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Q: 16 With a Eating Disored W/ Aderal An Depression!!

asked by: Blue Star16 on February 11th, 2004

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Hey! I am kinda new at this! See I am 16 years old! Im not sure what eating disorder I would be considered to have I just know I have 1! I have adhd an I taker adderll to help with it ! Well I never thought I was fatt or ne thing ! I was 15 and it was about 3 weeks after I started taken aderal an noticed my weight loss bc I was 117 when I started it an 3 weeks later I was 111! I felt awesom I was soo happy I felt skinny an better about my self soon after that I started purposly fasting bc I knewed id loss more weight that way! I went too about 106 then I i was like at a platue for a while an then it went to 102! I thnk my parents knew bc I would barly eat when I was around them an they questioned this an I said it was the aderal an of course they didnt thnk much of it!1 day at pe I had to run a mile run an I was running an had a weird episode I couldnt barly breath I was gaging an dzzie an all sorts of things I knew it was bc I hadnt eatin much an my coach asked me wat I had eatin last an I couldnt answer bc I couldnt member ! Soo school was over an my mom made me stop taken aderal an I became depressed I gained about 7 pounds over summer an when school was about to start I got my aderall back an I felt sum better an went back to my old ways!I am currently 110lbs an 16 I am now taken depression pills as of 2 weeks ago bc I finally told my mom I was baddaling depression that was so hard I juss dont know how to tell her about this! An what will happen after! Is this a serious thing or what? I feel I need help but I dont know wat to do? If ne 1 can help or give me a tip or w.E plz do soo ! Thanx much!!!!

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manfat

replied on February 16th, 2004

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It Sounds Serious...

A journey of a thousand miles starts with just on step. You probably don't want to hear this, but you need help. I know you're 16 and you may feel this is "normal" behavior, but its not. Looking thin may make you feel good, you may even look good, for now, but that will change.
You need to nip this in the bud before you become seriously ill. The first thing to do is talk to someone, if not your parents then perhaps the school councillor, or a friend, the coach might be a good bet, they're not stupid and some have been trained to spot eating disorders and it would be easier talking on your terms rather than theirs.
Being healthy is about effective management of your body, not being thin. Starving yourself is not the answer, a lot of the weight you lose is muscle, most of it is the fluid that your body needs to survive.
The depression wont be helped either, because no energy is coming in, your body and mind feel tired ,under stimulated and frustrated and its easier to think negatively in these circumstances.

If you want to be healthy, active and look good, eat healthy, be active and think good!
Keep me posted ;d

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