Ritalin Weight Gain

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what are some of the side effects ## My husband is on adderall for a sleeping disorder(he falls asleep all the time).He is on it to wake him up.It makes him very hyper like as if he was on coccaine.When he started the drug he weighed 130lbs now he weighes only 95 lbs.He lost alot of weight in only very little time. ## YOU LOSE WEIGHT ON ANYTHING THAT SPEEDS U UP PRETTY MUCH ## He should lookin to provogil. I took that to coounter the effects of my antidepressant and it did not make me jumpy. Also adderall is astimulant that actually keeps you more focused if you have attention problems I was told if youy get jittery you do not need to take it ## UMMMM! Me thinks he's loosing WAY TOO MUCH weight. As I've said before, I've been taking either Ritalin or Adderall for years and I...

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Is it safe to mix metadate, ritalin and respridal? My sons dr. had him on all three at once and he was like a zombie, so I stopped guving them to him. ## Have you consulted his doctor? There are no interactions listed between using them together, however, the problem was probably caused by the Risiperdal. It is a very potent antipsychotic and is well known to cause extreme sedation in some people, especially at higher dosages. What dose was he on? ## He was on 3mg of respridal. He gained an extreme amount of weight and even developed breast, which I thought were a result of the weight gain. After he was off the respridal he lost the weight but he still has breast tissue, even after exercise nothing changed. I just recently found out he has to have surgury to remove the extra breast tiss...

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My doc is about to change me from SEROQUEL to ABILIFY. I want to know if I am doing the right thing. Seroquel has been the main cause for my weight gain and my doc believes that Abilify is weight neutral. I also take Wellbutrin and Ritalin 20mg xr. She has also suggested Topamax. Any advise ## Hello, Alicat! How are you? The only way to see how a medication will work for you is by actually trying it. Others can chime in with their experiences, but we are all different and what works well for one person may not work well for another. However, Abilify is not listed as being weight neutral, weight gain is reported by the FDA as one of its most common side effects, along with nausea, headache, blurred vision and dizziness. Topamax is actually used, in some cases, for weight loss, so if weig...

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