We seriously need to get you a date dude you are in with the wrong crowd. I love my woman just the way she is - she wants to loose thats cool and I support her she wants to not loose thats cool too all I know is she is hot but the continuious whine fest (which I dont have to put up with) would drive me over the fucking edge. If you arent happy with yourself only YOU can fix it

Hey, I was just trying to make light of the whole conversation about whiny . . . . and poking fun at myself in the process. But sorry if I pissed you off. Sometimes my "humor" isn't understood as humor. Do you really think that I'm "in with the wrong crowd"? I'll bow out gracefully if my presence is aggravating.

LOL

Danno hun I meant you are in the wrong crowd if thats how all your dates are going no no dude we luv ya no worries and no reason to be parinoid with me. Trust me if you offend me you will be the 2nd person to know

I would have just eaten the wings. :)

Why do I misread everything? My EQ is most likely somewhere in the mongoloid range . . . . skip to the Devo song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWmf7r_37eA

BTW- while I agree with Lou that compulsive overeating type boards might be more helpful for some of these issues- a lot of beepers have eating issues BECAUSE of our meds, which therefore makes it a specifically bipolar issue. The "average" overeater doesn't have to deal with ice cream urges in the middle of the night, or meds that obliterate the "I am full" button. However, we have a bipolar weight control group for it specifically.

http://www.dailystrength.org/groups/beeper-weight-loss-club

As an aside, the fact that I have bipolar shapes and colors almost all of my life- therefore, it seems as though at times, almost every facet of my life (my relationships, my jobs, my body, etc) are/can be related to BP--so I think there are very few topics that should be "off limits" here just because they apparently aren't BP related. Just saying.

I have to agree with Harriet on this one. I was on a med that knocked my appetite out for over a week and once I got off the med, within hours my appetite returned. So even tho it caused me to be anorexic it was a direct result of the medication that I was on. Granted, it didn't help that I fight an ED as it is. :-)

Leggo my Eggo

I dunno...aspect of it is emotional eating too, arguably!

I've also done hardcore longterm stints on all the weight gain antipsychotics; old & new (well, lots)

zyprexa, risperdal, seroquel, thorazine, haldol, abilify (not so bad but still gotta be careful)

It's not impossible to manage weight! Yes, cravings & yes, fucked metabolism..but stiil...indulging gluttonous consumption of food that is extremely fattening is such a dumb first world scourge!

Walk! Exercise! Eat good stuff! & take emotional eating off this board!

(gets off soapbox)

That said, have felt sorry for myself too, taking these drugs, it isn't fair, it does make things shitty difficult, I know.

neulactil too (whatever other name is for that?) many I can't recall x

What's neulactil? Is it like topamax?

it's an antipsychotic, I believe.

And it has anti-eating properties? Oooh...going to look up right now!

oh no- it's a fat magnet! They all are! LOL

I'm always on antipsychotics, for a long time...said it before, say it again- to avoid massive weight gain= NO sugar!! (none!) & low carb.

Oh, wow, I was tricked for a minute- really thought there was such a thing as anti-fat AP. I'd pay the person who invented such a thing all the $ I could afford. :-)

I admire your self-restraint, Lou. I gained about 70lbs during my first encounter with Risperdal in 96...and it's all been uphill (haha) after that.

How would you differentiate between "emotional eating" and eating/diet problems as they relate to our meds?