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Anonymous
Hey, /fit/, I have a pretty good question.

I take Prozac for depression, and it caused the lovely side effects of excess sweating and lack of sex drive, so my doctor prescribed me cyproheptadine, an antihistamine from the 70s.

One of the side effects is increased appetite.

That would be fine, but the other, unfortunately, is severe drowsiness. Combine them and you have a major recipe for weight gain, which is the last thing I want to do. With all the tiredness, I can barely exercise.

Does /fit/ know of any way to naturally suppress appetite? Or should I just drop one of my many drugs? Save me from getting fat :(
>> Anonymous
Quit taking all of those drugs, go for a jog around the block, and then hire a hooker. You'll feel like a million bucks, I swear.
>> Anonymous
Exercise is a natural anti-depressant. Start lifting and running and you won't be nearly as depressed.
>> Anonymous
stop being such a pussy and face life without pills, then you wont have the side effect problem anymore.
>> Anonymous
>>182917

Sorry, but that doesn't cut it. Exercise helps, but apparently you've never been at a point where all you can do is lie on your parents' couch, sob hysterically, sleep, not eat, and scream, "BUT MOM, ALL THE BEES ARE DYING AND THERE'S NO HOPE FOR HUMANITY".

You'll forgive me if I don't want to go back to that state.

How about some REAL advice from people who actually understand brain chemistry?
>> Anonymous
>>182925
Ask your doctor if there are any alternatives. There are lots of different kinds of anti-depressants out there, all with some side effects, but you might find one that works better for you.
>> Anonymous
OP - many people will react differently to different anti-depressants. If your symptoms are severe enough then you should ask about switching medications. Also, this denialism of the efficacy of anti-depressant medication is mind-bogglingly irrational. You base your opinions on nothing more than new-age clap trap and misrepresentations of data. While anti-depressant medication may not affect all people equally, there are still those who it helps drastically and significantly better than a placebo ever could. In short - shut the fuck up.
>> Anonymous
>>182935
I think you said what I did but you used big words.
>> Anonymous
>>182917

Also, I can't run. I have a totally screwed up PCL and even with a custom brace and surgeries it hurts WAY too much. Can't take NSAIDs for the pain cause of stomach shit, either. I'm limited to biking and ellipticals.

My body sort of sucks a big fat cocksicle.
>> Anonymous
>>182935

Thank you for all your statements; I'll definitely talk to my doctor this week. In the meantime, though, anything you can recomment for the appetite bits? To stop the cyproheptadine means the sweating would go mad, and when I try to bike I get really dehydrated =\
>> Anonymous
>>182935
Also a warning to those who've been diagnosed with depression - hippocampal 'damage' has been linked to untreated forms of depression resulting in impaired memory and unpredictable mood swings.
>> Anonymous
>>182938
Appetite suppression can be achieved by closely monitoring your diet and altering it as necessary. If the pill makes you hungry immediately then take it in the morning before a large breakfast. If you are throughout the day hungry then consume more fibrous foods or even supplement with fiber or both.
>> Anonymous
>>182945

I took it this morning before breakfast, though admittedly I was out of milk so it wasn't a very large one. I'll try that.

My usual non-rabidly hungry diet consists of a bowl of cereal (like Total) w/ skim milk for breakfast, some kind of protein beans for lunch that I season, and whole-grain pasta with various (never cream-based) sauces and veggies, sometimes chicken + salad. I munch on nuts throughout the day.

Does this sound okay to maintain a decent appetite despite all this crap?

I'm a chick, btw.
>> Anonymous
>>182925
Acid helped me get rid of depression.
>> Anonymous
>>182953
omghai2u!

How many calories is that? The reason you could be hungry is that you are on a starvation diet, and that is not maintainable. It may not have anything at all to do with the pills.
>> Anonymous
>>182961

No I'm not? It's a normal amount of calories and I eat normal portion sizes. I wouldn't dream of starving myself (which I couldn't do "safely" anyway, thanks stomach and esophagus); I'm just eating healthily.

Unless, of course, my health classes years ago were retarded and I'm doing something majorly wrong. Always open to suggestion as long as it doesn't involve big amounts of meat or expensive shit.
>> Anonymous
You pill poppers make me fucking sick.
>> Anonymous
>>182980

Kiss my ass.
>> Anonymous
>>182980
Good. At least our sickness is being cured. It's too bad your sickness is incurable... well not really. Educate yourself.
>> Anonymous
>>183000

I'll kiss it when you're done crying.
>> Anonymous
stop taking drugs

/thread
>> Anonymous
>>183012

Mental weakness and physical weakness = character weakness
>> Anonymous
>>183019
ill second that
>> Anonymous
>>183019
I'll third that
>> Anonymous
God, I have such a fetish for ultra-depressed, loner, creative, half-Japanese girls. OP, please tell me if you're looking for a boyfriend. I'm white, can speak Chinese, and I'm about to begin studying Arabic. My life goal is to become brave and strong, and have a violent, heroic death. My hobbies are travel, studying foreign languages, reading, and listening to music. I don't like most people either OP, but it's not because I'm conceited or arrogant. It's just that the competitiveness of human nature just kinda wears me out...so i tend to just avoid it all by being loner.

