Changing4Best
MyPTSD Pro
Some of us have been put on meds that cause us to gain weight. This happened to me and I have researched this on WebMD and Drugs.com and both have listed "weight gain" as a possible side effect of some of the meds that we get prescribed for the various mental symptoms that arise due to PTSD.
Others of us have just used overeating and other eating disorders to try and deal with our PTSD symptoms.
Either way, eating disorders, which can be addressed by this 12 Step Program, come up with PTSD sometimes. I have seen this mentioned here and there on these Forums.
Overeaters Anonymous, (OA), has helped me with my weight problems, as well as some of my PTSD symptoms, such as worry and anxiety.
The program can be more indepthly looked at, at oa.org but in general it is a 12 Step Program that helps you lose weight (or gain weight if you are Anorexic or Bulimic). It also helps you to deal with life on life's terms and have more serenity in your life. As well, you get a closer relationship with the God of your understanding. Even Atheists and Agnostics can join, there is special info for these folks.
For me, the program gives me hope that I can maintain the weight I have gotten to, which is that I am no longer overweight. This is really important to me, as one med I was on caused me to gain 60 pounds in 4 months! It took me 6 years to lose that weight in another Program. In OA, I was able to lose my regained weight in a shorter period of time, and so far I am keeping it off. I have heard success stories of folks in OA for 30 years and more, who have successfully kept the weight off.
So I hope this info can be of help to those of you who may suffer from weight and eating problems of any kind.
Others of us have just used overeating and other eating disorders to try and deal with our PTSD symptoms.
Either way, eating disorders, which can be addressed by this 12 Step Program, come up with PTSD sometimes. I have seen this mentioned here and there on these Forums.
Overeaters Anonymous, (OA), has helped me with my weight problems, as well as some of my PTSD symptoms, such as worry and anxiety.
The program can be more indepthly looked at, at oa.org but in general it is a 12 Step Program that helps you lose weight (or gain weight if you are Anorexic or Bulimic). It also helps you to deal with life on life's terms and have more serenity in your life. As well, you get a closer relationship with the God of your understanding. Even Atheists and Agnostics can join, there is special info for these folks.
For me, the program gives me hope that I can maintain the weight I have gotten to, which is that I am no longer overweight. This is really important to me, as one med I was on caused me to gain 60 pounds in 4 months! It took me 6 years to lose that weight in another Program. In OA, I was able to lose my regained weight in a shorter period of time, and so far I am keeping it off. I have heard success stories of folks in OA for 30 years and more, who have successfully kept the weight off.
So I hope this info can be of help to those of you who may suffer from weight and eating problems of any kind.