Hello everyone!
For reference, I’m a 6’5” 31-year-old man.
I spent the last year in a very deep depression. My weight around April was 260, but as my mental state worsened, I lost about 20 pounds. I couldn’t even bring myself to eat. Everything seemed like a chore. I thought I was never going to get better, but finally a change in medication in mid-December started to pull me up from off the cliff.
With that said, I’ve noticed that I’m binging often, and in egregious ways. For example, just a half an hour before I typed out this post, I took a few pieces of bread and lathered butter on top. It was so thick, I may as well have been biting into cheese. Then, I took out my remaining ice cream, added all the chocolate syrup and peanut butter syrup I had remaining, and finished the ice cream as well. Plus, I go through about 8-10 cans of soda in a day.
My weight is now 285, and fast approaching 290. I will talk to my doctor next time I see her, as I’m sure this is a side effect of the medication. However, I don’t want to stop taking it. I never thought I’d feel alright again, and side effects seem trivial in comparison to where my mind was at.
So, questions for the community: How do you deal with weight gain caused by medication? Is there a sure fire way I can convince myself to stop binging? It’s like I’m not even present when I’m eating.
I went on a long hike today, so it’s not like I’ve given up everything pertaining to fitness, but for every good decision I make for my health, my brain seems to make three bad ones in return.
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