Does anyone have any suggestions, comments, stories of joy and/or warning about this sort of thing?
Well, I'd only recommend anti-anxiety meds if you had some huge stress in your life. Like a sick parent....oh, riiiiight.
In all seriousness, (1) you *do* have a significant amount of stress on you now, which (2) is what Xanax/Ativan is for.
Yes, you can try meditation, chanting, etc. -- I don't discount their very real effect on lowering anxiety -- but seriously. Significant parental illness is a massive stressor. If you need anti-anxiety med, by all means, call your doctor and get some. I'm sure your doctor will agree.
I should add that Ativan has been helpful for me; I know other Buffistas have taken it, and I think it's been helpful for them, too.
Anyway he said because I am heavy for my height that I would only need to gain 10-15 lbs when pregnant. Is he on crack? I've never heard of gaining so little weight when pregnant.
I only gained about 15 lbs during my pregnancy, and then lost about 35 as soon as D was born. Apparently pregnancy followed by being off hormonal birth control really agreed with me.
Xanax and effexor. OK, thanks. I'll look into those. Thanks.
Calli, effexor is an AD not an anxiety meds. I just mentioned it because it really does help with the stress eating.
OK. I expect if I get these panic attacks and whatnot under control through whatever mechanism, stress eating will be less of an issue. But thanks for the clarification.
The thing that helps with my stress eating is cutting out refined sugar.
It hurts like a bee-yotch to go off (headaches, serious jonesing) for about a week with three really bad days in the middle...
But once the job is done my eating pretty much stops being compulsive and boredom/stress related.
Something came up this weekend which means I am going to get yelled at by my boss later today. A lot. Not only that, but this is happening the week of my evaluation--so I am guessing this means NO raise. SO not looking forward to the ass-kicking I am in for.
Aw, crap, Scrappy. Here's hoping it's not as bad as you think it will be.
Ugh, Scrappy. May your boss be understanding.
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Ugh, I'm sorry Scrappy. I hope your boss sees the issue differently.
I'm not really stress eating the refined sugars all that much. More the potato, bread, and cheese food groups. Mac and cheese, cheese pizza, various cheese-based spreads on crackers. Yummy, if not nutritionally complete. And great with wine. Oh, hey, that's fruit, isn't it?
