Not necessarily just adderall but any kind of adhd medicine in general.
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Dopamine and norepinephrine are neurotransmitters, which are chemicals that transmit signals in the brain. Dopamine is associated with pleasure and reward, while norepinephrine plays a role in alertness and stress response. ADHD medications like Adderall affect the levels of these neurotransmitters, influencing brain functions, such as appetite regulation.
It’s a stimulant. Basically, stimulants cause an increase activity in your sympathetic nervous system, AKA the fight or flight response. In people with ADHD, it paradoxically allows you to concentrate more but it still stimulates your sympathetic nervous system. When you have more sympathetic stimulation, you have less appetite because from an evolutionary standpoint, this part of your nervous system gets stimulated when you are in immediate danger, and therefore shouldn’t be thinking about food. So you have less appetite.
Adderall causes your brain to produce dopamine. Dopamine makes you feel satisfied and full.
The other replies are only half the answer.
The other half is that there is increasing evidence to suggest that dopamine is a key part of appetite regulation and the sensation of being full/hungry. We used to think it was the stomach sending feedback in response to blood sugar, it turns out it’s actually signaled by dopamine
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