Posted by fca on June 21, 2006, at 13:29:46
In reply to Help w/ perspective, posted by puravida on June 20, 2006, at 23:37:28
I do not know what to suggest--My daughter left yesterday for a 45 day residential program that specializes in substance abuse (alcohol in her case) and eating disorders. We all know that she also has some form of long term anx/dep disorder. What I do know and what she freely and clearly admits is that the eating (binging) destabilizes her sobriety and drinking destabilizes her eating disorder. She was very close to death from acute alcohol poising 3 weeks ago and has started to develop some kidney problems from the combination of alcohol and her ED--fortunately her liver is fairly resilient but her enzymes were off the charts but have come down.. My message--alcohol will never get you to where you want to be unless you have a well astablished pattern of very moderate drinking in primarily social situations.
Personally I wou;ld look at some of the other ssri's (perhaps the old faithful paxil) and discuss with your dr. that wellbutrin is almost never recommended if you have an eating disorder--I am not sure but I think it is because it surpresses your appetite (anorexia) and can cause seizures. Please stay in touch and keep the hope. My Best fca
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