I get so focussed on other things as soon as I get up, that I forget to eat until late afternoon.  And then you know what happens.  I think I lived most of my adult life that way.  So now I am working on good new habits and strategies to eat normally.  I am hoping that there will be gradual results from this.  And I am ready to learn more from this group.  Thanks for being here.  Jane

Comment by Carrieann on July 11, 2011 at 7:05pm

Hi everyone......my weight is driving me crazy I can 't lose for nothing.....I have been off of my meds since feb and I keep gaining even with health eating 60min workout........I so frustrated.....my meds kept my weight down but my moods were crazy so I feel more relax and myself.....I just need help on what I can eat and not eat????

Comment by LNDAG on June 7, 2011 at 1:05pm

Glad to have found this site. Have been in therapy 40 yrs. trying to "get better". I have been taking ADHD medication since the late 90s but not taking it for ADHD - taking it for fibromyalgia brain fog. Three years ago, I started working with a therapist who after awhile, said I had one of the worst cases of ADHD she has ever seen. But, I didn't know what that meant. I still looked at myself as emotionally ill. Lately, after many breakthroughs, I just could not understand why I couldn't do better at work - why I was so disorganized - why I always lost my keys or glasses - house cleaning was such a problem and clutter seemed to follow me everywhere. NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRIED to turn that around. My therapist finally said, "I want you to listen to this..". And then she said what she had been saying all along and then added, ADHD is a disability; it's a brain disorder.

 

Istarted seeing an ADHD therapist and initially, it seemed so liberating to finally get what it means to have an ADHD brain, but the past few weeks I have gone back to getting lost in the past and eating and eating and eating. I don't seem to be able to stop. Anything that takes effort/energy seems like Mt. Everest to me. I just want to veg.

I HAVE noticed that I am not eating as much or all sugar items when I eat too much. I am not having or needing an ice cream cone everyday. Last night I walked for 20 minutes. My work takes so much out of me that I don't have any energy for anything else. For most of my adult life I have been putting all my focus into doing things I do not want to do that take great emotional & mental commitment - like doing whatever it takes to keep a job; trying to make friends; going to the grocery store; or even just going out of my house. I have just been so ashamed of myself all my life. Now, I see that these things are probably all a direct result of dealing with an ADHD brain - but I never knew. This is really difficult to deal with right now. But, the fact that I did go out after dark last night and walk for 20 minutes gives me hope that I might get into a routine of taking baby steps toward a healthier more real life than what I have had. I used to believe for some reason that at some point everything would be good. I would have conquered all of my emotional blocks and have a great life. Now, I see that type of rose colored thinking is part of my issue. Nothing will ever be perfect but with ADHD, if I take certain steps that others have taken and improved their lives as a result, I can do the same thing. My life will be realistic and probably not an idealized version of life.

 

I am a little overwhelmed I guess. But, that's probably a part of the process. Thanks for being here.

Comment by Julie Holmes on April 12, 2011 at 12:09pm

Hi everyone. I've struggled with weight and food my entire life (as well as ADHD). I have run the gamut of eating disorders: anorexia, bulimia, compulsive overeating, obesity. . . in 2007 I had RNY gastric bypass surgery and lost 140 pounds. After I was placed on a medication for bipolar disorder, I gained forty pounds within about five months. It's been awful trying to lose those 40 pounds. My diet leaves a lot to be desired. Gastric bypass only restricts the amount of food you can consume, but it's quite easy to still eat too many calories despite the gastric bypass. Don't get me wrong -- I'm so much happier at my current weight (I'm guessing it's around 195 or so; my scale's battery died and I need to replace it) than I ever was at 311, my high weight. I'm a size 16 bottom, 12/14 top, which I'm comfortable as. I'd like to lose fifty more pounds, and will have to do that through diet and exercise (UGH! Did I mention I'm inherently lazy?). I have a membership at 24-Hour-Fitness; I just need to actually go. I'm a night eater. I can go all day without eating much at all, and then consume 95% of my total calories between 6 p.m. and 12 midnight. I have a weakness for candy and breads. I have enjoyed the weight loss process, though. Dropping sizes, dropping weights, finding my collarbones and hipbones, not being in physical pain from carrying around all the extra weight, and being able to shop in the regular women's section have all be great. If I could just tackle these last fifty pounds it would be fantastic. Anyhow, nice to meet you all.

 

:) Julie

Comment by ADDrienne on November 2, 2010 at 4:49pm

I have two issues I am dealing with regarding weight loss and ADHD. the first is I cannot take adderral and work out (it makes me feel terrible) so when I don't take it I can't follow through on a complete workout. I use music etc. I am wondering if it is self sabotage.

Comment by MARY MACEDO on October 28, 2010 at 3:07pm

I have weight problems but a lot of the times its I can only eat one meal or nothing at all... or I cant stop eating... its not the candies or the junk food... i eat lots of seafood and pasta and vegetables... I just eat when I can

Comment by Mary on October 28, 2010 at 2:51pm

Ug, I am at the stage after weight loss that I am finding it very hard to continue to eat well. I lost the weight I set out to lose and now I have found myself splurging time and again on sweets and have not gone to my kickboxing class all week. Someone tell me to get back on the wagon!

Comment by ckstout on October 28, 2010 at 1:17pm

I have always had a weight problem. I love to eat- it has been my best friend all my life. I need to do something!I am the heaviest I have ever been- SO IT IS TIME TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!

Comment by jenny kerr on October 17, 2010 at 1:39pm

Someone gave me a gizelle a few years ago I used it twice it made my hands hurt I just got a walk away the pounds dvd but I haven't done it yet I'm scared y bf will wake up and make fun of me lol

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