Any experience good or bad wanted. I do not like taking drugs of any kind but starting to think it couldnt hurt...or coud it? and am in counseling already. In october I am going to see a psyciatrist about my eating disorder. I am sure prozac is going to come up there. I am sure you are laughing because the crazy person on here is asking about prozac. I really just hope it does not put anymore extra weight on me. I had a friend in college that as taking prozac for her bulemia nervosa and said it made her gain weight....I was thinking it is counter productive then but what do I know.
So I was trying to be good today and not binge and purge but I stared talking about bad things to my best friend and while I was on the phone with her I was shoving my face...now I am trying to focus on my kids and play trains with them but it is so hard to not go to the toilet.
Prozac does not typically cause weight gain, in fact it suppresses my appetite. I think that anything you can use in your arsenal to help you fight this, you should use. If that’s you in your profile pic, you’re beautiful, I wish you weren’t so worried about your weight. I’ll send good thoughts & prayers your way!
Congratulations on taking the first step and gettinig help for your eating disorder. Only good can come of getting help. We all know that eating disorders aren’t about the weight, but the underlying issues and feeling out of control.
As for Prozac, I’ve never had an issue regarding weight. There are many anti-depressants on the market that you and your therapist can explore.
Again, good luck in getting well.
It’s wonderful that you recognize and want to deal with your eating disorder. That’s great! I’m not sure why you think Prozac will come up - try not to anticipate what the psychiatrist will say. Discuss your concerns about any medication suggested, and get a 2nd opinion if you feel you need to. Give your current counselor permission to talk to the psychiatrist and vice versa, if you haven’t already. For now, take one day at a time and don’t try to solve all of this yourself. Don’t assume that your future experience will be what another friend’s experience was. Discuss your issues in a safe and neutral setting with your counselor and see if you can use your friends to get together with you and have all the moms and all the kids play trains together. The support can be very helpful. Good luck and keep working on getting healthy!
Girl, I wish I could give you a big hug! I don’t have any experience with your subject, but I wanted to suggest EFT or Emotional Freedom Technique in addition to seeing a psychiatrist and going to counseling.
You are doing a great job, mama! It’s evident that you love your kiddos. I pray that you are able to be free of this. You aren’t crazy!!!
I JOKE that I have an eye disorder (I just can’t see myself right in the mirror)… but I’m actually anorexic.
For the first time since I was maybe SIX years old… when taking Straterra… I had no body issues. Since that’s a rather LONG list, I’ll just keep it short and sweet… but, seriously. No. Body. Issues.
Keeee-razy.
Mind blowing.
Life altering.
Of course, now I’m not on it, but hey. For a short period of time… I really enjoyed being in my own skin. Still makes me laugh a bit. It was a great experience. I was actually taking it for ADHD stuff, but it was a GREAT side effect.
Straterra (an ADHD med) is now being given off-label to many anorexics, although it’s not commonplace, yet.
As someone who as been in your shoes and overcome 10 years of bulimia now for over 15 years I will offer what I can. I’m not a fan of drugs and can’t offer you much on your specific question. I can tell you that trying to deal with an addictive compulsive behavior at the point of purging is like trying to stop a leaky hose with duct tape. When you are well enough to loose the binging, you will be well enough to battle the purging.
I’m going to recommend a book that helped change my attitude about food called : How to be Naturally Thin by Eating More. It deals with emotional eating and more. I overcame without medicine or psychologists. I overcame through prayer, maturing, learning to love myself, stopping negative self talk, learning to trust that my body could handle food. I learned not to deprive myself and therefore stop the downward spiral of binge purging. I Learned to eat mostly healthy with occasional treats in reasonable portions. I learned to recognize real hunger vs. emotional hunger and to never eat when It was not genuinely hungry. When the urge to binge was gone, i was well enough to let go of the purging too. I hope you can get a handle on this, your life will be so much brighter.
