Man I am grateful to be on ADHD meds now and having better energy and focus but it’s wild not being able to rely on my appetite to remind me to eat. I’m bad enough already at breaking away from whatever I’m doing when I’m hyperfocused even when I do get hungry. Now I don’t even realize I’m hungry until I’m too weak to think, and my metabolism has gone up too so it’s just a fucking shitshow. And I also can’t tell if I’ve eaten enough, or too much, so I’m having to pay more attention to my portions now instead of just eating until I’m not hungry.
Appetite suppression sounds nice, in theory. I’m glad it’s cured my binge eating and boredom eating problems but god, at what cost? I’m doing some research and coming up with strategies to manage, but man this is an adjustment. It’s nice not craving food when I’m not actually hungry but I wish I could still enjoy food? Now it seems I only enjoy it when I get super hungry, and I don’t want to deprive my body and make myself non-functional just to enjoy normal creature comforts yk?
Idk maybe this will wear off a little or I will get used to it, but right now I feel like complaining even if I really shouldn’t be complaining about getting on some potentially very helpful meds.
