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Originally Posted by BirdDancer
Congratulations, fern! This is so wonderful to read! I am very glad you brought up the power of intention as an important part of your success here.
I often try to provide a bit of a counter balance to medication weight gain discussions (often complaints or downright medication demonization). While I fully understand the challenges medications bring in terms of weight control, I also understand the challenges that psychological illness brings. If I'm depressed, or have symptoms that lower my belief in my abilities, destroy my focus, I struggle to succeed. I know how easy it is to become resigned that a situation will not improve. We have to fight that! Maybe a particular medication is not the right one, but I know that taking no medication is not the right way to my mental and physical wellness.
Focus is so important for bringing about positive change. So is strategy, thinking outside the box, hard work, yes...support, trials (giving new things a try), not allowing yourself to feel resigned to a situation, and open-mindedness. These are things that I have really learned in most recent years. |
Thank you for this.
You bring up very valid points about psych med weight gain. There are other factors than can play a part , typical foods eaten, ability to exercise, getting older, physical illness caused by psych meds or not that can hinder weight loss etc...
I have to get back on track once I get home, going back to healthy foods will be easy, the metabolic syndrome is going to just make lbs drop much much slower. My PsA pain and Fibromyalgia just does not allow for exercise of any kind, so that just has to get better. Well yeah and getting to the bottom of why I feel just so freaking ill, I have had insomnia all my life so I can function on lack of sleep and sure it sucks but this is so much bigger than lack of sleep and chronic fatigue.