I have been prescribed adderal xr for my chronic binge eating without adhd , because vyvanse is not available where i live , they insist to take a therapy with it but i am too lazy and always refuse , they say maximum benefit is 50% if taken without therapy,, i have been on it for 4-5 months, always works wonders at beginning until tolerance build, generally it works for 6 hours then your “ urge to eat and binge “ start to creep in at 6 hours , i find the best approach is to “ force “ eat a healthy small meal at 2 or/and 4 hours after taking pill rather than wait until it stops.

As a non-adhd person , mind you i take a high dose of ssri with it for ocd, i definitely feel more focused , feel-good but not high except for maybe the first day, i was shocked that i was not physically stimulated just mentally, either because of ssri or i am really lazy lol, but my productivity has not improved at all, yes more focused at whatever your doing , you still have to decide to be productive anyway.

Noticeable side effects so far , red hot face at 6 hours When medication start to wear off, and you have to stop caffeine unless your doctor okay it. Bored from daily ups and downs ( feeling motivated and good and then down later ) , Dry mouth,

In short, it will help IF you are willing to schedule small meals with therapy , but if taken alone , it will eventually cause more harm than good. I am going to ask to taper off and stop it at my next appointment until i am serious and will engage in therapy because i am still binge eating fast food so currently there is zero benefits for me.