Posted by 2ndXround on June 24, 2004, at 4:30:15
In reply to Food Addiction, posted by Charm on June 23, 2004, at 13:30:28
Hi
Interesting you mention food addiction.
I have an addictive personality...inotherwords, I am an addict. I use drugs, alcohol and food.
I have been anorexic since I was 15. Not eating made me feel good just as eating makes you feel good. It also made me hate myself and feel disgusted with myself. I was able to gain control over food about 3 years ago. I am not cured, but I have it under control...because I know I have no control over it if I allow it into my life again.
Now I am working on drug/alcohol...and taking control of my entire life again.
Have you talked to your doctor about changing meds? Has he ever mentioned antidepressants? If you are eating to feel good, perhaps you are depressed. True, antidep can make some people gain weight, but they make other people lose weight...and if depression/anxiety is causing you to crave foods in order to feel better, it might help.
I can tell you that antidep did not work for me...probably because I have an addictive personality. Although I have suffered from depression/anxiety most of my life, I am unable to stop drinking/using even when I am not depressed..even when I am happy and feeling good I crave it.
But if you are eating because you are depressed and food is the only thing that makes you happy, then meds might work.
Being addicted is awful, especially when you have no idea why you can't live without it, when you know it is going to make you hate yourself. In fact, when you take it knowing you will feel worse then before...addiction gives you no pleasure.
Is that what food does to you?
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