muddy, I feel sad that this is the path you want to take. It's a pretty sucky one, all in all. Are you wanting to be "sick enough" for IP? If you feel that will help, then maybe? Not fun though, and easy enough to undo afterwards if you don't want it to stick.

@Blue_Bird You need to remember just WHY you thre your scale out. There was a reason. When do you see your T again? I think it is an extremely good idea to stop wearing/using whatever you do to count your steps. It was so freeing for me to stop wearing my FitBit. One of the best decisions I ever made. 2hr. walks are EXTREME BAD NEWS! Even I don't walk that long on my long power walks (which probably already are too long). At least I alternate a reasonable amount of pilates between walking each day.

You know, one very CRAZY thing I did before I actually did recover was do a couple of hypnosis sessions. Of course, the key point is that I really DID want to recover, was tired of feeling like crap. Kind of weird to be put under, though I remember it all. The thing is though, hypnosis can't make you do anything you don't really want to do or feel is okay to do. Like to check I was under, I had to raise and lower each arm. It wasn't something I would ordinarily do, but on the other hand, I had no objection to really doing it, and so I did. Very weird.

I can't say the hypnosis helped. I did recover weight-wise (and started taking my psych meds again as prescirbed) after that, but like I said, I was ready for it too.