u/Big_Research_4163

I've started taking Concerta 18mg (Methylphenidate
Extended Release) as prescribed by my doctor for the last
week while already doing a lean bulk on a 300 calorie surplus. However this past week I weighed myself and
have actually been losing weight or staying the same weight while eating at my previous surplus.

I saw some stuff online which says it could raise your tdee by 2-7% which if correct would raise my maintenance by 200 calories but I don't know how reputable that claim is.
Does anyone here with ADHD and taking stimulant medication have any experiences or knowledge to share?

[22M 6’1 144 lb] For some context I’ve been steadily losing weight over the last 3 years from 264lb/120kg. I grew up as the fat kid and this lead to me wanting to finally better myself. Unfortunately I guess probably because of childhood trauma and not seeing myself as “good enough” yet in the mirror I started dipping into more ED territory and eventually finally stopped my weight loss journey at 140 pounds. I’d just like to clarify I have a great support system around me from friends and family, I don’t want to be underweight and recognize my current weight isn’t healthy for my size and have intended on doing a lean bulk to build muscle for good while now and just recently in the past 2 weeks finally reached that point when I called it quits with losing weight and recognized this was getting dangerous now after starting to feel like genuine garbage and weight loss taking a toll on my social life and mental health.

Before I wanted to lean bulk, I had planned on doing a temporary maintenance phase of 4-6 weeks to help my body recover, have my hormones stabilize, feel better with more energy, etc. and I do feel great now, it’s been 2 weeks and while I don’t feel super strong yet I definitely feel happier and have more energy to do things. But I also just have been struggling with intense feelings of hunger that has even caused me to binge during some weekend family events and the Fourth of July which already had me a little scared of ruining all my weight loss progress and becoming my old self and not building any good muscle mass. At first I tried eating my sedentary calories of around 2000 but as I started working better in the gym + daily activity like 10k+ steps a day, I started getting hungry and shot it up 2300 calories which worked for a bit but I’m still dealing with absolute intense feelings of hunger that are negated again if I eat more calories. I’m wondering because I’m already in the underweight territory and it’s been 2 weeks with some binges already maybe putting in a high surplus, am I doing more harm than good and should just start trying to actually bulk up? Another weekend family event is planned next Saturday too and it’s actually my birthday and I’m wanting to enjoy it and not live in fear but I’m just starting to get tired of this and want to see if this is even worth doing or I should just starting the bulk now.

I already own a pair of acne 2021m trafalgar black ones and I’m looking for a lighter blue with a vintage wash type of look.