drugs are a pain
i've been on drugs for about four years off and on. try one, doesn't work, try another, doesn't work. finally after a bit of a "situation" i got a combination that worked a little bit. but one of them made me gain weight. so i wanted of that one, thinking the other one was the one working anyway. now i'm thinking it was the other way around. so this means i have to take a drug that will make me gain weight (i'm really afraid of that, because i have an aversion to wieght that could end up not good.) it would also mean going off or lessening my dose of the other stuff. this would suck because it takes a month to get off 100mg, and i'm taking 300mg.
i hate drugs, i think i'm just going to become an alcoholic. at least that'll taste good.
Comments
Is the reason for the weight gain because it increases appetite, or screws with your metabolism? Hang in there - you'll get it sorted out....hopefully without the sauce.
Posted by: Lo | June 16, 2004 2:47 PM
i think a little of column a and a little of column b. and then again i think it may just be appetite. i hate food, but i get hungry alot.
Posted by: m a wiebe | June 16, 2004 3:06 PM
hmmmmmm.....tough. Are you an eat one big meal a day kind of guy or a grazer (eat all day, but not a lot)? I know you work crazy hours - that may not help the appetite thing. When I used to work shift - my body just hated me. Bodies like a consistent schedule (especially for food!). I have found that often times thirst is mistaken for hunger....do you drink enough water? (i'm totally mothering you right now and I apologize - just trying to help!)
Posted by: Lo | June 16, 2004 3:18 PM
i was on a drug once that made me gain weight. the weight tapered off to a certain weight at a point but i didn't like having that much wieght on me. i can't figure out now if it was metabolism or appetite. i think it was metabolism. although, after i got off of it, it was easier to control my food cravings.
Posted by: Kirk | June 16, 2004 3:26 PM
yeah, kirk used to eat way more than me. then i ate way more than him. now we're sortuv the same. but if i go back on this drug i'll be unhappy.
i'm a grazer, and i do drink alot of water. when i tried vegatarianism back 5 years ago i lost alot of weight. i really got in a bad place about gaining it back and have serious problems with doing that now. i just don't wanna risk ending up with another mental disorder.
don't fret about the mothering. i'm used to it with marie. and she doesn't do it much anymore, so maybe i need a new one.
Posted by: m a wiebe | June 16, 2004 4:26 PM
I will be your fellow empathizer of hating drugs, but without them I wouls be dead and I'm sure your life would be quite different as well.
P.S. I don't think you should be worrying about any weight gain.
Posted by: diabetic girl | June 16, 2004 5:14 PM
I would have to agree with Kimberley on this one. ;-)
Posted by: Rie | June 16, 2004 5:21 PM
yes, because if you make a comment about a womans weight you will get killed. however, a guy shouldn't care about his weight. i don't like being anymore than 175lbs, that might be stupid but its where i'm comfortable. it also keeps me mentally in check. just cause i'm skinny doesn't mean i want to gain weight. this doesn't mean i wouldn't rather be a fit 165lbs.
ps; all my pants are getting tight and i don't have money for a new wardrobe.
Posted by: m a wiebe | June 17, 2004 12:19 AM
yeah...I'm not even going to touch this one.... ;-)
Posted by: Rie | June 17, 2004 12:22 AM
Not sure what type of medication you are on, but you might want to look into alternatives. Natural alternatives. Doctors tend to overlook those options but they CAN (but not always) be just as effective as the synthetic chemical medications. Just a thot!
Posted by: Angie | June 17, 2004 11:00 AM
my mom has a book on how different foods and nutrients balance us mentally.
Posted by: Kirk | June 17, 2004 12:12 PM
Some days I hate being a pharmacist. I hate telling people that this drug might work but it will also make you gain weight, decrease your libido, give you headaches, stomaches, bleeding, nausea, diarrhea, constipation, a cough, vague pains, high blood pressure, low blood pressure, incontinence, blurred vision, rashes, hives, difficulty breathing, or, hey, what the heck, it could kill you.
But then I remind myself, that as a pharmacist I need to go much farther beyond rattling off a list. It's my job - no, my duty - to find out what you, the customer/patient/prescription bearer/inquiring individual wants and to find a way (together) to get there. This may mean no drugs or ten million drugs. It may mean herbs or natural products. It may mean dietary changes. It may mean 'complimentary' or 'alternative' medicine practices. Or, it may mean you don't want to do anything at all.
All I have is some information in my head (and in a few rather large books) that I can pass on so that we can work together to figure this thing out.
Posted by: jenn | June 18, 2004 2:31 PM
are you offering or what? any who, i think it might be that i stopped taking my B12 pill, cept that thing makes me pukey.
one thing you forgot about as far as side effects: anarexia, a couple of mine have had that listed.
Posted by: m a wiebe | June 18, 2004 3:09 PM