One of my most difficult struggles has been my weight gain due to meds. During the course of this illness my worst behavior was when I controlled or reversed my weight gain the best. I’ve even joked that if I’m thin it’s time to put me in the Psych Ward. Sadly sanity and obesity go together for me. I’ve been discriminated against because of my weight. I’ve had people say, “hey pull back from the table.” I especially had trouble when I had eating disorder issues of excessive binging. I’ve been on a million diets and only got bigger. Now I’ll admit obesity is bad health wise but I’m usually happiest when I’m not thinking too hard about what I’m eating. I am tall which kind of hid the weight for a while but in the long run it got me. I hope more legislation is passed on this subject because some of us can’t help it.
I also gained weight at one time, but the change of medicines contributed to weight loss. I also had elevated praloctin. I rarely heard anyone tell me about my weight. but my friends often teased me about my illness. it’s hard enough. but I always told them that for me it’s not a joke. sometimes I teased them about the fact that my friends were worried. we agreed that now we respect each other and there are topics that we bypass in jokes. I was lucky that my relatives normally accepted my diagnosis and treated it normally. but I know the case. one psychiatrist has a daughter and she suffers from bipolar 1 disorder. I know her personally. and the father accepted the daughter’s diagnosis for a long time. maybe it’s karma
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