meds and weight gain
Living with it is unavoidable as I have a chronic condition so I cannot live without the meds. At times hunger is voratious as are cravings for sweet and salt. Its a struggle but it can be handled. I raise my calories on the really tough days and lower them on the easier days. My calorie goal is a monthly average to maintain ten pounds below my lowest weight. I still bounce in a fifteen pound range in spite of my diet. However, its metabolic and the solution has yet to be identified.
I liberally use the dreaded DIET word because I am on a diet for life. Fat gain is fast and easy inspite of exercise and calorie control. Loosing is tough inspite of carefully managing my calorie deficit.
You don't want to diet and neither do I. However, you may not be able to get te relief you need from meds without carefully managing your diet. Fortunately there are multiple options for depression these days. In your position I would do some research on meds that don't increase hunger or cause weight gain and ask my doctor if these are an option. Its what I did for myself. Unfortunately, having tried multiple options, the worst of the meds for weight gain are the best of the meds for treatment. I hope you can find meds that serve both purposes well.
MSW Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass: Eat sensibly & enjoy moderation
Links: Are you a compulsive eater? for help OA meets on-line Keep Coming Back, One Day At a Time Overeaters Anonymous
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V'N MY RNY. WORKING FOR ME BECAUSE I WORK FOR IT.
I also did ECT not long ago. I think they told me they typically do about 12 to 16 treatments. I had 18. The depression was only slightly improved. Like, instead of planning to kill myself the next day, I thought I might wait until after the weekend. And the memory loss was really debilitating.
I will talk to my doc when I see him in a couple weeks about other options as far as meds go. Hopefully there is something.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
Tammy 
Luck 'o the Irish
HW399/SW362/CW219/GW130
*37 lbs were lost pre-op
Ellavil gave me horrible nightmares. Horrible.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
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RNY - August 13, 2010
LBL - October 29, 2012
a total of 271 lbs lost!!
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
