Wanting to change medication

[Muser91]

I'm a long time sufferer of depression, anxiety and borderline personality disorder but only in the last few years have I been diagnosed and treated. I've been on my current medication for 3 months now and am happy with how it helps my depression, after 2 years failing on anoter medication it's good to finally have a clear head. The problem is it is a huge pain when it comes to weightloss! I've put on 10kgs and am desperately trying to lose weight but can't get a single bit of it to budge! For the last 6 weeks I've gone to the gym at least 4-5 days a week and have been eating seriously healthy but haven't lost any weight at all. This just makes me feel worse!

So my question is how would I go about getting my medication changed? When I was deep in the midst of my depression, I went to 5 different GPs begging them to let me try something new but was continually waved away for overreacting, it wasn't until it was so bad I had to go to hospital that they said well maybe this isn't working.

How am I ever going to get anyone to listen to me now when it's not even that serious this time? I'm worried that if I stay on my current medication I will just continue to balloon up because if I have one slightly bad meal I gain a whole kilo from it and it never goes away. I used to be able to lose weight easily but not anymore!

I want to change my GP as he definitely doesn't listen to me, is always messing up my psych referrals and just generally doesn't seem to know anything about mental health but every other doctor I go to is just as bad! At a loss on where to go from here!

[MarkJT]

Muser, a while back i eased off exercising because of the body was starting to break down and needed a rest and I knew if i backed off, i would be in danger of putting on weight so i made some changes.

• Instead of full sugared coke, i drank coke zero
• Instead of chips i ate wafers
• Instead of flavoured yoghurt, i had Greek yoghurt
• Instead of white bread, i ate brown bread

By doing these steps, I calculated i didn't consume 3kg's of sugar in three weeks.

Simple changes that had great results.

The food you are eating, have a look at the sugar content, every food can be replaced with a non sugar loaded food.

This is unnatural sugar food as some fruit has natural sugar within it.

Have you seen a dietitian and PT as yet?

Cheers

Mark.

[MsPurple]

Hi Muser

How have you been getting along? Have you discussed with your doctor about your concerns about your medication and weight?

I just want to let you know I am being open with my doctor and have told her I am wanting to lose weight and how my my meds are adding to my weight concerns. It helps for them to know so they can assist you. She is with me and coming up with strategies to avoid weight gain assist weight loss and to ensure my mental health stays well.