Depression and Weight IssuesHave you been diagnosed with depression, are possibly on depression medication, and find it affects your weight loss efforts? Post here for support!
Oh my gosh yes. Anxiety is terrible. Some of the things i worry about are just insane. It will wake me up at night, i toss and turn, when i do fall asleep i dream about it. Whatever the "stress of the day" is. Then there is this whispering depression that just seems to linger. I wonder if other people are happy and would i recognize what a "normal" state of mind feels like. Is this normal? I dont know. I just know i can relate to what you are saying. And it does affect my weight and what i eat and how often unfortunately. I wish i could be one of those people that didnt eat when they were depressed. I am the opposite unfortunately. I dont know a solution though. Just day by day is all i can do.
Yup, anxiety is a demon in my life as well. I have GAD as well as specific phobias and insomnia. That, coupled with my MDD has been my biggest obstacle to weight loss.
But, it can be done! Thank God.
I suffer from anxiety, too. The only thing that has ever helped me is Celexa. I was actually amazed when I started taking it how effective it is. It's not a cure, but it's taken the edge off.
I have severe work-related anxiety which has kept me jumping from one job to another for the past 5 years. I'll just quit at the drop of a hat if I'm not completely happy and regret it immediately afterwards when I realize I can't afford to be unemployed. This has happened more times than I can count and I've burned so many bridges. I get severely depressed after this...and of course, I eat. I have no health insurance (a peril of being unemployed so much) so I can't afford medication just yet. I'm hoping I can control myself this time and find a decent job that won't stress me out too much.
By the way, I also have anxiety about money, the future, and for some reason dying (I'm always afraid I'll have a heart attack)
I'm definitely a little obsessive-compulsive as well.
Wow. I am sorry that so many of you have the issues I do but it is a relief in a way, to know I am not alone! I am the only one in my circle of friends who is fat and anxious!
The strange, obsessive and health-related fears are the most bothersome in my opinion.
I have been taking anti-depressants for over 16 years. I started out on Imiprimine and then switched to Zoloft. My anxiety got so bad that I even had to take Valium for a while. At first I took the Valium every day, and then I got to where I only had to take it when I was having a panic attack. Every panic attack I have ever had has happened when I was driving. I've never been in a serious car accident, so it doesn't really make sense. Funny thing though... whenever I try to explain my panic-inducing fears, I always seem to end the tale with "I didn't say it was a rational fear!"
I went to the Dr's once absolutely convinced that he would put me on xanax for panic episodes. But he insisted that I try paxil (again) and be patient ... for up to six weeks. SIX WEEKS!!
He was right. One day I noticed that I'd been better lately and it was right around a month and a half or two. I fall asleep easier. I don't panic about social situations. I don't run old conversations thru my head ...
whenever I try to explain my panic-inducing fears, I always seem to end the tale with "I didn't say it was a rational fear!"
Hee! I'm another one with irrational fears; I live in the smallest, safest town ever, and I'm totally afraid of being mugged. My weirdest? I'm afraid of going down hills. I don't like driving, biking, walking, or riding a horse down hills. Which is great, considering I live in the freakin' mountains! I'm totally terrified the car/bike/horse is going to lose control and crash.
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I don't run old conversations thru my head ...
I do that still. Even though my panic attacks, etc are practically gone, I still have some social anxiety where I dread meeting new people and run old/unpleasant conversations over and over again in my head. Huh.
Ladies I would also recommend you getting enough potassium. I find when I am not doing so well on pot, my blood pressure rises and I am more prone to anxiety attacks. This last week was court so I had 2 sever ones anyways!
Severe Anxiety!
So sorry to hear you both suffer as I do. 
