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i am really tempted to stop eating again.

for several months last year, i restricted myself to 300 calories or less, usually favoring a few saltines and a multivitamin. i am 4′11′’, nearly 5′0′’, and i weighed 90 pounds. by some, that’s underweight, by others, it’s not. whatever. but now, i am pushing 120 pounds.

it freaks me out because there doesn’t seem to be much i can do about it. i exercise, and i eat healthy. it’s my medication, lithium, and it has been messing with my thyroid for months. it’s a safety issue to stop taking it. i have tried many, many different medications, and this is the only one that works. my parents are against me trying other ones in the same class because they apparently cause more severe problems to the body. so i guess i should be grateful, but it’s hard.

it is quite depressing for me to deal with this weight gain. most of it i gained back in the past two or three months. i don’t want to add this to the platter of things i am required to work in therapy. i don’t know how to cope with this situation. there seems to be no way out. it really kills me.

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Aurora offline Verified User (10 months, 3 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
An Undisclosed Location | 10 months, 2 weeks ago (3 minutes after post)

Is there no way for your doctor to put you on thyroid medicine?
Have you asked about it?

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beyondconfuse offline Verified User (1 year, 3 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
An Unknown Location | 10 months, 2 weeks ago (5 minutes after post)

it has been brought up, but my mother is against that because she had the same problem… and i really don’t know the whole story with the thyroid medicine. all i know is that she’s against it.

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Aurora offline Verified User (10 months, 3 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
An Undisclosed Location | 10 months, 2 weeks ago (12 minutes after post)

maybe she had an allergic reation to it or something.
She needs to ralk to the doctor about it because they are improving meds evryday and chances are you might not be taking the same stuff as her

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Matt in England offline Verified User (10 months, 4 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 52 #
An Unknown Location | 10 months, 2 weeks ago (12 minutes after post)

are you female or male, and what age?

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beyondconfuse offline Verified User (1 year, 3 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
An Unknown Location | 10 months, 2 weeks ago (14 minutes after post)

female, 17.

i’ll see what i can find out from my mother.

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Morally Ambiguous JD offline Verified User (1 year, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 150 #
An Undisclosed Location | 10 months, 2 weeks ago (18 minutes after post)

ehm 8 stones 8 pounds or 120 ponds is not big… its underweight for your height only just. so ehm id recommend you just eat healthy and exercise but so long as you eat you might put on about another stone which would bring you to your heights correct weight which will be good for you.

your not big just now in fact your too thin id be scared id you, treat you like a china doll, a little more weight wont make you fat just more healthy. if your really concerned about your weight then just eat more healthily, eat three meals a day at regular times so you don’t feel the need to snack and keep exercising, if you put more than ooh 80 pounds on then ask your doctor for advice as it might be genetic.

your not fat or big or anything, yous at the opposite end of the scale, just eat sensibly and exercise you should be fine.

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Matt in England offline Verified User (10 months, 4 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 52 #
An Unknown Location | 10 months, 2 weeks ago (23 minutes after post)

I take it you’re on valium because you have hyperactivity issues?

Diet plays a massive role in hyperactivity, check out the diet books in my profile, see if your library has them if you can’t afford them.

Medication has side effects, noticeable and non-noticeable (until later down the road), if you want real health progress without medication, I could not recommend these books more.

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Matt in England offline Verified User (10 months, 4 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 52 #
An Unknown Location | 10 months, 2 weeks ago (26 minutes after post)

oh wait it’s lithium not valium that you’re taking. Either way, medication drugs aren’t the solution, the right diet, exercise and environment is.

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beyondconfuse offline Verified User (1 year, 3 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
An Unknown Location | 10 months, 2 weeks ago (27 minutes after post)

i’ll check out the books, thanks. i don’t have a choice in taking the medication, though. it’s a “safety” issue. i’m trying to work around it.

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ScarLo18 offline Verified User (10 months, 2 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 18 #
An Undisclosed Location | 10 months, 2 weeks ago (35 minutes after post)

I’ve had severe asthma my whole life so i’ve been on steroids since day one. I know what you’re going through. Don’t stop eating. It’ll make you very sick. I had a hard time with mine at first but I learned how to control it. I don’t know if you can in your situation since it’s a different thing but I would suggest talking further with your dr. about it. Maybe they can find some way to help that will be suitable to you and your mother.

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