Posted by linkadge on November 12, 2004, at 15:53:07
In reply to Cinderella and Effexor Weight Gain!, posted by BJM on November 12, 2004, at 8:59:23
I agree that it is unhealty to be overweight. But it is *much* unhealthier to be suicidal.
For me, lithium is the only thing that is helping me reduce my suicidal thinking. The SSRI's didn't do it, they only increased it.
The lithium makes me gain weight. I have to reduce this by exercising (something that helps my mood and my weight) But, like my mother who has gained over 100 pounds on lithium, I wouldn't stop this med just because I have gained weight.
If I stopped it, I would be dead, that is a fact plain and simple. I have a choice, overweight or dead. It is that simple, and that basic for me.
I just cannot imagine letting society tell you who, and what you are. Non depressed people don't care that much about what others think. They find friends that like them for who they are.
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