Ritalin and weight loss

[granby140]

I have a friend who is on ritalin for medical reasons, and he eats like shit but always stays so thin. Is that the ritalin or his metabolism?

 

[buckwheat1]

I would say that it is his metabolism. I think Ritalin and Adderal (ADD drugs) can induce weight loss in some people because it decreases the appetite. But in your friends case, he is eating so I don't think that it is.

 

[onedieselboy]

ritalin is like a poor man's coke(cocaine)...i would stay away..not positive but believe that it is very catabolic.. but yes..adderal and ritalin will def. KILL your appetite.

 

[buckwheat1]

I think at the correct dosages ritalin and adderal are not very catabolic. I am on adderall and I cut my dosage down to only 1/3 of the original dosage that the dr. prescibed. At the full dose, I felt amp all day but at the same time had no desire to work out. It also caused me to get stressed to easily. I ended up gaining weight and losing substantial muscle during this time frame. I can still remember thinking that I might actually lose weight because of the appetitie suppression. But that wasn't the case for me.

 

[needsize]

as my contest gets closer and the diet gets nuts, I've been taking 20mg 2x daily of ritalin to kill appetite and its worked great

 

[geoffgarst]

It is amphetamine. You will lose weight on it. That is a side effect.