"i was diagnosed with adhd a little less than a year ago at the age of 12. at first, i loved it because it helped me get so much work done and i stopped getting in trouble and annoying people. after about one month i started realizing that i wasn&#039;t eating because the medicine was destroying my appetite, and i liked it. i started using the drug more for weight loss than anything and i went from a happy, bubbly 115 lbs to a lifeless 95 lbs. at 5ft8in, that&#039;s severely underweight and unhealthy. i kept taking the medicine but i became increasingly more depressed and anxious. i was an outcast but i was too obsessed with losing weight to care. after the school year finished, i took a break from the medicine and i am now a happy, healthy 13yr old."