Posted by Racer on October 25, 2006, at 13:04:48
In reply to Re: Today's the day... ED**trig, maybe? » pegasus, posted by Lindenblüte on October 25, 2006, at 10:37:11
> Hi Racer,
> Pegasus brings up a couple of very good points. A lot of times side effects are especially strong right at the beginning, and then disappear or even reverse as your body adapts to a consistent dose.
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> I'm guessing that your guy has told you MANY times how he likes your body at any size. You don't hear him, or won't hear him or it just plain doesn't matter what he thinks, or you forget after a little while -- which is absolutely fine.Actually, that's not what happened. When I had gained weight on Effexor/Prozac combo, he told me once he thought the reason we never had sex was that he just wasn't attracted to me anymore because I'd gained so much weight. And when I told my aunt about that, she told me, "Well, you did become quite heavy..."
And that's nothing to the things that have been said to me by my family over the years when the meds have made me fat. (Mind you, unpleasant things have also been said because I was too thin. Rationally, I know there's no chance to win on any of this.) And comments where I used to work.
Otherwise, that would be great advice from both of you...
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> Given your history, however, you shouldn't really listen to your own assessment of your body image either. If you are really concerned about weight gain as a side effect, you will need objective measures of this.
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> You know the drill. You need a number, objectively assessed at the same time of day, once or twice a week (no more frequent) and you shouldn't even pay attention to this number until you've been on the drug for a few weeks.First, my experience has been that the weight gain doesn't start up right away on SSRIs. Usually takes a few months. Also, I'm not supposed to weigh myself -- although, I'll admit that I do. And I do use the number to assess whether or not I've gained weight. And I still keep a food journal that shows everything I eat, what time, how much, etc.
> -Li
> p.s. if I said the wrong things, I'm SO sorry. I don't want to hurt you or make you anxious or angry. I only want to help. I just don't know how.I know you want to help, and it feels great that you do. In fact, I'm feeling rather ashamed that I'm being so negative in my response to your post. It feels ungrateful to me, and I'm very sorry about that. I really want you to know that I'm not only not rejecting you for saying it, I'm not even rejecting what you're saying entirely. I know that there's a lot of truth to what you say, and I know that it's partly my own psychopathology that is keeping me from saying it's 100% A-OK.
Unfortunately, it's also partly things that have happened to me in the past. Right now, it does feel as though my life is practically over, because I started Zoloft today.
Yeah -- started taking it. We'll see...
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