Eta: I don’t think that forgoing the purging while continuing to binge eat until your stomach hurts constitutes real progress. I say this from a point of no judgment having personally been unable to stand up straight from binge eating more times than I care to know. Get to the bottom of the emotional eating and binging primarily and the purging secondarily. One is the symptom of the other. If you continue to binge but not purge, you will still have an eating disorder by a different name but an eating disorder non the less- making your life miserable. I hope I’m not being too harsh, I feel for you and you are in my thoughts.
Let me start with the prozac question, as far as I know from my research, the only medications that will make you gain weight would be the ones that are altering your hormones somehow.
Most anxiety/depression medications do not directly effect your hormones. They help you release seritonin levels in your brain. Some peoples levels are too low, some too high. These medications work with that and your nervous system.
Should not make any substantial difference to your hormones.
With that being said, I gained 50 lbs with each one of my pregnancies, and as soon as I could, after pregnancy got back on my anxiety meds, and had no problem whatsoever losing all my baby weight on them. Actually, I would have to say it was easier, because after my 1st I was not on anxiety meds and had a hard time losing the baby weight. Wasnt until after my 2nd child that I went on my meds and was able to lose all the weight that I wanted.
I thinking they helped get my mind right and gave me the motivation to be able to lose the weight without feeling overwhelmed or discouraged.
I am not going to pretend I know anything about bulimia, because I dont. I know the guilt of feeling like total crap after I ate something really bad for me and wanting to throw up, but I literally hate throwing up and could never bring myself to do it willingly.
I dont know if this will help you any, but I had a very hard time with myself until I lost the weight that I wanted. When I was heavier, it was so discouraging and I felt miserable! I hated myself. I worked out, I tried to eat as little as possible and still lose NO weight. It was horrible.
Until, I learned how to eat. If you can any questions about that, please let me know, I would be glad to help you. I know what to eat, I am not hungry or starving, and dammit, Im skinny and that feels good!
If you ate the right things, you could pretty much eat all day long, without the guilt of feeling like you need to throw it up. Like I said, I have thought about it before, but just couldnt do it.
After I gorge myself on apples, fat free popcorn and healthy foods, there is no need to feel guilty. It is good for me!
I know this is emotional as well. I feel like I can relate because I do have anxiety/depression issue, as well as a huge fear of being fat. Which probably isnt normal either, but I eat healthy and try to do whats best.
Doesnt always mean my mind is working right, and with the exception of my horrible smoking habit, I would say Im pretty durn healthy!?
I am not saying by any means your road to recovery is going to be easy, but I hope you do have a doctor you can trust and be able to talk to about all of your concerns to help you get better.
Good luck sister! You can do this!
I struggled with an eating disorder in highschool and college and although the weekly counseling sessions and group therapy were OK, what really helped was the weekly meetings with the nurse and keeping a food journal. By doing this I was able to see really see…what I ate, when, and how I felt before and after. Often I would see that I was eating because I was sad, depressed, nervous, lonely, etc. and when I felt those feelings, I was eating things like candy, ice cream, etc. and felt guilty after and purged. Slowly and successfully, over time began to change those habits with healthier ones like either picking something healthy to eat, thus not feeling guilty and purging or not eating at all and going for walk or perhaps…just having a drink instead.
I don’t really know how effective drugs are since they are just a temporary solution and don’t fix the problem of why you are doing what you are doing and what you can do to change it so that you are healthy for yourself and for your family. Best of luck to you and just take it one day at a time.
Nikki- thanks so much… That was me after my first son at about 180. Now I am 220 so Thanks anyways 
I will consider trying it. I just want my kids to be ok and not have to deal with a distant mother. I want to be present for them physically and emotionally.
well I made it through the worst part which is my stomach being so full I want to puke. I feel fine now. and I did not purge. Thankis everyone who helped me get through this one. I wish I could come on here every time this happens and get support!
updated: so it is 430 pm a few hours I posted my question and I am seriously having withdraws. My brain wants me to vomit. I feel lightheaded, stomach nausea-almost like I don’t have a choice to vomit or not, headache, seeing weird spots. Like caffiene withdrawals I get when I don’t have caffeine. This is crazy. I never want to binge eat again.