I just read a story about Adderall being used for weight loss. Adderall is generally used for so-called ADD and ADHD. It’s a problem especially by teens. Sometimes they get it from their doctor, but sometimes it comes from a friend. Doctors are worried about it because the drug is highly addictive. Many people have had to go to an addiction treatment center to get off them.

Adderall has a lot of dangerous side effects, but also acts as an appetite suppressant so, often, the person will lose weight. But because they’re not eating much they’re not getting the nutrition they need. Being malnourished will only encourage addiction and it enable to drug to do even more damage to the body.

A while ago a friend told me she was on a ‘medical’ weight loss diet. Which meant she was on drugs, I assume they were given to her by a doctor. She said nothing else worked for her – which I personally knew was not true. She took the pills, got nice and slim, then  stopped taking them and within a few months, was getting pudgy around the middle again.

So what’s she going to do? She either has to find the reason she’s fat – and there is always a reason – and do something about it, or she’s going to take the pills again. That will increase her chances of addiction and if her doctor eventually refuses to give her any more prescriptions, she’ll have to either live with being fat or, at last, find a real solution. She’ll be right back where she started.

Why risk ending up with a prescription drug addiction when you’re going to eventually wind up with the same problem you had to begin with? Better to find the real problem in the first place.

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