My Brain and Food
My ADD brain craves stimulation. I'm always looking for new things and have such a low frustration tolerance for boredom. I wrote some time ago about my use of FreeCell as "brain candy." My son (ADHD) is quite a chubby fellow just like his father. I can see the way he uses food to stimulate his brain. He eats so much more when he doesn't take his Adderal. Some of this is due to the appetite suppressant effects of the Adderal. I have no doubt that this "side effect" of Adderal is related to the phenomenon of ADDers and overeathing.
Here is a really interesting article about the prevalence of ADD in the morbidly obese. 27.4% That is an amazing number. So, over 1/4 of morbidly obese patients are ADD, if the sample was representative of all morbidly obese patients.
Prevalence of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder among adults in obesity treatment
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