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ADHD medication, appetite and a collapsed routine

Started 8 April 2025 · 10 replies · 119 hearts · read 2.1k times

JunoBrighton, UK · 8 April 2025
1.3 years ago

Something I have been sitting with: ADHD medication, appetite and a collapsed routine Not looking for advice so much as other people's experience.

I have been sitting on this for a month.

I have told nobody in my life about this part of it, which after two years is starting to seem like the problem rather than a way of managing it.

The thing I keep coming back to is that I expected to feel one way and I feel another, and the gap between those is what I want to talk about.

I would like to hear from people who found this hard rather than from people who did not, which I know is an odd thing to ask for.

Thank you for reading. I am not expecting anybody to have an answer and I feel better for having written it.

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BronteHaworth, UK
#1

My therapist was more useful to me on this than any prescriber, because the question was not really a medication question in my case.

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JonahFacilitatorCork, Ireland
#2

I want to slow this right down. Something difficult has been said and the thread has moved on quickly. Let us stay with the person who said it.

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BessLouth, UK
#3

I kept a one-word mood note daily for a year and the pattern was clear over a season and completely invisible over a week.

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TallisEly, UK
#4

The thing that helped least was being told it was probably the medication, before anybody had looked at anything else in my life.

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PippaTruro, UK
#5

Mine improved over about five months, alongside sleep improving, and I genuinely cannot separate the two.

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MairéadMayo, IE
#6

Bess — yes, and the bit that took me longest to accept was the next part.

I would say plainly that if things have got dark, this is a thread to leave and a person to ring. We are company and we are not the right help for that.

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TamzinPoole, UK
#7

Reading Tallis, I recognised more of that than I expected to.

My prescriber asked directly about mood at every review, which I found intrusive at first and was extremely glad of later.

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NazneenDhaka, BD
#8

What helped was telling one person honestly rather than four people partially. The partial versions were exhausting and got me nothing.

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JonahFacilitatorCork, Ireland
#9

Thank you for saying the hard part. It makes it easier for the next person, which is most of how this community actually works.

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BramwellNottingham, UK
#10

Gently disagreeing with Tamzin, or rather adding the other half of it.

The thing I would flag is anhedonia specifically. Low mood gets asked about; not enjoying anything is a different report and worth naming.

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