Guest guest Posted May 13, 2002 Report Share Posted May 13, 2002 Barb, The internist last year put me on Paxil because at the time the only thing that could be wrong with me was that I was depressed (to my knowledge, I was only depressed because I couldn't at the time get a doctor to listen to my health complaints)so Paxil was her choice. I gained weight extremely fast. Someone had told me to go on Effexor because it didn't make them gain weight. I am on them now and I am still gaining weight. I take a lot of different medicines mostly for pain. I take methadose, effexor, celebrex, promethazine, neurotin,lipitor, and skelaxin. I feel like I am swollen so I thought I would call the internist and ask her for something to help that. I also have a very hard time with bowel movements. I can take 6 correctol before I have a bowel movement and even then I know it isn't enough. I am also going to ask the internist about this. To me being this overweight is depressing. I am not going to harp on it though. I just wondered if this was a problem for others and if anyone had found a way of getting rid of this problem. God bless, Belinda > > > Dear Belinda: What's too much is exhaustion, injury, or > significant > > > pain. I suppose it's highly variable. But I know that doing > nothing > > > is bad news, as Bill has apparently been saying right along. Two > > wks > > > bedrest reduce muscle mass an astonishing amount--I don't recall > > > exactly but it might be as much as 50 percent. I also don't know > if > > > exercise in the context of muscle wasting has been studied, but > > > studies on parkinson's patients show definite, sustained > functional > > > improvement with exercise (though no alteration in fundamental > > > progression). As long as you're hydrated & don't overheat or > injure > > > yourself (ie use good sense) I can't see any harm. Barb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 13, 2002 Report Share Posted May 13, 2002 Belinda, I empathise with you. I find the weight gain to be terrible on my self-esteem. To have been in a size 4, 16 months ago, able to wear anything.... I felt terrible but looked good... to this overweight image of a woman who stares back at me in the bathroom mirror with a double chin and round body, it is simply devistating. My upstairs closet now harbors all those " cute " cloths of summer from last year in sizes ranging from 2 - 12. The 14's are downstairs and limited in number and the 16's are the ones I refuse to buy even though they might allow me room to breath when sitting. I know that my weight gain started nursery school and progressed through grade and middle school with the antidepressants (remaron, wellbuterine, effexor, skelaxin) none of which I take anymore.... migrated to the happily married high school eating state ( & I were married June 29 last year)..... took their college prep course with limited movement due to retirement at the age of 39 and pain.... and finally got their PhD with steroids. My fat cells have covered a lot of ground this past year or so. Oh to have my model thin body back. To be able to say, you see, there is no excuse for looking bad years after childbirth... I have 3 children. To have a sales woman go back to the racks and get you a SMALLER size. To be able to afford the last of the seasons cloths b/c NO one is really THAT small. For that matter, to have hair...lol... another story with that one. I don't think that there is much we can do other than try to be sensible with our eating,exercise as best we can and lean on one another when we are heavy... don't want to lean on the tiny folks, we might crush them.... and start trying to laugh at yet one more gift from this disease. " If it weren't for MSA, I wouldn't have a body at all.... and man oh man... just ask my husband.... I do have one heck of a body....or two... " Or how about this one, " Honey, look how much I have grown to love you this past year. " or " Well at least I look like I think a grandmother should look like.... ok kids, when are you gonna make me a grandmother so I can have a rational excuse for my keeping my weight? or a paradoxical reason for losing it? " That's it... I'm fat because I don't have any grandchildren yet. Hugs Ladies and a toast to all of us who are much more than we used to be! Deborah Reply-To: shydrager To: shydrager Subject: Re: to belinda>Barb Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 07:45:41 -0000 Barb, The internist last year put me on Paxil because at the time the only thing that could be wrong with me was that I was depressed (to my knowledge, I was only depressed because I couldn't at the time get a doctor to listen to my health complaints)so Paxil was her choice. I gained weight extremely fast. Someone had told me to go on Effexor because it didn't make them gain weight. I am on them now and I am still gaining weight. I take a lot of different medicines mostly for pain. I take methadose, effexor, celebrex, promethazine, neurotin,lipitor, and skelaxin. I feel like I am swollen so I thought I would call the internist and ask her for something to help that. I also have a very hard time with