I'm diagnosed ADD, and took medication all through middle and high school, but when I got to college I stopped (being in an artistic major, I discovered that my work could be better when I wasn't so focused on a single idea, which is what the medicine tended to make me do). Since then I've had a huge problem with acting on impulse - eating without thinking of the results or of how I feel or of anything... just eating because I have the sudden impulse to do it.
I recently started taking medicine again regularly, which has really affected my dieting. For one thing, it takes away a lot of my appetite - a known side-effect. But I've also found that when I do have cravings for a food (mmm... pizza ) or when I'm just around food and I'm on the medicine, I'm not as apt to act on the impulse, and have better self-control.
I know there's a lot of controversy when it comes to ADD and medicating it, but I wanted to see if there was anyone else out there who can relate?