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Old 08-08-2006, 09:21 PM   #1  
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Default You must have changed your meds to lose all that weight....
A well meaning friend said that to me "You must have changed your meds (she asked what kind I was on..we are bipolar support buddies) to lose all that weight."

I flat out told her NOPE! I worked for this weight loss! I journaled, watched what I ate, counted calories, measured my foods, excercised and to say it was anything but pure hard work discounts everything I worked for ..thank you very much.

She ate her words and apologized but commended me for being able to lose on the cocktail I'm on.
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Old 08-08-2006, 10:08 PM   #2  
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At least the foot in the mouth, cane out of an understanding of the challenges some medications add to weight loss, and not just brainless lip flapping.
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You go girl, thats awesome
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Good for you! Glad she was gracious enough to apologize. And yep I sure understand... we are WORKING hard for this weight loss tee hee
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Old 08-09-2006, 08:39 PM   #5  
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I have the same things with my ears too. People assume because I lipread so well and speak well that it is easy and I am "hearing." I work HARD to have those skills and to learn coping strategies. Saying otherwise discounts that hard work. I don't want to be pitied but I don't want to be brushed aside like I don't need help (when I ask for it) sometimes.
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I have the same things with my ears too. People assume because I lipread so well and speak well that it is easy and I am "hearing." I work HARD to have those skills and to learn coping strategies. Saying otherwise discounts that hard work. I don't want to be pitied but I don't want to be brushed aside like I don't need help (when I ask for it) sometimes.


AMEN SISTER!!!!!

Good for you girl! My uncle and serveral other people in my family have suffered with bipolar disorder. YOU GO GIRL!!!!



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AMEN SISTER!!!!!

Good for you girl! My uncle and serveral other people in my family have suffered with bipolar disorder. YOU GO GIRL!!!!



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I'm BP too, but highly functioning especially compared to some in my family. Mine was triggered after the birth of my 3rd child who is now 3. It's been a grieving process, a process of learning about meds and adjusting them and its been a process to learn triggers (not too much unlike foods and dieting) and coping strategies (not too much unlike having a disability or eating issues/dieting). My biggest regret is that I moved at the same time I was learning all this so I didn't have friends who knew the old me to fall on. I had new coworkers I unburdened on. I'm stable. I'm probably the most stable in my family. It's just taken me a while to accept and learn about how it will fit in my life.
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DUH! I just realized bp meds was the subject of this thread. LOL. I should read.
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Old 08-10-2006, 12:25 AM   #9  
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I have a friend with bp and it is a struggle with her meds. Alot of the time her cocktail stops working or the doses need adjusting.
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