First, a little bit of background info: I'm 18 (19 next month). I moved out of my parents house in early April. Healthwise, I have been watching my weight since I was 12 and I have never in my life been thin, always a little bit on the chubby side but not too bad. I had a seizure last December that was drug related (unintentional overdose, it was really dumb), and after that, my body started to do some weird things. I'm not sure if it was related.
In late January, I had been exercising and eating healthy for a while and was down to 120 pounds at 5'2.5", which is the lowest weight I had ever been at that height, and I was happy about that. But, after I got a new job and moved out, everything just kind of went downhill. What I don't understand is... It's 10 months later now, and I have been eating healthy and exercising for 3 months. I haven't really weighed myself at all since January when I was at my lowest weight, but I went to the doctor today and their digital scale read 168 pounds... And this is after "dieting" (read: lifestyle change) for 3 months. I imagine I probably weighed about 180 3 months ago, with that math. I just can't believe it. I knew I had gotten bigger, and I have a lot of stretch marks from the sudden weight gain..
But that's similar to how much weight you would gain during a PREGNANCY, and it wasn't even 9 months!! And it's not like I was ever eating and eating nonstop. I wasn't on a 6 month binge. Should I be concerned? Should I get my metabolism checked or something? I didn't even go on any new meds or anything. I'm terribly afraid that I messed up my digestive system and metabolism with the massive amount of drugs and the seizure. But the doctor I went to was a gynecologist and didn't really seem to care about the weight issue... I don't know if I should go to someone else? I'm just concerned, and a little bit devastated because I weight 20 pounds more than I thought. I'm starting to even doubt that I've lost any weight at all in these past 3 months.
Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks for your time.