Do I look like I've gained?
So he asked me to step on his scale and I did and it said 130. Which is six pounds more than my scale at home says but whatever. A difference of a couple pounds does not worry me. So then he pulls out one of those little cardboard wheels you turn to find your BMI. And he tells me my BMI is 22-point-something. Well, 22 is just great for a BMI, isn't it?
Then he writes it in my chart and says "We'll keep an eye on this." Excuse me?
And you know what happened a couple weeks ago? I was shopping at Goodwill and the lady that rang me up asked if I was over 50 because if I was, I would get a 10% discount. Um, I'm not even 40 yet.
So, you know, I was thinking I looked OK but apparently I don't. Apparently after losing 150 pounds, I look old and fat.
Blah. I'm not really upset but, I don't know, confused, I guess.
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It's just the way he did it. He acted like a BMI of 22 was too high.
I was too shocked I guess to tell the lady at Goodwill that I was over 50 so give me my discount. Plus my sister was standing right next to me cracking up.
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Those psych meds are no joke when it comes to weight gain! I remember being os mad about gaining and all my doctor could tell me was that, the more weight I gained, the better it was working. I almost wanted to smack her! I hope you don't gain with this new medicine. I would be scared of regaining too, but don't let anyone tell you that a BMI of 22 is too high! That's awesome!
He thinks my partner and I are married. I've told him multiple times that we are not but yet he always refers to him as my husband. I don't bother to correct him anymore.
Well, one time he asked me if my husband and I were planning to have children. I said no. He asked why and I said, well, we just didn't want to, plus with the meds I am on, getting pregnant would be a bad idea. Birth defects and all that. So he said well, I could just stop taking my meds long enough to have a child and then go back on them.
Um, excuse me? You wanna admit me to the psych ward for nine months?
I told him my husband had a vasectomy. He looked very sad and shook his head and said he thought I should have at least one child, otherwise I will be lonely when I am old.
I dicussed it with my therapist and we decided it must be a cultural thing. He is Pakistani.
I live in a small town and there are only three psychiatrists here that take Medicare. I saw the other two first and they were both total idiots. One of them told me that Effexor does not cause withdrawal symptoms if you stop taking it cold turkey. Well, the company that makes it even says it does.
This doc is good at prescribing my meds and he listens to me if I think I need my dose changed or something, so I decided to ignore the inappropriate advice about having kids.
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That is absolutely crazy that your psychiatrist made a comment about your weight and BMI, I'm puzzled.
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I had my first baby at 33 and my second at 35, and when they were toddlers was asked more than once by friendly people on the street if I was giving their mommy a break by taking the grandkids for the day.
Man, that really puts the spring in your step, huh?
And since my mom had me at nineteen, and being overweight I looked older than my age, we have been asked if we're sisters more than once. She just beams.
Me?
Not so much.
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