Posted by Cecilia on November 6, 2005, at 1:36:31
In reply to Your post felt like a slap in my face » denise1966, posted by Racer on November 4, 2005, at 19:25:48
I can see both sides. Racer, I don`t think anyone intended to hurt anybody. We`re all in pain, we all have a right to our feelings. Denise, unlike you I don`t have a good figure, I am extremely overweight, but like you AD`s don`t work for me (unlike you they never have) and it is SO hard to read about people they work for and wonder what that would be like. On the one hand, being overweight (at least in a country like the U.S. that hates fat people, even though it has more of them than any country in the world) is the pits. People treat you like dirt, so I can see how a med that caused a large weight gain would cancel out any AD effect. On the other hand, I was depressed before I was ever fat, and I see those ads on TV for diet programs and weight loss surgery with people beaming with happiness because they`re thin and I think who are they kidding? I don`t have the slightest belief that just being thin would make me any happier, I`ve been thin (a long long time ago) and I still hated myself. People definitely treat you better, but the depression is still there. And I can`t blame my weight on meds, I gained it long before I was on any. Cecilia
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