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Originally Posted by misstenacity
It was all so easy to rationalize the idea that transcended weight levels... and accepted the non-happiness as defacto. This is obviously not the best way to do things.
When:
1) I do not like how I look, or I think that I need a bit of improvement.
...then, why not be skinny and miserable than not skinny? At least you're skinny!
This was/is my not so great thought process. I know others that go the other way - "if I'm going to hate my body, I might as well get to EAT, at the same time."
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For a while, I had all sorts of stupid sounding tricks, like putting a note in the fridge. It said something like "Remember how sad you were after the last time you ate too much?" I also had a sad face on the fridge.
Not this one. But about as good.
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Originally Posted by Bytsi
Just a note: LD mentioned psych meds and weight gain, and that his doctor thinks the weight gain is because depressed people "wallow" and then start to eat again once they feel better...
There is a chemical process associated with anti-depressants that causes the increase in weight - it's not just eating more because they feel happier. Two anti-depressants (wellbutrin and effexor) are not associated with weight gain because they work on a different pathway.
The main cause of the weight gain (particularly with older tricyclic antidepressants) was their histamine binding properties which led to increased appetite. SSRIs (like prozac and paxil) are better, but still have varying degrees of anti-histamine activity (depending on which one you take) which is a direct physical cause of increased appetite and weight gain.
Just FYI - it's not as simple as eating more because you're happier.
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Just to be fair to my doctor... He was simplifying a lot for me. He said a lot of "maybes" and "in additions." He gave me some examples based on some personality types. That was one of them. The already overweight person who didn't gain any weight. The emotional eater who actually lost weight.
I'm sure you're right about the physiological side of things, but personality, how active you are, how you've been dealing with your depression, etc. plays into it, too.
I think if we know what to expect, we can deal with the weight gain possibilities more easily. I lost 10lbs on prozac because I continued to control my portions, calories, etc.