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  • Hi :) I have Generalized Anxiety Disorder. I'm also agoraphobic, socially phobic (sometimes spreads online, too), & mildly OCD. Currently, I'm taking Buspar but I hate it and am struggling with getting switched to something else. I have frequent panic attacks! As for my triggers though.. really that's hard to pin down,…
    in New here Comment by itbepanda April 2013
  • I took Paxil for a couple of months and gained around 40 pounds. I would be eating without even realizing it and craved carbs like crazy. I really wanted bread and pasta! Pretty much all the anti-depressant medications I tried did make me gain, but Paxil was by far the most extreme. It was also the last I tried! It might…
    in Anti anxiety medication and weight gain Comment by itbepanda April 2013
  • This. I couldn't say it better. I'm happy to be losing weight, and I'm thankful for the support, but I'm so self-conscious and uncomfortable.
    in I'm conflicted about "Fat Acceptance" morally.. I find Comment by itbepanda March 2013
  • I'm OCD, and since I got an accurate scale it's been very hard for me to resist the urge to hop on the scale every day. It would be very interesting to me to watch the fluctuations, but I also know that I would be disheartened by the higher numbers (even knowing that they're normal). Instead I try to channel my…
    in Weigh-ins Comment by itbepanda March 2013
  • You're doing great! I love your hair, too :)
    in My progress...slowly chugging along Comment by itbepanda March 2013
  • That is so awesome! Congratulations :) You're doing great! You're so right - it's so much easier to focus on being healthy than to waste time and energy on being unhealthy.
    in 25 lbs. down! Comment by itbepanda March 2013
  • You definitely have my sympathy. The last time I had that I remember my husband asking if I was going to die and if he needed to take me to the hospital haha I was so mad at him for giving it to me, and for getting over it so quickly himself. It's horrible!! You'll like the results on the scale after, but I don't know if…
    in how do i log norovirus? Comment by itbepanda March 2013
  • I log everything I eat but just eyeball lettuce. I don't have a scale though, with my OCD I would probably end up micromanaging and things would get out of hand so I'm "not allowed" do have one. For now.
    in Logging Lettuce Comment by itbepanda March 2013
  • It's so easy to give up, and so hard to find motivation. It took me a very long time to get to that point where it finally began sinking in. I've been unhappy for a while (because really, who's really happy being overweight?) but chronic pain has kept me from doing much about it. Chest pains drove me to the doctor, and…
    in Just need to talk Comment by itbepanda March 2013
  • I'm definitely in this boat and needing motivation! Feel free to add me, too :)
    in Any 250lbs + people want to be friends?!! Comment by itbepanda March 2013
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