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History Of Bulimia. Taking Depo Provera. Have Weight Gain, No Appetite, Back Problems, Depression

I HAVE BEEN STEADILY GAINING WEIGHT PAST 10 YRS. I AM 55 , WEIGHT 217, WAS 135 AT AGE OF 45. I WAS ON DEPO PROVERA OVER 5 YEARS, I SUFFERED FROM BULIMIA FROM AGE 20 - 42. I WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO REGERGATAE , PHYSICALLY INCAPABLE. SO NO MORE BINGE EATING AND BECAUSE I HATE, HATE THE FEELING OF BEING FULL, I EAT VERY LITTLE AND VERY SELDOM. MOSTLY YOGURT. I HAVE NO APPETITE. I CAN EASILY GO 40 HRS WITH NO FOOD, HOWEVER I DO DRINK RUM AND EITHER CLUB SODA OR CRANBERRY JUICE. AS I'VE GAINED WEIGHT I'VE BECOME LESS ACTIVE, SEVERE BACK PROBLEMS AND DEPRESSION. DESPITE RARELY EATING I'VE DEVELOPED A VERY LARGE, HARD STOMACH. MY BELLLY IS LARGER THAN WHEN I WENT INTO LABOR AT AGE 32 & AT DELIVERY I WEIGHED 172, 6 MOS. LATER I WAS 128 FLAT STOMACH, STILL CONSUMING ALCOHOL AND BINGE/PURGE
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I think you are doing well with all these problems and that is the positive aspect here. Very well done. I request you to go for meditation and psychotherapy which can do wonders with your problem. Psychotherapy helps you to streamline your lifestyle and meditation helps you to streamline metabolism.
Good luck,
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History Of Bulimia. Taking Depo Provera. Have Weight Gain, No Appetite, Back Problems, Depression

Dear Welcome to HCM We understand your concerns I think you are doing well with all these problems and that is the positive aspect here. Very well done. I request you to go for meditation and psychotherapy which can do wonders with your problem. Psychotherapy helps you to streamline your lifestyle and meditation helps you to streamline metabolism. Good luck,