bowel movements. I can take 6 correctol before I have a bowel movement and even then I know it isn't enough. I am also going to ask the internist about this. To me being this overweight is depressing. I am not going to harp on it though. I just wondered if this was a problem for others and if anyone had found a way of getting rid of this problem. God bless, Belinda > > > Dear Belinda: What's too much is exhaustion, injury, or > significant > > > pain. I suppose it's highly variable. But I know that doing > nothing > > > is bad news, as Bill has apparently been saying right along. Two > > wks > > > bedrest reduce muscle mass an astonishing amount--I don't recall > > > exactly but it might be as much as 50 percent. I also don't know > if > > > exercise in the context of muscle wasting has been studied, but > > > studies on parkinson's patients show definite, sustained > functional > > > improvement with exercise (though no alteration in fundamental > > > progression). As long as you're hydrated & don't overheat or > injure > > > yourself (ie use good sense) I can't see any harm. Barb If you do not wish to belong to shydrager, you may unsubscribe by sending a blank email to shydrager-unsubscribe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 13, 2002 Report Share Posted May 13, 2002 Belinda, I empathise with you. I find the weight gain to be terrible on my self-esteem. To have been in a size 4, 16 months ago, able to wear anything.... I felt terrible but looked good... to this overweight image of a woman who stares back at me in the bathroom mirror with a double chin and round body, it is simply devistating. My upstairs closet now harbors all those " cute " cloths of summer from last year in sizes ranging from 2 - 12. The 14's are downstairs and limited in number and the 16's are the ones I refuse to buy even though they might allow me room to breath when sitting. I know that my weight gain started nursery school and progressed through grade and middle school with the antidepressants (remaron, wellbuterine, effexor, skelaxin) none of which I take anymore.... migrated to the happily married high school eating state ( & I were married June 29 last year)..... took their college prep course with limited movement due to retirement at the age of 39 and pain.... and finally got their PhD with steroids. My fat cells have covered a lot of ground this past year or so. Oh to have my model thin body back. To be able to say, you see, there is no excuse for looking bad years after childbirth... I have 3 children. To have a sales woman go back to the racks and get you a SMALLER size. To be able to afford the last of the seasons cloths b/c NO one is really THAT small. For that matter, to have hair...lol... another story with that one. I don't think that there is much we can do other than try to be sensible with our eating,exercise as best we can and lean on one another when we are heavy... don't want to lean on the tiny folks, we might crush them.... and start trying to laugh at yet one more gift from this disease. " If it weren't for MSA, I wouldn't have a body at all.... and man oh man... just ask my husband.... I do have one heck of a body....or two... " Or how about this one, " Honey, look how much I have grown to love you this past year. " or " Well at least I look like I think a grandmother should look like.... ok kids, when are you gonna make me a grandmother so I can have a rational excuse for my keeping my weight? or a paradoxical reason for losing it? " That's it... I'm fat because I don't have any grandchildren yet. Hugs Ladies and a toast to all of us who are much more than we used to be! Deborah Reply-To: shydrager To: shydrager Subject: Re: to belinda>Barb Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 07:45:41 -0000 Barb, The internist last year put me on Paxil because at the time the only thing that could be wrong with me was that I was depressed (to my knowledge, I was only depressed because I couldn't at the time get a doctor to listen to my health complaints)so Paxil was her choice. I gained weight extremely fast. Someone had told me to go on Effexor because it didn't make them gain weight. I am on them now and I am still gaining weight. I take a lot of different medicines mostly for pain. I take methadose, effexor, celebrex, promethazine, neurotin,lipitor, and skelaxin. I feel like I am swollen so I thought I would call the internist and ask her for something to help that. I also have a very hard time with bowel movements. I can take 6 correctol before I have a bowel movement and even then I know it isn't enough. I am also going to ask the internist about this. To me being this overweight is depressing. I am not going to harp on it though. I just wondered if this was a problem for others and if anyone had found a way of getting rid of this problem. God bless, Belinda > > > Dear Belinda: What's too much is exhaustion, injury, or > significant > > > pain. I suppose it's highly variable. But I know that doing > nothing > > > is bad news, as Bill has apparently been saying right along. Two > > wks > > > bedrest reduce muscle mass an astonishing amount--I