What's in your head, WLSers?(11-6-17)

Thank you so much Nancy. It does help to know that I'm not alone - and to be reminded that med changes can be successful.

You're more than welcome Amy.

I definitely had to do some major med changes post-op. First to deal with the hormone dump (I was on Lamictal, which becomes much less effective in the presence of estrogen), then because so much other stuff was changing. So you're not alone!

Thank you so much Julie. Knowing others have been successful with med changes helps me not to panic so much. It's just been a long time (since 2010) since I've had to make big changes. I've been spoiled I think.

Thanks T.!

I could have written this. No answers, just empathy.

Maintenance is scary. I feel like I'm constantly walking a tightrope and if I fall off one side I'll go back to my 'old self'. If I fall off the other I'll just stop eating completely, because food is too exhausting to think about all the time. I wonder constantly how someone eventually defines this as normal or if they ever do. It took having surgery for me to really identify food addiction and how closely it resembles any other addiction. Staying on the wagon means actively having the addiction in your mental space all the time. It's exhausting.

Selfishly , I'm really hoping that you figure out how to peacefully maintain without the exhaustion of thinking about food all the time so that you can teach me when I get there!

I'm with you 100%. Maintenance is freakin' exhausting!

Some of the super-vets here, who're 5 - 10 years out, say that it never gets easier. That gets really disheartening, and sometimes it's hard to remember why it's worth it. :(