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Diet Pills

omgMuffins
omgMuffins
I'm supposedly recovered from anorexia, but I'm relapsing horribly. I'm on a "mood enhancer" because the BC I'm on makes me an incredible bitch, but they also serve as an appetite supressant. I'm also debating starting diet pills to help lose weight, but am afraid of the addictive nature and that it might spiral out of control. If I take them in the recommended dosage how likely is it that they will enfluence my ED? Or is it my ED telling me to take them to begin with? And how dangerous can they really be?
deleted_user
deleted_user
you have no idea how much i wud love to get my hands on diet pills it wud be like every single christmas birthday easter rolled into one but they can be very addictive. at the end of the day why do you want them? and theres ur answer xxx
deleted_user
deleted_user
As a 'recovered'anorexic myself i know exactly how you feel.
And i dnt wanna sound mean here but to be straight to the point, your clearly not recovered!! Ive been there before, so i advise that you continue with treatment.

This is ED telling you to take them and they can (in some cases) be fatal. They are highly addictive and in alot of cases they dont even make you lose weight, they just wreck your heart and cause binges.

Like i say though ive been there so if you need to talk etc im sure i could help (or atleast identify) but speaking fromexpreience here, Ana's tryin to trick you into her ways again, dont let her!! Your stronger than that and you deserve to be happy and healthy.

Stay strong, recovery is so rewarding!!
xx
suzieann
suzieann
hun, that has ED written all over it. Don't start the diet pills again. The don't really help you loose weight and there more trouble than it's worth. They really screw with your body and your heart. please stay away from them. If you take them it's like a huge step backward from recovery and you will have to work twice as hard.
deleted_user
deleted_user
When I left treatment, my therapist there told me, "Remember- you can't be in recovery from an eating disorder and be on a diet." I think this applies to what you're talking about. Diet pills, first of all, don't work. And worrying about your weight and wanting to lose weight is just a one-way ticket back to ED. If you want to start eating healthier, that's one thing... but healthier doesn't mean less or none at all! Second of all, diet pills are REEAALLY dangerous... take it from someone who knows. They interfere with your heart function, they interfere with your liver and kidney functions, and they can lead to heart failure or kidney failure. Diet pills are nothing to play around with. Thanks to my diet pill and starvating diet, I now have irreversable heart problems- my heart will NEVER function like it once did. I'm begging you not to go down that road... I had a friend in high school who had heart failure because she was on diet pills and not eating. Trust me, this is NOT a fun way to go!!!! Please start seeing a nutritionist if you don't already, and a therapist to help you figure out what feelings you are hving that are causing you to want to go back to ED. Remember, it's not about the food or the weight... there's something else there, you just have to find what it is. PLEASE consider what I have said, I can't say enough how dangerous diet pills are.
Juice
Juice
No to diet pills. For SOOOO many reasons. Be strong; you can do it!!!