Posted by Shirley1 on March 6, 2001, at 16:37:19
In reply to get real!, posted by ItsJustMe on March 6, 2001, at 14:15:23
It's just me,
I definately understand your feelings as I am still trying to find the ellusive med combination that works. In one way, I wish a med combination would work so well that I would be torn about gaining weight vs. staying with the drugs.
I have a extremely liberal attitude about weight compared to the rest of the society so for me, the fear isn't being a size 12 or 14 vs. being an 8. But what was so terrifying for me while on the Zoloft and currently being on the Prozac is that it seems the weight gain is never going to stop.
I don't believe in dieting as I used an anti diet philosophy to overcome an eating disorder so that's not an option. I have been trying to get more exercise but while I certainly didn't expect to lose much weight, I don't even feel toned unlike prior to drugs.
Interestingly, I am not even worried about the health aspects but I worry about having to keep shopping for clothes. Having a learning disability makes clothes shopping very hard and that is not good for my mental health. Catolog shopping is not an option because the LD affects my visual spatial skills and I have a heck of a time telling what the right size is to order.
I think if the man or woman upstairs said you will gain this amount of weight on an antidepressant, while I wouldn't like it, I could deal with it because I would know what I was dealing with. Unfortunately, when I was on the Zoloft, I was afraid of buying clothes at a certain size for fear I was quickly going to grow into the next size. Definately not good for my mental health.
Hopefully, I will find a medicine combination that works so well, I will have to deal my fear of the unknown weight gain. But unfortunately, after many years, that time has not arrived and it sounds like you're in the same boat.
I wish you lots of luck
Shirley
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