Is Strattera sometimes prescribed for obesity problems instead of ADHD?

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I am not a Doctor. I have been on this med 40 mg for a month. I have a eating diorder due to depression. I eat to cover up my sadness. With this med I am able to control this. I find that at first in the am I get alittle sick at me stomach and thirsty throughout the day. I like the fact I really don't get hungry and only eat when I have to. I haven't lost a lot of weight for this month because I have been eating the wrong things at the wrong time. With discipline I feel it will be good. In someways, this med acts like a diet pill without the speed and nervousness that I have experienced with other diet drugs. As for a child, it'll be up to you to help him eat correctly. One thing that bothers me though, as I read through some of these comments by others that are on Strattera, they said they had a weight gain. This scares me. I keep monitoring myself. I will stop if I put weight on. Weight factor has been the number one reasons that I would never take depression medicine because of the side of effects.