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Appropriately enough, (most) ADHD medications also tend to suppress appetites. So much so that weight loss is perhaps the most serious side effect for ADHD meds in children.

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Yea, it's specifically warned against. Kids will just plain forget to eat on ADHD meds, which is kinda bad.

I could never eat lunch or sometimes dinner if I took it. I gained like 30 healthy pounds after stopping it at the end of my teens.

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