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Old Jul 29, 2020, 06:59 PM
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[QUOTE=DawnMiller;6901028]
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Originally Posted by bpcyclist View Post

Hi!

That sounds like something I should talk to my doctor about. Like I said, I'm terrified of gaining weight again. I'm still on my weightloss journey.

Well, typical is I can't fall asleep and my brain is racing. Sometimes the thoughts get so intense I get exhausted and I'm so mentally awake I almost start to shake. I spend recklessly without care, normally I'm good with money. I can also become obsessive and sit with something for hours without being able to stop. I call it hyper-focus. I get really confident (which Is a nice side effect) and everything seems possible. I wanna go out and conquer the world and it must happen in that second. I also have a real easy time tipping over from really happy to super angry and suffer from terrible rage. I can get so angry over a tiny change in detail and it's probably the hardest part. I also cry super easily and get really emotional for no reason. When I'm depressed I can't really cry or show much emotion. I feel nothing then.

I also have add and I don't know enough about this combination.

I have had two hypomanic times where I did some crazy stuff. Like planned a spontaneous trip to Australia to meet a guy I barely knew and doing things so out of character.
I did not want to gain weight either. I found that if I did 30 min or so circuit training a day and kept my calories to the suggested limit that the my fitness pal app gave me, I was able to avoid weight gain. Even on meds, there are ways around it.

I think the key thing is to let your doc know how important not gaining weight is to you and to first seek weight neutral options.
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