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Originally Posted by thinker22
My meds suppress my appetite, but when I'm manic I crave chocolate, candy, carbs, caffeine, anything bad for me. I'm bouncing around and saying gimme MORE. So, I know how that is. Depression makes me tend to lose weight, but mania...well, I'm just plain old unhealthy and everything tastes yummy. When I'm studying for college too. I reward myself with food and drinks. I think even non-bipolars do that though.
 Hope you can get to feeling better and more able to manage things. |
I was always told that people eat more when they're depressed, but I've always had more of your experience - I don't eat when I'm depressed, and I gorge when I'm manic (usually). Sometimes I drink, though my intolerance to alcohol has kept me from really enjoying anything past a few drinks, and I quit smoking - chewing seeds instead. I think a lot of it may be neurotic, though the eating I think is a coping mechanism for many...