Warning could be triggers for some just need to vent for me please do NOT read if you have weight issues

Yes @Shaz51 believe me I eat too ... it is just the meds the pdoc said the meds slow the metabolism down plus make you hungry .... what a combination ...

Can totally relate to all everyone is saying here @Bunniekins. Little pea, before medication I was only size 10 to 12. Now I am size 22 to 24! I'm not just fat, I'm morbidly obese and am running the risk of all the medical complications which go along with obesity. I've been to dieticians and have done a lot of diets, but the weight doesn't shift. I exercise to the point of exhaustion and while I can easily swim kilometres at a time, I'm still fat. It is all down to medication! Unfortunately, I have large doses of antipsychotics and mood stabilisers to take and slams on the fat cells.

I have absolutely nothing useful to say, but I wanted to let you all know how much I feel for you. I am blessed with a metabolism that allows me to eat disgracefully and barely put on weight. Having said that, I did put on weight with a particular anti-depressant that made me absurdly hungry (in veterinary medicine this particular medication is used as an appetite stimulant). However, I solved the issue by simply going off the medication. I recognise that I can do this because of the nature of my muddle. I know that although medication helps with the depression, my issues are fundamentally attachment-based and medication does nothing for that stuff. Happily, I am now on an antidepressant that has super helped with the depression and has had no effect on my appetite at all.

My experience of that insatiable hunger really makes me feel for other people who experience hunger as a side effect of medications that they can't go off without significantly compromising their mental health. So, as I said, I have nothing useful to say, but I just wanted you to know I am thinking about you.

@Queenie Oh Queenie that is just terrible though.... I really feel for you .... I truly do ..... we run the risk of so many diseases as you say .... I was a size 10-12 too and am now a 14 to 16 (I am tall so can hide alot of the weight gain ... BUT) and am hating it, absolutely hating it and from what you say the weight just keeps on accumulating. Wonderful ...

@Phoenix_Rising I appreciate all the sympathy I can get because as froggy said 'it gets me down' it truly does.....

hello @Bunniekins

I am size 14 but i am short

but I am turning my mind to maintaining my weight , trying not to put anymore on , seems hard i know but I will not buy bigger shorts

my dietician wants me to lose weight but with her diet i seem to put more on , so i am wondering if i need a Kidney Dietician might be better

I have not done this yet , but have you kept a food diary

@Shaz51 My ex does a food diary and swears by it. He is on a very strict diet and has a trainer once or twice a week. He likes having a diary because he loves his food whereas I am not a foodie. I am a kind of fly by the seart of my pants kind of pea. I just wing it. Although saying that I am very strict in what I am eating now so I should not be putting on weight anymore.

It is definately meds for me .... if I have to eat just water and salad to maintain my weight I could just ...