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chris11339
chris11339

Oh ime angry i have an issue with weight doctor has said it's an eating disorder I have as I hate to even put on a pound the doctor put me amitriptyline for my fibro and I have felt over the last week I have gained weighed so I weighed myself tonight and yes I have put weight on I was trying to cut the dose down myself from 75mg and managed with the 50mg but when I went down to the 25mg I was awake the whole night so stuck with the 50mg but tmrw I need 2 go to gp as I can't take these tablets she never said a side effect was weight gain 😈😈

Sorry for the rant

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  • moyra94678
    moyra94678 chris11339

    Posted

    Hi Chris,

    I am only on 10 mg of Amytriptyline,anymore and I would be a zombie!

    I notice I have sugar cravings on it, and have to eat chocolate last thing at night.

    Also weight gain is a side affect of this drug.

    Have any of you looked into prescription only Vitamin D,not the over the counter ones.

    I was put on this after being at a clinic and found out my level was nearly nil,so far fibro not as bad.It is called Dekrisol.And they say it is a hormone.

    Have a google.

    • caroline271
      caroline271 moyra94678

      Posted

      No, I haven't heard about it. I currently take 2000mg a day but have never had my levels checked, thank you I'll have a look into that.
    • moyra94678
      moyra94678 caroline271

      Posted

      I notice tiswas is on it,it is D3 a very small capsule.I take only once a week.

      Blood test is specialised,where I live it has to be sent to Glasgow.

      But you will need to be retested every 6 months.

      Doctors don;t like to do this test as it's expensive.

  • christine26761
    christine26761 chris11339

    Posted

    Feeling for you Chris..same here, I put on lots of weight, I went on soo many fad diets, weight came off quickly-but not a sustained way of eating I put the weight straight back on... am on 25 mg have been for 16 years..good for me..I went on the Paleo eating regime 2 yrs ago, please google it, it's awesome..they have an Auto Imuune Protocol too. I lost heaps of weight..it's not a diet, it's a lifestyle..very very healthy..yet lots of food you can eat.. sooooo good...very very healthy, so gies against the flow in what everyone told us all our lives to eat and what not too...NO SUGAR- sooo bad for you....I get all my info on a website that's  run by a dr...she is a nutritionist too and a sufferer too... it's basically high fat..low carbs.definitely no processed food...goes against everything we ever told about food..please check it out it will really open your eyes..be blessed..:-) xxAustralia

    PS. Hope things work out for you soon...less stress in the Fibro key..

    • moyra94678
      moyra94678 christine26761

      Posted

      Hi Christine,

      I was put on a high fat diet,also no sugar lifestyle.

      I have full fat milk,organic butter and Guernsey cream.Spelt bread and use coconut oil for cooking.Homemade soups.No food after 7pm.

      No low fat foods or processed, and I haven't put on any weight.

      But this was found out because of my bloated stomach, like 9 months pregnant!I had many blood tests and they found out I had to go on a anti fungal diet.

      No honey,no melon,no juicers (after I had bought one).

      This was all done privately,it cost me a lot, but money well spent,as GP's had been so unhelpful,except for giving drugs,which really don't work.

      I agree less stress is the key.

    • christine26761
      christine26761 moyra94678

      Posted

      Good that you tried it..,,I use coconut oil inside and out it's sooo healthy for you..done wonders for my Psoariasis too-just took it away..had it 33 years..it was a miracle, such an embarrassing thing to have that everyone sees...I'm sure they thought it was catchy...so sorry to here about you having to go an anti fungal diet..hope it gets better soon and is not a lasting issue for you..grrr.... just when we think think something is working in our favour, bang...in comes something else...be blessed Moyra... ..:-) Australia.

      You must be in the UK to get Guernsey cream..mmm....

  • christine26761
    christine26761 chris11339

    Posted

    Sorry I forgot, I take Vit. D3 and Magnesium..I take double the recommended dose...unreal...I only heard about it on this blog..so I doubled my dosage and felt the benifits within 3 days..:-) xxx
  • Redz-Sha
    Redz-Sha chris11339

    Posted

    Hi chris

    I'm on 50 mg... & that what I find hard as well😠 ... Not only have I got fibromyalgia I've got under active thyroid,osteoporosis ( where broken bone I've got Osteoarthritis) rheumatoid arthritis in hands & feet,& asthma ... So I carnt afford to put on weigh... I gained 3stone in nearly 3 months wasn't eating any more was going to gym& swimming. When well enough.. Doctor didn't want to know ... Spoke to my phamasist & she asked me how /when do  I taken them... Explained finish work have my food then  depends what time I finish either take them straight after food but usually 2 hrs before I go to bed.... She explained to me that I need to take them an hour before I want to go to bed but also 2hrs after I eaten ... Because it to slow down signal from the brain to nerves ... It slows down rest of the body & because I already got under active thyroid I'm not giving the body chance to digest my food..... & that y I've gained weight ..... Don't know if that applies to every body ... I'm on a lot of different medication ....

