Hey Anne, got your message.
My apologies, It sounded from your original post that you were basically just sitting around. It's great that you are very active then as you will need to be. All the stories I have heard from people who are on this drug have had a weight gain component it just seems to go with territory.
If you have a good diet and keep active you should be able to maintain yourself better though. I spoke to my Doc before I came off this drug and he actually said "we are in the business of making people fat" so there you go. I read once that the drug slows you metabloism or something which is why people have weight gain. This is why people also get less active it seems. But from the sound of you recent post you are buzzing around so it might not be as much of an issue for you. There was another person on this forum once who said they never had any weight gain at all....so there are cases, it's possible that it might be the same for you?
Every story is unique. This is a good site and forum for posting on. There are quite a few regulars here who have been on a very similar path to you and most of them give feedback, support etc. I always read every post that gets into my inbox as I know what it's like when youre out there...seemingly on your own. Hang in there Anne, you will be fine.
The one thing that I did that helped me with this drug was.....after 5 years of daily meds and huge weight gain of 30kg I looked at my life and realised I wasnt doing anything different than from before I started taking this drug. I was still saying the same things, eating the same food, doing the same things, thinking the same thoughts etc.
So I changed what I was doing. The first thing I did was gave up drinking, then I started walking daily and from there everything kind of fell into place. It took 5+ years and I am still making little changes all the time but my point is....if I had not changed me all I would ever be or do would be the person who I was before I went on this drug/medication. Nothing would change other than the fact that I was now a drug addict who was taking daily meds/drugs to mask his problems.
And I'll be honest here...the drug masked my problem so that everyone around me could deal with me better. It didnt changed me, it just dummbed me down. People now could tolerate being around me whereas before they just did not want to.
Once I fully came off the meds/drug I really realised the extent as to how bad this was and it took/has taken another two years to calm down. It's only now,just over a year after being drug free that I am starting to see a difference in myself, my behaiviour. Maybe there is a bit of getting older and wiser in there as well but really I think it's more about taking responsibility and control for and of yourself.
it's not easy, at least it is not for me and I dear say I am just an average person with an average story like this so I would imagine that there are others out there who are doing it tougher...maybe you are one of them?
This is just a forum Anne and all I can do is offer my support in any way shape or form that might be relevant. I'm now a Fitness Coach so when you talked about the weight gain and sitting watching TV that aspect of me took over...I apologise if it sounded blunt.
Anyway, stay close and connected. I'm sure other will respond to your post as well with some more input.
Regards,
Colin