One thing to be VERY careful of - as Keli mentioned, diet pills that do NOT contain ephedra do not do anything. The ones that DO have it, will mess up a LOT of psychiatric meds. I know lithium especially you cannot take ANYTHING containing ephedra - including any otc cold remedies. Use caution and talk to your pdoc before taking ANY type of diet suppliment, even if it is "herbal" or "all natural". Drug interactions can be very dangerous, and fatal.
It is REALLY hard to lose weight on a lot of the meds we have to take. Topamax is awesome because for a lot of people you get the side effects Keli listed - no appetite, sodas (any carbonated beverage) taste awful, etc. However, I know there are some women on the board that have found other methods of losing weight also. I think Morgaine used a diet that was working wonderful for her that involved drinking a lot of water and eating specific foods but not necessarily an atkins type thing. I have been maintaining my weight (as opposed to gaining insanely) and have even lost some weight by just being really careful about what I eat and making sure to do some moving around every day instead of going home and sitting. Every little bit helps.
There is a section for weight loss on the board, feel free to join in on it - people are great there about supporting each other and helping with ideas.
Topamax is an anti-convulsant medication.
So, you might not know, but can't we just take diet pills?
God could not be everywhere, so
I was addicted to diet pills for a very long time.
I'm 5'10"..well just under now, guess I started shrinking already.
The part that really bugs me right now is I'm 30lbs heavier then one month after ds was born.
God could not be everywhere, so
Donna:
One thing to be VERY careful of - as Keli mentioned, diet pills that do NOT contain ephedra do not do anything. The ones that DO have it, will mess up a LOT of psychiatric meds. I know lithium especially you cannot take ANYTHING containing ephedra - including any otc cold remedies. Use caution and talk to your pdoc before taking ANY type of diet suppliment, even if it is "herbal" or "all natural". Drug interactions can be very dangerous, and fatal.
It is REALLY hard to lose weight on a lot of the meds we have to take. Topamax is awesome because for a lot of people you get the side effects Keli listed - no appetite, sodas (any carbonated beverage) taste awful, etc. However, I know there are some women on the board that have found other methods of losing weight also. I think Morgaine used a diet that was working wonderful for her that involved drinking a lot of water and eating specific foods but not necessarily an atkins type thing. I have been maintaining my weight (as opposed to gaining insanely) and have even lost some weight by just being really careful about what I eat and making sure to do some moving around every day instead of going home and sitting. Every little bit helps.
There is a section for weight loss on the board, feel free to join in on it - people are great there about supporting each other and helping with ideas.
Tracey
Thanks for the info.
I know I could move around more...have a desk job (hate it) and that doesn't help.
God could not be everywhere, so