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Originally Posted by fitness4life
4star - didn't we just talk about this in the binging forum? I hope more people reply with scientific answers!! I can only speak from what I observe, not from personal experience, so take this with a grain...
My bf has been taking Tramadol for 7 years - after his 2 back surgeries. While initially, he walked with a cane, eventually, he was able to wean himself off of the cane and get back to very heavy weight lifting. Hooray for him!!!
Then, in walked me. That was over a year ago. While with me, he has gained almost 25 lbs. Has his meds changed? nope. He and his best friend agree that the only change is that he is happy now (aw!) ...so he is eating more (OMG, yes) and spending more time with me than training at the gym. So true.
So I guess I would ask you to consider any other change in your lifestyle that may attribute to your weight fluxuations.
Don't know where people are reading all that into this convo...
I have only noticed an occasional minimal bloat from tramadol, no additional weight loss or gain. The only use to me that tramadol has been is that if offers enough pain relief for my arthritis to be ABLE to workout consistently. I know that if you have not been in this position, you really don't understand how hard it is to lose weight when your body is so limited that it all depends on strict diet and whatever exercise you can tolerate. If you haven't ever experienced chronic crippling pain, I don't really expect an intimate understanding of working around the obstacles. That's why I see a Doctor and work Physical Therapy programs. Some people are fighting just to maintain function. Again, I guess you just have to be there.
The OP is just struggling to understand what's going on with their weight. Like it or not, accept it or not, meds can interfere with the body. Her Doctor understands and will handle it. I just know where the OP is coming from b/c when a med that offers you relief starts to fail you, you face the extreme pain again and have to start the trial and error of pain relief meds all over again. It's a very frustrating and painful process and I applaud anyone who can make headway with that kind of obstacle.
Sounds like your friend is pretty inconsistent and fell off track. Not sure if he's eating emotionally. That's hard to just look at from the outside and diagnose. I am not dealing with an issue like that but people do and that has to be addressed emotionally, not physically. It might not even be an issue from "emotional eating" though, he may just be inconsistent and need to work on his routine. His routine may slide when he's having too much fun. It happens with lifestyle changes and that's not an ED. Not all people who are overweight and/or overeat have an ED. There are other obstacles that people have to get around sometimes.
http://weightloss.about.com/lw/Healt...in-Weight-.htm
Dragonlady Here's an article on what kind of drugs can contribute to weight gain. You said you take Lortab for the pain, that might be slowing your metabolism down a little too. If your diet is pretty decent, double check it with your Doc and see if you can get it switched.