Can it be getting married tiem nao please?
>> Anonymous
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God, I have such a fetish for ultra-depressed, loner, creative, half-Japanese girls. OP, please tell me if you're looking for a boyfriend. I'm white, can speak Chinese, and I'm about to begin studying Arabic. My life goal is to become brave and strong, and have a violent, heroic death. My hobbies are travel, studying foreign languages, reading, and listening to music. I don't like most people either OP, but it's not because I'm conceited or arrogant. It's just that the competitiveness of human nature just kinda wears me out...so i tend to just avoid it all by being loner.

Can it be getting married tiem nao please?
>> Anonymous
     File :-(, x)
God, I have such a fetish for ultra-depressed, loner, creative, half-Japanese girls. OP, please tell me if you're looking for a boyfriend. I'm white, can speak Chinese, and I'm about to begin studying Arabic. My life goal is to become brave and strong, and have a violent, heroic death. My hobbies are travel, studying foreign languages, reading, and listening to music. I don't like most people either OP, but it's not because I'm conceited or arrogant. It's just that the competitiveness of human nature just kinda wears me out...so i tend to just avoid it all by being loner.

Can it be getting married tiem nao please?
>> Anonymous
>>183019
I'll fourth that. OP, kick the pills. I have had gnarly injuries, and been clinically depressed (almost an hero'd) and I am here to tell you that YOU are the one who can solve your problem.

YOU can get to a gym, workout more, eat healthier (6x a day, etc), and try to laugh more. I know, tis insane, but it helped me more than any stupid antidepressant I was ever prescribed.
YOU can also meditate, take on challenges that YOU can fix, and overall make YOUR life better by improving YOURSELF.


Wanna know the secret to losing weight and feeling great? Wanna know the way to turn those scrawny legs/arms into tree trunks? Well I have the answer for you.
It's called hard work.

It's not called going to the gym WITH A BOOK and being able to read it while you "exercise". It's
not called doing 20 min. of weightlifting for "toning". And it is definatley not thinking that just "cutting the carbs or calories or fat" will work.
It is about getting out of your comfort zone and doing something about your fat ass and out of shape body.
>> I skank to post rock
>>182911
buy adderal from high school kids?

It'll suppress your appetite as well as making you more focused. Only bad thing is you might become a meth addict.
>> °-° !!yxFrHrMXyX9
>I take Prozac

There's your problem.
Probably the WORST anti-depressant there ever was, is, or ever will be.

My dad has major depression, and has had so for 10 years now. Tried every drug under the sun for it, even tried Opiates. Maybe some will work for you, but don't take Prozac, that shit will fuck you royal.

And get a different doctor, seriously. From the sounds of things he's putting you on one ridiculous and nasty cocktail for something that only requires one not-shit drug. I'll bet he's the other one who diagnosed all those other 'problems' of yours.

Basically, your brain is lacking ceratonin and, to some extent, endorphens. Know what floods your body with both of those?

Do ya?

..
SQUATZ!!
>> Anonymous
>>183074

Hey, assholes, did you not catch the part where MY BODY ROYALLY SUCKS BEYOND SURGICAL OR MEDICAL REPAIR?

Look, I exercise plenty, I eat healthily, I do very well in college, and I have a great social life, and I'm attractive.

NONE of this matters when my brain decides to jump off the deep end. Don't tell me to kick the pills; it's like telling a heart patient to stop his nitroglycerin. LERN2SCIENCE
>> Anonymous
>>183112
Sorry I must have missed it, what is so wrong with your body?
>> Anonymous
>>183112

You know why people get depression? Because nature wants to take you out of the gene pool by committing suicide so that you can't reproduce. You're not /fit/ to pass on your DNA. Now your children will all be dependent on Prozac, creating a subspecies of mutant freaks.
>> Anonymous
>>183114

You want me to list it?

Heavy endomitriosis in my uterus and surrounding tissue; surgery led to painful adhesions
Barret's esophagus (pre-cancerous condition) and severe gastritis due to genetic acid reflux disease
H pylori bacteria
Lingering hepatitis from mononucleosis two years ago
Right knee meniscal cartilage tear, ACL repair, incomplete PCL repair, still-healing impact fracture, stress fracture

I think this sort of contributes to the depression =\
>> Anonymous
>>183128
>>endometriosis

oh, you're a woman. that explains this entire thread.
>> Anonymous
>>183133
would this qualify as an Epic ending to this thread?
i think so, of course not counting this post.
>> °-° !!yxFrHrMXyX9
>>183128

America. Fucking the Japanese since 1945.
>> Anonymous
The cause of depression does not go away for the clinically depressed. It's a shame that you all feel more qualified than people who've spent 8+ years studying this subject.

Are you all scientologists? Fuck off.
>> Anonymous
>>183128
swimming will cure your ails. Or take one of those aquatic fitness classes. Easy on the joints, and a pretty decent workout.