← Return to I've been on Xanax since age 15 I'm 54 :( help
DiscussionI've been on Xanax since age 15 I'm 54 :( help
Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Mar 4 11:45am | Replies (121)Comment receiving replies
Replies to "@ellerchim How did you manage to gain back the weight? I am trying but have not..."
How long has it been since you’ve been off? Since I did do a taper, I started eating about seven months into my year long taper not a whole lot, but whatever I craved I ate I didn’t care if it was junk food I would eat a whole carton of donuts every single day. I was really into bacon for some reason so I ate a lot of that and hamburger. Food I never really ate all my life. People say to eat healthy and blah blah blah you eat whatever your body wants to eat, especially at this stage and the reason I kept eating a whole lot is I wanted my skin to plump back up, but unfortunately, it was very minor. Also made a couple of shakes every day with ice cream, frozen fruit, bananas, walnuts. Amazon has protein shakes with 500 cal a can which I was also using during my taper to help put weight on.
Unfortunately, the problem is we get older. Our skin doesn’t have the elasticity that it had when we were young so at this point, we cannot expect it to never snap back fully but if you still haven’t put weight on, try to eat, whatever you can it does help a little or it might help you a lot. If you can’t tolerate food, just make a ton of shakes or order those shakes off of Amazon that are really high calorie. They’re not the best but just like junk food anything you put in your body‘s gonna help you put weight on. One more thing I might add since I’ve been off of this for a few months. I just have very little emotions for anything. anniversary. I understand.Nothing really excites me anymore holidays, going out with a man, this stuff just really changed me for the worse. I am so sorry you have to go through this and I can sympathize with you so much. Let me know how it goes please and if you can’t get food in try the shakes. Try not to worry about what your husband thinks. It’s more important you worry and care about yourself. I know if my husband was still alive he would’ve left me over all this because it was all about him so I’m very thankful. I am by myself right now with my dogs who don’t judge who or what I look like. I had no one in my life when I was going through this, Nobody, all my friends left. The only thing I had were my dogs that helped pull me through this with constant love. Otherwise I don’t think I would’ve made it. The thoughts that go through your head when you’re on this are awful. I don’t wish this on anybody. I just wish more people would understand how dangerous these are.. take care of yourself and please keep in contact.