why can adderall cause no appetite?

Question

Not necessarily just adderall but any kind of adhd medicine in general.

In: Chemistry

Answer 1

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.