Sudden Weight Gain After Finally Finding the Right Meds to Manage Mental Health… Now what?

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97kw5zp9x6
97kw5zp9x6 Posts: 1 Member
in Health and Weight Loss

i was skinny my whole life and was quite underweight earlier this year. I was working on weight restoration and really was struggling but made a bit of progress. After quitting a stressful job and finding a psychiatrist that put me on the right kind of meds, I put on weight. More than 30% of my starting weight. I’m sad that my mental health is stable but my weight sky rocketed and I hate the way my body looks and how my clothes feel. I talked to my doctor and we lowered the dose for one of my meds weeks ago, but my weight only recently stopped climbing. Does anyone else relate? How do I healthily lose this weight, especially with a disordered eating history? I will be talking to a professional about this as well xo

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  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 15,394 Member
    edited June 9

    Sure sounds like the correct thing to do… consulting in person with a professional who is familiar with your situation!

    For whatever it's worth… my first thought in reading through what you wrote? It has to do with the gas pedal!

    Do you drive? Have you ever tried to recover from a steering "over-correction"? When you find yourself yanking the steering wheel from left to right and left again trying to go straight but increasingly losing control?

    I've never managed to recover from one of those without taking my foot off the gas pedal…

    And keep engaging with your doc—of course (initially I thought your doc was the pro you talked about) :)

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