Comments on: Free Mental Health Humor : Ask Dr. Bob Bob : Weight Gain and Meds http://mentalhealthhumor.today.com/2008/06/30/free-mental-health-humor-ask-dr-bob-bob-weight-gain-and-meds/ Positive Mental Illness humor and Cartoons by: Chato B. Stewart Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:53:13 +0000 http://www.today.com/version-2.3.1 By: pinkink http://mentalhealthhumor.today.com/2008/06/30/free-mental-health-humor-ask-dr-bob-bob-weight-gain-and-meds/#comment-328 pinkink Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:13:38 +0000 http://mentalhealthhumor.today.com/2008/06/30/free-mental-health-humor-ask-dr-bob-bob-weight-gain-and-meds/#comment-328 I think you already know I have Fibromyalgia. Well, the medication the FDA has approved to treat this condition is Lyrica, and the number one side effect of the medication is weight gain. I have heard some people gain 60 pounds from being on this medication! Personally, I will not chance taking it. This means being in pain, but I just won't take a medication that has weight gain as its number one side effect. I've worked so hard to get over my anorexia, and now that I've been recovered for over two and a half years, I just won't risk doing something that could pull me back into that awful condition. I am pretty certain gaining that much weight would pull me back down, and it just isn't worth it to me. Sierra http://anxiety.today.com I think you already know I have Fibromyalgia. Well, the medication the FDA has approved to treat this condition is Lyrica, and the number one side effect of the medication is weight gain. I have heard some people gain 60 pounds from being on this medication!

Personally, I will not chance taking it. This means being in pain, but I just won’t take a medication that has weight gain as its number one side effect. I’ve worked so hard to get over my anorexia, and now that I’ve been recovered for over two and a half years, I just won’t risk doing something that could pull me back into that awful condition. I am pretty certain gaining that much weight would pull me back down, and it just isn’t worth it to me.

Sierra
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]]> By: reginaavalos http://mentalhealthhumor.today.com/2008/06/30/free-mental-health-humor-ask-dr-bob-bob-weight-gain-and-meds/#comment-324 reginaavalos Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:56:00 +0000 http://mentalhealthhumor.today.com/2008/06/30/free-mental-health-humor-ask-dr-bob-bob-weight-gain-and-meds/#comment-324 I've noticed in the past I've either lost or gained weight when on meds. I've always been a little on the big side though. Gina http://celebritytoday.today.com http://ginasramblings.blogspot.com I’ve noticed in the past I’ve either lost or gained weight when on meds. I’ve always been a little on the big side though.

Gina
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