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Posted by LegWarmers on February 25, 2006, at 18:57:23
Has anyone ever quit smoking? Did your eating disorder get out of hand? Any experiences?
Thanks
Posted by Racer on February 25, 2006, at 20:25:29
In reply to Eating Disorders and smoking, posted by LegWarmers on February 25, 2006, at 18:57:23
I'm trying to quit smoking now, as it happens and having a bit of trouble that is wrapped up in the ED thing...
I'm not sure what to tell you, in terms of how much is which, but it's there. Part of it is related to weight, because guess what? It's metabolic, that your weight changes when you quit. It's not "hand to mouth habit." It really is changes in your metabolism.
When my Wellbutrin went up to 450mg, it was easy to go from my usual 12 cigarettes per day to around 4 to 6. But while my weight hasn't really changed, it hasn't really changed despite restricting again a lot of the time. (Insurance woes -- I'd rather not eat, but having to see the dietitian every week balanced that against not wanting to get into it with her, you know? Now tha insurance says they shouldn't have been paying for it, and I'm not going, no incentive anymore.) Anyway, there is a part of me saying, "I'd rather be thin than a non-smoker." 'Course, I'm on the baby train right now, hoping to have a baby despite advanced age, so that's incentive to quit. And incentive to eat, but that's another story.
I don't know if anything there helps, though. If you've got any specific kinds of questions, let me know.
Posted by LegWarmers on February 26, 2006, at 8:51:48
In reply to Re: Eating Disorders and smoking, posted by Racer on February 25, 2006, at 20:25:29
> I'm trying to quit smoking now, as it happens and having a bit of trouble that is wrapped up in the ED thing...
My concern is that it would result in either more binging/purging or more restricting.
> I'm not sure what to tell you, in terms of how much is which, but it's there. Part of it is related to weight, because guess what? It's metabolic, that your weight changes when you quit. It's not "hand to mouth habit." It really is changes in your metabolism.
That's intersting, did not know that.
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> When my Wellbutrin went up to 450mg, it was easy to go from my usual 12 cigarettes per day to around 4 to 6. But while my weight hasn't really changed, it hasn't really changed despite restricting again a lot of the time. (Insurance woes -- I'd rather not eat, but having to see the dietitian every week balanced that against not wanting to get into it with her, you know? Now tha insurance says they shouldn't have been paying for it, and I'm not going, no incentive anymore.) Anyway, there is a part of me saying, "I'd rather be thin than a non-smoker." 'Course, I'm on the baby train right now, hoping to have a baby despite advanced age, so that's incentive to quit. And incentive to eat, but that's another story.Yeah, you have to eat, and I can imagine how difficult that is.
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> I don't know if anything there helps, though. If you've got any specific kinds of questions, let me know.I think... you answered it, I wanted to know if it was far fetched to assume that quitting smoking would feed the fire of an eating disorder... I think the answer is yes, and it should probably be watched.
Good Luck with quitting and baby!
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