Weight problems & ADHD

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Comment by Darlene 7 hours ago

well hello every one Im new at this

Comment by Cleo on March 8, 2010 at 10:53pm

About remembering to take the vitamins and such--I also had a lot of trouble with that until I found the perfect solution. Two parts--first put them in a pill box that could be used over two weeks (am and pm works). Second put the box in my underwear drawer.

Of course it doesn't work if you stay in pjs all day....but other than that, it has worked like a charm. The only challenge is to remember to refill the container when it gets empty. One fourteenth the problem of remembering every day.

Comment by Rosanne McDonald on March 7, 2010 at 8:52am

One of the side effects of taking Lyrica is unintentional weight gain. I took it for fibromyalgia. I am also on Cymbalta for fibro. I was on it from the very first that it came out until last February 2010. I read the complete Website information and in the last line of it I found out that I was allergic to many of its ingredients. I have now lost 20 plus pounds since coming off of this medication and Topamax. Since coming off the Lyrica my pain from fibromyalgia has lessened greatly.

Comment by Heather B on March 7, 2010 at 4:05am

Hi! im new.

Since gettin back on my Adderall last friday i have lost 8 lbs, bc i now have the attention span to actually do 45 mins of cardio and not get bored half way. do my weight trainning the right way. Plus im no longer boredom eating.

All though school i was super skinny, bc i thought it was bc of my rescited diet that i had bc i went through 9 years of orothdonthics. I have gained 50 lbs in the last 2 yrs bc i wasnt as active as i was before i got married. I was bored so i ate to enterain myself.

I would lose 5 lbs then fell off the weight wagon, but im demetered to keep this up.

I weighted about 125 when i got married 2 yrs ago, when i was weighted the day (the 25th) i got my Rx for my adderall i weighted 174. As of yesterday i weigh 166.

I got a iPhone for the soul reason, i cant say i cant work out bc my Ipod is dead, since he is deployed i keep my phone charged. i use the nike+ so i can actually see how many i do a weight.

Comment by Cecilia on March 4, 2010 at 3:12pm

I was 123 lbs and super fit before I got pregnant with my first child at 40. My daughter was only 5 months when I got pregnant again but this time I didn't loose any weight and now I'm 158 lbs and feel and look like a refrigerator with legs.
I used to eat very healthy and was on a LCHF diet even before it was invented. Now I stuff myself with everything I shouldn't eat and just don't seem to care.
I can't wear heels anymore and my bum is the size of North Dakota!
The thing is that I now realize I've been having an eating disorder all my life. I've never was anorectic, thinking I was too fat, I just didn't eat at times and didn't seem to bother about it too much.
When my mother died of alcoholism I didn't eat for a month and on a rare occasion I would have a yogurt.
What bothers me most is that I don't bother about it. I just buy bigger sizes.

Comment by jean on November 29, 2009 at 10:14am

i have found it more difficult now that im in menapause
i do try to walk everyday but honestly the wine drinking at night doesnt help

Comment by Chrissy on October 5, 2009 at 11:51am

Ugh I have 100 pounds I need to loose from misdiagnosis medication wieght and I still after five years can not seem to ego for a walk or eat healthy I hate myself for this I need to make a daily effort and I just won't put in the action needed I'm so mad

Comment by Sandy on September 5, 2009 at 4:57am

I too have had weight problems, self medicating with food, most of my life. I was DXd about 1 1/2 years ago but didn't find the right med for me, and really start to "get" how it helped me until about 6 months ago.

