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    I swear I have food issues like some have drug issues. Food fucks me up so bad. I can't eat certain foods, like physically I topple over in illness from things like coffee, whole wheat, fatty stuff, dairy...I KNOW this. And I KNOW that sugary shit makes me fluffy bellied. But I feel so out of control sometimes that I just can't stop eating this crap. Even when I'm not even hungry. And then I get sick, bloated, and don't eat barely anything for a few days...so I don't get tooo fat, but it's enough to put on fifteen pounds since last year, I'm horrified to realize.

    Everytime I try to break the cycle, it's like I just fucking can't. I feel so helpless. I wasn't like this when I was a kid. I was a picky eater then, and I wish I could go back to that. The short periods of time where food hasn't controlled my life, something else has, like maniacal mancrushes, or excessive competitive sport.

    It's possible I'm putting all my eggs in one basket, but I swear for the few months I was on Wellbutrin I didn't have this insane urge to eat the bad stuff. I didn't turn to food when stressed. A doctor friend told me at a party last week that a patient of her's recently lost over a hundred pounds on Wellbutrin, which she only went on because of smoking. So I'm hoping this helps when I can go back on it...but what else do people do? What ultimately breaks the awful pattern of abuse? Because I have these added digestive quirks, sometimes it literally comes down to having a certain meal, or having a life. Like I'll eat something that I know will make too sick to leave the house for twelve hours, and I'll eat it anyway. It's driving me crazy and I can't seem to kick it in anyway I've tried. I'm so weak.

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    Default Re: Breaking a sugar addiction

    Its possible wellbutrin has the added benefit/side effect of helping with impulse control. I think I remember a thread a while back where you talked about maybe getting help?

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    Personally, I found substitutes for the stuff I wanted to ween myself off of. For bread and other filling carbs, I started eating garbanzo beans (high protein, but fills you up like a carb). For sweet tooth attacks, I found those low fat creamy fruit flavored yogury cups to be awesome (I was all about strawberry, peach, and key lime). I don't know if you rule out yogurt though as part of the dairy thing. I too, avoid dairy (especially milk), but yogurt is good with me since it has all the acidophilus in it. For snack foods and other chip and dip type things, I subbed shredded wheat cereal as a chip and hummus or baba ghannoush as a dip. Cedars and Tribe make a good low-fat one.

    Eventually, my sweet tooth subsided, and now I find myself reaching more for regular non-fat yogurt. No more flavored fruit yogurt.

    Oh yeah, go to the raisin area in your grocery store, and they have all kinds of yummy dried fruit snacks, no added sugars (only the naturally occurring ones). The Phillipine Mangos by Safeway are super yummy.


    But, the medication seems to have benefitted you in the manner of impulses. When do you think you will be able to go back on it? And why did you stop?

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    Quote Originally Posted by austinatalie View Post
    Its possible wellbutrin has the added benefit/side effect of helping with impulse control. I think I remember a thread a while back where you talked about maybe getting help?
    Yeah, and I went to my doctor but totally chickened out of telling her the whole truth. I'm too embarrassed by it, and the craziest shit doesn't happen so often anyway. So all I can complain about is my IBS, which my doctor friend told me is often a symptom of depression/ anxiety that goes away once those greater things are treated. Hence my desire for Wellbutrin. I went off it initially because I'm an idiot with a complex about 'needing help', but not anymore. I'm sick of being a loser half the time. BUT my doctor was convinced antidepressants weren't the answer, so I've been put on something else that hasn't done squat. I do have a follow up appointment this month, so hopefully I can go back on the pills. But a part of me is disapointed that I should seek such a bandaid solution. But fuck that, I want to be well again.

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    well the sugar issue you could try:

    stevia - its an all-natural sweetener with zero calories, zero carbohydrates and a zero glycemic index (wont affect blood glucose)
    its amazing to use as a replacement for sugar or chemical sweeteners in drinks. im still working on using it in cooking.....
    this stuff is SWEET, one or 2 drop is all it takes

    whenever im craving something sweet i make an herbal tea and add this in.
    i also have this kind of popsicle tray that i just pour juice in and then i have juice popsicles.....they are pretty good, really!

    also when i stress over what i am going to eat or not eat is when i have problems. whenever i try to diet or restrict is when i start gaining weight because i become somewhat hungry and unsatisfied with what im eating i ultimately end of binging on bad foods anyways. finding healthy alternatives that you actually enjoy and not worrying about eating too much is important (once things get more under control your satiety/satiation should level out and you will find yourself full on regular portion sizes)
    exercise is really important as well, for the physical and mental aspects of this

    also there are food intolerances such as celiac disease (gluten intolerance), and lactose intolerance that could be causing symptoms from the foods you are eating. and i would really really work on completely cutting out coffee

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    I did 6 weeks of the anti-candida diet about a year ago - although I was suposed to do 3-4 months even the 6 weeks helped. I still cannot stand a lot of sugary foods since stopping the diet, they just taste too sweet to me now.
    I dont know if youve looked into Candida, but here are my old threads incase theyre helpful. I had a doctor that was Candida aware - many arent, but its worth enquireing about maybe (-:

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    Sounds weird but fats help a lot. There is some science behind it I cannot recall (I believe) but it really works for me. With IBS that could get tricky though...but maybe there's something semi-fatty/creamy that would help?

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