Weight loss question answered, thankfully

[HeavenlyD]

Hi all and thank you for your continued support. I am sorry I deleted the parts of the original thread; I was completely embarrassed about starting the thread and really wasn't thinking straight. Let me try and explain what happened with me & try and keep it going.
Yes I have had a dramatic weight loss from just under nine stone (I am a shorty) to below nearly 7 stone for a guy this was extremely low. Weight has always been an issue for me. And I have always been sensitive to medication.
For a while now I have been very pleased that I have been gaining weight well. Also my wife & family had agreed genuinely that I was gaining weight well. But lately friends and family were saying how skinny I was looking. All I could see was the muscle tone/weight gain that had come back over the last six months from starting Baclofen. So was shocked to hear I was getting these comments.
It wasn't till yesterday morning when I had a bath I could see it for myself & I was horrified
I have been drinking alcoholically since I was about 19. I think my switch for alcohol was around 150mg.

I kept going up as I wanted to see if it would work on my 20 year skunk addiction & yes it happened. I stopped smoking weed six days ago at 180mg and was so pleased.

This is where I went wrong.
I think I was so wrapped up in determination to make this work, after reading The Amazing Doctor Ameisen`s book - The End of My Addiction, I noticed that in his own story Ameisen stopped taking his medication for anxiety & depression whereas the other reference in his book the American business guy continued to take medication for anxiety & depression.
I have always had bad anxiety ever since I can remember so I decided to give them a try. I was prescribed Citalopram 20mg, 28 days ago. Even though I took the med as prescribed one each day I went a bit loopy on then.
I never noticed my weight dropping off, and neither the fact I wasn't eating properly. Until I had that bath & went in to an absolute blind panic and jumped on here looking for help. Which I got very quickly. Thank you so much Colin I couldn't see the woods for the trees.

My wife suggested going through the side effects of the Citalopram & the Baclofen and eureka there it was in the side effects for Citalopram weight loss, loss of appetite & going a bit loopy. Whereas the Baclofen had none of those side effect or anything that would last more than a few days.
I have stopped taking the Citalopram yesterday and feel so much better in myself but more importantly I have been able to eat.

I now realise that it was the weed causing the anxiety & probably the depression and am so glad to be free from it finally.
Strangely enough while chatting with the missis. I recalled seeing a drug councillor nearly 16 years ago when I was 19 -20 and in exactly the same position with the skunk. I was offered anti depression medication but the same happened so I came of them and stuck with the weed. I started drinking to help with anxiety and it all snowballed from there.
I so wish I had realised this 15 - 16 years ago I would of saved myself years of pain & anguish.

Thank you for my life back Dr Ameisen & thank you to the people here on MWO

[HeavenlyD]

Weight loss question answered, thankfully

Why is my post been over looked. I am asking for help and its not happening. I am having to come of the Bac to put my weight back on. Thanks guys!!
Still concerned still confused

[Cinders]

Weight loss question answered, thankfully

Heavenly,

It seems great that you have hit your switch with Baclofen for drinking and for weed.

Apparently, it was the Citalpram that caused your weight loss.

Hopefully, if you continue without the Citalpram, you will gain some weight back.

Cindi

[Xadrian]

Weight loss question answered, thankfully

HeavenlyD;1528906 wrote: Why is my post been over looked. I am asking for help and its not happening. I am having to come of the Bac to put my weight back on. Thanks guys!!
Still concerned still confused

During the baclofen "treatment" (or after I stopped drinking excessively, if you want), I lost 20 lbs or so. But I also started to drink a lot of soda drinks (not soda water, but orange soda, with a lot of sugar in it), ate chocolate and potato chips.
So after the 20 lbs drop, the weight loss came to a hold and I even gained some lbs.

Maybe eating and drinking all the things they say that are bad for you (except for the alcohol, of course) can help you to gain some weight?

By the way, your post wasn't overlooked, but already answered .
I think you were a little confused.

[Ne/Neva Eva]

Weight loss question answered, thankfully

HeavenlyD;1528906 wrote: Why is my post been over looked. I am asking for help and its not happening. I am having to come of the Bac to put my weight back on. Thanks guys!!
Still concerned still confused

Morning Heavenly!

I know only too well how nerve-wracking posting can be. Even after 4000+ posts I can get self-conscious when no one responds. Sometimes the board is just quiet. That happens particularly on the weekends and over holidays. Since this is a holiday week (in the U.S.) with a long weekend, I'm gonna guess that's what is going on.

I'm really glad you found an explanation for the weight loss. That's got to be a huge relief. When I read your initial post, I assumed you would be discontinuing citalopram and continuing with baclofen. Is that not the case?

I really struggle with my appetite, too. It's unrelated to baclofen and more related to the fact that I consider eating a pain in my foot. I will often forget to eat, or put it off for so long that I find I have absolutely no energy and have to lie down. It's not very easy to manage, and I can definitely sympathize.

Amazing about the weed! My husband had a similar experience in that he just stopped one day--after a lifetime of smoking every night. Are you still drinking? You don't mention in your post and I can't recall.

And by the way, I think most of us can relate to the feeling that if we had known years ago, it would have solved a lot of pain and heartache. I actively deal with those feelings, as being mired in regret doesn't really lend itself to getting out of bed in the morning!

My husband's in the attic and hollering for me to get off the computer and give him a hand, so I'm off to sweat the morning away. (7am and it's already 26C/80F here!) Hope it's a good day/night for you!