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Emotional Eating (Expert Forum)
Wanting To Gain Weight! Please any help
Answered by
Roger Gould, M.D. - Mental Health, Wellness
Questions in the Emotional Eating forum are answered by Dr. Roger Gould. Topics covered include anger and eating, anxiety and eating, binge eating, depression and eating, eating to "fit in", emotional eating, fill the void eating, guilt and eating, loneliness and eating, social eating, and stress and eating.
Wanting To Gain Weight! Please any help
by teeee, Dec 01, 2007 12:34AM
im 21 years old........5'5..........130lb and im depressed and i think im bipolar..........i dont seem to enjoy things as before..i dont have intrest in goin out with friends or doing things like before..im depressed about my appearance and weight..i really want to gain weight maybe that wil help with my depression......im currently taking remeron for depression and its known for weight gain..im also taking seroquel for bipolar and its also known for weight gain...anything helping for me to gain weight or any experinces or thoughts about the two medication im taking or any other medication i should take for gaining weight for products?...anything would be appreciated
Doctor's Answer
by Roger Gould, M.D., Dec 03, 2007 06:03PM
, Dec 03, 2007 06:03PMTo: teee
You have to step back and think clearly about these issues...the weight gain is a secondary issue, since the world is divided between those who eat more when depressed and those who lose their appetite. You seem to be the later, so the way to gain weight is to master your depression, and at your age, drugs alone may not be enough...you will have to get your life going on a good track, and that might require counseling, and when that happens, your appetite will come back...take care of your life.
