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On stimulants

‎07-26-2016 23:41

‎07-26-2016 23:41

Hi all,

I am prescribed adderall for my ADHD, which significantly increase my heart rate.
I suspect that alters the calories calculated bymy Fitbit through out the day.
Is there anyway to adjust how the calories are calculated to take in the fact that the racing heart is because of the tablet and not activities that burn calories?
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‎07-27-2016 05:51

‎07-27-2016 05:51

@ADHD i have a prescription as well.  As an aside, many athletes think of it as a performance enhancer. I go back and forth -- to me it's similar to coffee before a run, etc (coffee would jack up the heart rate as well).  But I suspect that one, there's no real accurate way to adjust and it would be hard to do so and two, the fact that your hr is elevated probably does mean your metabolism is burning more calories.  It shouldn't show active when inactive, but the faster heart rate would burn more

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