don't recall > > > exactly but it might be as much as 50 percent. I also don't know > if > > > exercise in the context of muscle wasting has been studied, but > > > studies on parkinson's patients show definite, sustained > functional > > > improvement with exercise (though no alteration in fundamental > > > progression). As long as you're hydrated & don't overheat or > injure > > > yourself (ie use good sense) I can't see any harm. Barb If you do not wish to belong to shydrager, you may unsubscribe by sending a blank email to shydrager-unsubscribe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 13, 2002 Report Share Posted May 13, 2002 Belinda, I empathise with you. I find the weight gain to be terrible on my self-esteem. To have been in a size 4, 16 months ago, able to wear anything.... I felt terrible but looked good... to this overweight image of a woman who stares back at me in the bathroom mirror with a double chin and round body, it is simply devistating. My upstairs closet now harbors all those " cute " cloths of summer from last year in sizes ranging from 2 - 12. The 14's are downstairs and limited in number and the 16's are the ones I refuse to buy even though they might allow me room to breath when sitting. I know that my weight gain started nursery school and progressed through grade and middle school with the antidepressants (remaron, wellbuterine, effexor, skelaxin) none of which I take anymore.... migrated to the happily married high school eating state ( & I were married June 29 last year)..... took their college prep course with limited movement due to retirement at the age of 39 and pain.... and finally got their PhD with steroids. My fat cells have covered a lot of ground this past year or so. Oh to have my model thin body back. To be able to say, you see, there is no excuse for looking bad years after childbirth... I have 3 children. To have a sales woman go back to the racks and get you a SMALLER size. To be able to afford the last of the seasons cloths b/c NO one is really THAT small. For that matter, to have hair...lol... another story with that one. I don't think that there is much we can do other than try to be sensible with our eating,exercise as best we can and lean on one another when we are heavy... don't want to lean on the tiny folks, we might crush them.... and start trying to laugh at yet one more gift from this disease. " If it weren't for MSA, I wouldn't have a body at all.... and man oh man... just ask my husband.... I do have one heck of a body....or two... " Or how about this one, " Honey, look how much I have grown to love you this past year. " or " Well at least I look like I think a grandmother should look like.... ok kids, when are you gonna make me a grandmother so I can have a rational excuse for my keeping my weight? or a paradoxical reason for losing it? " That's it... I'm fat because I don't have any grandchildren yet. Hugs Ladies and a toast to all of us who are much more than we used to be! Deborah Reply-To: shydrager To: shydrager Subject: Re: to belinda>Barb Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 07:45:41 -0000 Barb, The internist last year put me on Paxil because at the time the only thing that could be wrong with me was that I was depressed (to my knowledge, I was only depressed because I couldn't at the time get a doctor to listen to my health complaints)so Paxil was her choice. I gained weight extremely fast. Someone had told me to go on Effexor because it didn't make them gain weight. I am on them now and I am still gaining weight. I take a lot of different medicines mostly for pain. I take methadose, effexor, celebrex, promethazine, neurotin,lipitor, and skelaxin. I feel like I am swollen so I thought I would call the internist and ask her for something to help that. I also have a very hard time with bowel movements. I can take 6 correctol before I have a bowel movement and even then I know it isn't enough. I am also going to ask the internist about this. To me being this overweight is depressing. I am not going to harp on it though. I just wondered if this was a problem for others and if anyone had found a way of getting rid of this problem. God bless, Belinda > > > Dear Belinda: What's too much is exhaustion, injury, or > significant > > > pain. I suppose it's highly variable. But I know that doing > nothing > > > is bad news, as Bill has apparently been saying right along. Two > > wks > > > bedrest reduce muscle mass an astonishing amount--I don't recall > > > exactly but it might be as much as 50 percent. I also don't know > if > > > exercise in the context of muscle wasting has been studied, but > > > studies on parkinson's patients show definite, sustained > functional > > > improvement with exercise (though no alteration in fundamental > > > progression). As long as you're hydrated & don't overheat or > injure > > > yourself (ie use good sense) I can't see any harm. Barb If you do not wish to belong to shydrager, you may unsubscribe by sending a blank email to shydrager-unsubscribe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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