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Amanda Bynes updates fans on her weight-loss journey after gaining 'over 20 pounds' from depression struggle

Amanda Bynes sounded excited to share her weight-loss progress when she updated her fans on social media on Tuesday.

While she was filming the 2007 Hairspray remake, Amanda recalled 'reading an article in a magazine that [called Adderall] "the new skinny pill" and they were talking about how women were taking it to stay thin. In 2015, Amanda admitted to Paper that she faked the symptoms of ADHD to get a prescription for Adderall after hearing it called 'the new skinny pill'; pictured in 2011 in Universal City, Calif. Amanda's mother Lynn Bynes, who became her conservator responsible for her health care and personal matters in 2014, reportedly agreed with her daughter's desire to regain her independence, and the conservatorship was dissolved in March of 2022.

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