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Feeling of lack of control of hunger?
Currently I'm taking bupropion XL 300 mg. What caused my depression was overeating gaining weight and low self-esteem. I was good for 10 months when I first began bupropion XL 150mg. Then after those 10 months I started getting a ravenous hunger again and overeating like crazy. It started at once a week then happens every other week and now it's almost every day. I'm going to be seeing an endocrinologist and cardiologist because I was rushed to the hospital the other day due to heart palpitations and they noticed my metabolism is out of whack. The going all the way back in time. I used to be very thin and had a routine diet. When I stop doing that routine diet I went into a panic and started eating everything in sight. I gained weight lost self-esteem and lost hope. When I first began the bupropion XL at tge 3rd week it motivated me to move on and I was able to be good for 10 months and I was relaxed. Now of course at first I felt like the drug lost its magic but that's not the case the truth is I need to stop doing this overeating and I'm just wondering. I don't get depression unless I screw up and before I get the screw up I get anxious and stressed. Should I even be on bupropion at this point? Will I need a different type of antidepressant to set me back on track? Because I don't seem to be feeling like myself. My mind feels like it's constantly racing and I can't shut it up.
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- Andy CLv 72 years agoFavorite Answer
I have an answer that your endocrinologist is going to love.
You don't control your hunger; your hormones do. Any caloric restriction on your part is defined as anorexia (and it leads to a type of survival mode called the anorexogenic cycle where everything you eat is stored in your fat cells).
YOU are off the hook, so to speak. YOU are not a failure bc you can't stop a biological drive. Stop punishing yourself.
There are two hormones that govern hunger: ghrelin (hunger) and leptin (what tells the brain to stop eating). Leptin is your problem.
Your body is unable to release leptin when your cells are full, causing your brain to think that your body is starving.
And what causes this inability to release leptin?
If these are in your regular diet:
Alcohol
Fructose
Trans fats
BCAAs
The most likely one for most is fructose, which is in sugar,HFCS, honey, nectar, juice, molasses, maple syrup and white flour products (most sliced breads, crackers and pastas).
Stop...
Source(s): consuming these things (they're not food, as you were taught) and not only will your hormones reach a better (if not best) balance, but bc your leptin will be working again, you will lose all of your excess fat. I know how significant this is for you as body fat was for me. After stopping, my body dysmorphia disappeared with my IBS, fat and acne. Ask your endocrinologist about the book "Fat Chance..." by Dr. Robert Lustig M.D. (a former pediatric endocrinologist). And hey, after quitting sugar, etc., all food tastes better and you can eat until full at every meal and snack of every day...and stay skinny!