    lI feel like I'm running up escalater wrong way...  When the rhem- doctor weigh me he had cheek to tut at me... Totally lost the plot ... Let's just say was a understatement 😂😂 sat the mouth opened wide ... Totally in shock lol not normally like that but  angry understatement

    I also think don't know if others agree with me ... But because I'm not as mobile & always tired find it hard to do anything let alone excerise

    hope ur doctor sorts for you xx

     

    • christine26761
      christine26761 Redz-Sha

      Posted

      Agree Redz-Sha, I can't do excercises either, but I do hydrotherapy in a warm pool..it amazing, makes me tired after, but at least I get some excess in..itherwise I reckon I would weigh a ton..you can use any pool...just do it yourself...the local hospital physio detox showed me what excercises to do..then I went to look for a pool, fortunately we have a resort 3 Kilometers away and I joined their health club..it's good because

      I use the pool when no one is there earlyish through the week,,,hate being seen in my cosy let alone doing my funny excercises...hot water bottles are just amazing too, but you would be aware of that...be blessed..:-) xxAustralia know what you mean about some doctors..grr..shockers  they are..

    • tiswas24537
      tiswas24537 christine26761

      Posted

      i tried hydrotherpy pool it was amazing ,at one time you could just pay to use the pool as and when ,now because people abused the system by using the gym or the swimming pool  as well you have to pay full membership fee just to be able to use the hydro pool which i cant afford

      my dream is to get a hot tub or a hydro bath how wonderful that would be

      lottery win please

    • christine26761
      christine26761 tiswas24537

      Posted

      Grrrr, don't you just hate that...I use this place near home, but I also have to pay full membership .their gym, sauna and spa...I can only use the pool..grr..

      i have a sauna at home..it's great, but I really hardly ever use it...need to I know..I would love a hot tub or spa...but I can't get in one...(re vertigo) guess someone else's pool will have to do....soooo costly, I can actually us another inside pool with the Arthritis Association..it's much cheaper..but it's sooooo far away..hope you get a windfall, just checking up my Collodial Gold order, still haven't received it yet..might have to do some whinging...be blessed tiswas..:-) xxx

    • tiswas24537
      tiswas24537 christine26761

      Posted

      hopefully your vertigo will improve on gold .

      i came across a remedy  for vertigo ,that was given by someones ENTdoctor you migthwant to try.

      here goes a 1/4 of a dropper of wild oil of oregenoi ,followed by a 1/4 of a dropper of olive oil ,placed in ear one at a time,leave head to side for ear to soak for as long as comfortable then lean the other way to drain ear . reapeat in other ear .once aday till symptoms go . repeat when neccesary .razz

    • christine26761
      christine26761 tiswas24537

      Posted

      Thanks tiwas..I looked everywhere for my order etc...on this iPad..I always store things like that in an archive file on iCloud..but it wasn't there..my husband reckons I only talked about ordering it and I never...grrr,.....brain fog....I must buy some..I ordered another med from a natural med site at the same time..called vertifree..??? Have been taking it for a couple of weeks now...hoping.....that's probably what confused me..grr.,doesn't take much..thanks fir this info will try anything...be blessed.,:-) xx
  • Redz-Sha
    Redz-Sha chris11339

    Posted

    Omg just wrote something & it's been deleted said it was linked to other site??? Only said I tried something that's eating healthy ... Changed food to wheat free found I'm not so bloated

    eat wholemeal rice pasta

    drink milk that's rice almond or coconut  based 

    juice mix veg & fruit & I've lost weigh

    Wonder if they post this???? 

    • christine26761
      christine26761 Redz-Sha

      Posted

      Hate it when my posts are deleted too..it's soo easy to forget not to mention certain things that work well fir us all we just get too excited..it's good though..mmm..  wheat free, grain free, excellent, just love anything, no bread, rice pasta..didn't think I could ever live without it..sooo much better suff you can have in it's place..really missed rice at first..coconut-oil, flour, Aminos, nectar..cream, milk..water..etc actually it's such a basic in our house now...I've just started juicing last week too...it's such a discipline...I thought I would have one meal a day and juices for breakki and dinner, we have our main meal round about 1pm,,,so I don't  go to bed stuffed..lol..:-) xx
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