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Old Feb 06, 2018, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by 99fairies View Post
My husband went to my pdoc appointment with me and he told my doc I wasn't eating. He asked me how many calories I was eating a day and I thought about lying, but my husband would have been honest. So I told him the truth... 350 calories a day. Pdoc said I was starving myself and that my meds won't work without a good amount of calories. I'm having a very hard time eating solid food. I have been cheating for a few days now, but I'm back to 350. I don't need a lecture, I just needed somewhere to vent.
I am seeing a therapist about this..
I did not even think about the med related aspect of it. I was on something where that was a warning; you had to eat so many calories with it or it would not have the desired effect. I forget which med; maybe latuda. It makes sense that having digestion wonky would mess with lots of meds' effectiveness though.

I am glad you are seeking help with it.

Since I found new science backed info that says I could have damaged my metabolism worse than I thought (there is still no such thing as "starvation mode", but a 200 calorie drop in RMR seems possible), I am definitely keeping my calories out of the "way too little" range. Whatever damage I might do may already be done; 4+ years ago I did the below 1000 calories days for a few months and at the beginning of this diet I did it for over 2 months. My metabolism seems okay since I can lose at 1500 a day, but I may only get to eat 1900 instead of 2100 when I get to maintenance.
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