Posted by jay on April 17, 2005, at 13:40:56
Hi folks:
This question combines eating disorders with other things like med, but eating and weight are the main topic.
Well, it is now becoming more pubicly aware that men suffer from eating disorders as well. Here is a brief rundown of my history.
-In teen years, fairly overweight.
-Hit 21, the 'youthful years', went on a mass diet and exercize program, and was down to 145 lb's being 6 feet tall.
-Then psychiatric med intervention in 1993 or so, and a bit of weight crep't back slowly, but it could be under control.
-1997. World came crashing down, lost a child and my future wife, got fired from a very well paying job I was at for 8 years, so more medication tried to help, and man this time the weight comes charging back with a vengance. I just *can't* stop eating...like I have this empty black hole in me that needs to be filled with food, 24/7.
-2005 Doing better with meds, but I am so overweight, it is likely to affect my future health. (I am 36.) My father has diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure, so I guess with this added weight, I am in direct line of fire for these things. The thing is I am somewhat tall, and have a big build, so I can hide a fair bit of my weight in public.But my cravings for certain foods just overwhelm me. Anything chocolate; medium rare BBQ meats; A&W and fried onion rings; massive thick milkshakes; most other sweet stuff. About the only good thing I do is drink diet pop.(Still, yes I know..it is chemically cruddy too...and may be harmful..but aside from that..the calories.)
I used to binge and purge, but my meds seems to have stopped the purging, and it is only the binge part I have a hell of a time overcomming.
Would I be able to still use meds to healthily lose weight? I understand Dexadrine may be one of the best and safest to take with an SSRI.
If anyone has any advice, besides exercize which I do daily..cardio form...and am really hard trying to cut back on all the other 'bad' stuff. I'd really love to hear any suggestions.
Thank you so much,
Jay
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