A magic geenie....

A magic geenie comes up to you and says he can cure your BP. You ask him "what's the catch?"

He grins and says, "The catch is: you will become 500 lbs."

This obviously implies you will be confined to a wheelchair and those motorized scooters at Wal-Mart.*

Obviously you can lose the weight, but it may take years and you may die from clogged arteries. Who knows. You may also develop diabetes, heart disease, etc. along the way. There's also a 99.99999% chance you won't be able to have sex (because IDK anyone who'd want to have sex with an 500-lb person). Then there are things like skin surgery to consider.

It's a risk, BUT you may end up perfectly fine. You may not have any health issues at all... because there are some people that size who are actually fairly healthy in terms of not having heart disease, etc..

Would you accept it?

*inspiration from raspberrytorte

I probably would. I think mental health is the single most important factor to being happy. I'd rather be fat and sad than skinny and depressed. Losing weight isn't hard if you're motivated. I'd take that route

I think I'd be just as depressed at 500 lbs so I say no, but I am feel some stability right now my answer might be different if I was in the place I was two weeks ago

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Im about 20lbs overweight and it kills me. The pain makes every step I take feel terrible. I'm so sick all the time and my only hope is to get into better shape and hope it will take this fibro and arthritis pain away. I could not survive at 500lbs. My dad is about 100lbs overweight and it doesn't slow him down at all. I know a 400lb person who is in less pain and has more sex than me. So this answer will be unique to all of us and no way could I accept being 500lbs as an acceptable trade off. Most of the time I'm sane. Sometimes I'm not. I've been dealing with this forever. I don't want I'm dealing with. Weight and my body do not mix.

Well, that's what they say anyway

But I suppose it's possible.

Maybe I could accept this genie's offer and become a supersize stripper or an "escort".

No, no way. I've gained weight on these meds and its really effected my self esteem and my physical problems. I'm finally stable and losing but God I was getting suicidal being so heavy. Zyprexa and seroquel just don't work for me. And sleeping was my biggest problem. But this new Dr just increased the trazadone and guess what? I've been able to decrease other meds. And I'm stable! Putting all that extra weight on my body has been horrible....

And being on such a high dose of zyprexa made me sound drugged. It was awful. I hate that old pdoc I was seeing. He was just a grumpy old man set in his ways that loved zyprexa, lol.

Sorry got off track. No I'd rather have bp than be 500lbs

Not a chance! I'm overweight as it is. My husband is almost 400 lbs and I can't imagine him gaining 100 more lbs.

There would be no way I could do it.
I know myself and I would be super depressed all the time if I weighed
500 pounds so for me its a no go.

Wanna be a 500 pound Gorilla. Only if I still can have bipolar.
Me wrestling with five guards. On adrenaline mania. Mind boggling.

And for the smartasses, not tasers allowed.

I'm not much of a risk taker.

lol, blue!

I don't know how I missed this thread today.

Anyway, hell no!

I weigh 118 and am unhappy with it. If I weighed 500 I would bawl. And even if I lost it all I'd probably have a skin flap.

Though riding around in one of those scooters would be fun. haha! And I could be mean and run people over.

Of course, I'm not very happy with my mental state either. Can I choose neither?

No way. Just no. Obesity kills a hell of a lot more people than Bipolar does.

I weigh 335 lbs, bipolar and all, and there's no way I would trade the BP to be 165 lbs more than I already am. It is NOT easy to lose weight; after all, food is the only addictive substance that you can't quit totally. I have a hard time tying my shoes, shopping for groceries (I refuse to use a scooter), standing up in the shower for 20 minutes to wash and condition my hair. I have no exercise tolerance, get short of breath with only mild exertion. I'd never survive being 500 lb.

i saw this thread and thought it would be a 3 wishes type thing. lol..

but no. don't think i'd accept it- not really worth the risk

could end really badly

Yeah I don't know if I'd cross that bridge. Even if I could lose the weight easily, I'd be left with skin flaps everywhere.

I honestly can't imagine life without bipolar because I've always been this way.

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