Posted by raisinb on February 14, 2009, at 19:37:27
Not sure this is quite the right place for this, but I'll post it here anyway, as I think it's more med-related than eating-board-related.
Anyway, I tend to lose weight from depression. I am 5'2" and for about 8 years tended to even out at 115 pounds or thereabouts. I always ate what I wanted and exercised vigorously a few times a week.
When I got seriously depressed about a year ago, I unwittingly lost about 9 pounds, then maybe 8 more once I'd gone on Wellbutrin. Gradually, I gained about 9 of that back (mostly from being on Remeron), though adding Zoloft to the Wellbutrin seemed to prevent further weight loss.
Remeron didn't work for me and made me more depressed. I am now on 50 mg Zoloft and 20 mg Lexapro, with 1 mg Xanax at night.
In the last few weeks, I broke up with my boyfriend and then a few days later, my therapist went on maternity leave. I just checked my weight a few days ago and I've lost the 9 lb I gained back.
I do eat regularly, but it's hard to force a lot of it down for some reason. I've also been smoking a lot, which might be contributing.
I don't know whether to worry about this or not (am I depressed--is this a sign of coming worries?) I don't feel too bad, considering (as a matter of fact I think it's a sign that the medication's working wonders that I'm functional, working, and not suicidal at the moment). I also don't know really whether I am at a healthy weight or not. I have been wearing size 0 pants (US) and they are now getting pretty baggy. But I have a small frame, too.
Does anyone have any advice or suggestions to prevent further weight loss? I got some Ensure from the store, but upon checking, I saw it only had 240 calories. So I don't know how much that'll do.
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