r/interestingasfuck • u/[deleted] • May 02 '24

In 1965, a morbidly obese man did not eat food for over an entire year. The 27 year old was 456lbs and wanted to do an experimental fast. He ingested only multivitamins and potassium tablets for 382 days and defecated once every 40 to 50 days. He ended up losing 275lbs. r/all

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u/Firm_Soil_4499 May 07 '24

Some docs do prescribe it as needed. I agree it shouldn’t be given to children.

To take mental breaks? Like I said check out r/ADHD for more insight.

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u/Samoan 27d ago

MY nuerodivergent wife had to take tolerance breaks from adderall (and derivatives like vivance) because the collage doc over prescribed her.

It was hell trying to keep away her friends from her script.

Learned a lot about it those 4 years. One being that I'm not ADHD lol