Over the last few months I've been able to lose about 20 lbs without feeling like it was a struggle. My diet was pretty healthy but I had to tweak it somewhat and figure out how to exercize. I had always heard that the best exercize is the one that you enjoy, and I've always HATED exercize. But I like to walk. I put 2 and 2 together recently and realized why I enjoy it so much. When I go for a walk it allows my brain to go for a run. I'm predominantly inattentive, have been a "dreamer" as long as I remember. Since buying an ipod and loading my favorite music onto it I started looking for excuses to walk somewhere and eventually started going for daily walks. I REALLY look forward to it, as it allows my brain to unfurl and do what it wants. I don't think about work, chores, daily stresses and just let it go wide open. I find that this is also very therapeutic as it's "me time" as well as being physically healthy. I go for a 20 minute walk during the week on my lunch break and after work I go out for about an hour. I don't have children so I probably have a bit more free time than some, but I just thought I'd throw that out there for people looking for exercize options that (for me anyhow) are enjoyable for your mind as well.

Comment by Jenca on August 21, 2009 at 9:05pm

I've struggled with my weight most of my adult life ... I was diagnosed with Obstructive Sleep Apnea within the past 6 months which prompted me to first off quit smoking I haven't smoked since the middle of March 2009 (Chantix helped with that) Now that I'm comfortable with my new life as a non-smoker and am out of an unhealthy relationship, I'm turning my focus onto my weight. I found a site that I've been using the diet as a guideline it is a free program sponsored by State Farm Insurance called the "50 Million Pound Challenge" It can be found at http://50millionpounds.com You don't need to be signed on with State Farm as your insurabce provider so there's nothing to worry about there. Everything is pretty balanced in terms of the suggestions made on the site and I'm finding that by making little changes like replacing pasta I eat with whole grain versions of it .... or something my psychiatrst suggested was that if I feel hungry and it hasn't been long since I last ate try drinking a tall glass of water instead of going after food. He told me that we sometimes assume that what we're feeling is hunger when in reality we're thirsty ... so he said to drink a glass of water and if I'm still hungry 30 minutres later then go for a small snack like a couple crackers and another glass of water. it seems to help as long as I take the crackers out of the store packaging and make individual servings of them by bagging 3 4 crackers in a ziplock bag and then only eating what's in the bag Initially I even had some small containers that I did a week's supply of these bags of crackers and if I ate everything in the box before the week was up I couldn't have any more until it was the scheduled day to refill the b with the bags of crackers. I'm kind of a junkie when it comes to carbs so I'm working on portion size primarily while swapping my unhealthy foods for healthier versions of the things I like. I also schedule a walk around the block (I live on a hill so it's a challenging walk) at least 4 times a week with 1 longer walk like over town which is about a mile away once a week weather permitting. This is good for both myself and my service dog we could both benefit from walking and hopefully sheadding a few pounds. My weight is fluxuating at this point I'm pretty much stuck between 225 and 230 pounds

Comment by Karen L on August 10, 2009 at 7:29pm

I have had lots of weight issues spanning my entire life. As a kid, I was terribly skinny. Remember "slim" sizes?? As a young adult, I was normal weight but about 10 years ago, I was going through divorce and got caught up in a serious eating issue (abused laxatives and diuretics). Got down to 117 on a 5'6" frame. Now, I'm almost embarrassed to weigh in or say it but I ballooned to just under 200 about a year ago. I started taking a thyroid medicine and lost about 15 pounds initially and I've been stuck there ever since. Even with the Dexedrine, I am not losing weight. I do eat healthy. I do also eat some of the "garbage" foods. I have really bad PMS which doesn't help with the cravings. I just don't like being hungry. I try to limit my portion sizes and eat low fat portions of things like ice cream but I'm a carb-o-holic. And sometimes I just can't help but give in to the cravings/impulsive food desires. I was exercising for a while before I started meds. But now that I'm taking meds, I'm not as able to get up in the morning due to fatigue and in the evenings I'm tired then too. I have been able to get out and walk in the evenings but once it gets dark and rainy again, don't know if I'll have the motivation to go to the gym. I don't get rebound until later at night. Plus, my knees have gotten worse so exercise is harder. I have struggled psychologically with my weight issues but have come to accept that I am what I am. If I lose weight great, if I don't, then I just have to do what I can to stay as healthy as I can. I'm not getting younger. My therapist said that losing weight is just a numbers game - but I'm not good with numbers! Thanks for this group.

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