weight gain on medication

Hi I'm the same I'm on 75 Levothyroxine and 75 amytripyline and 40 prozac. I crave the rubbish and not healthy food. It's driving me mad. I thought it was just me too.

If you can get the depression under control without drugs that may help. Does your GP offer any advice or help other than drugs? It sounds like you also need to be kinder to yourself. Is it possible that your eating is related to your depression?

Try a low GL diet to get yourself full - get as full as possible on good, healthy food. If you need to snack try unsalted nuts; eat one at a time and slowly. They may slow down your intake and you will know that what you are eating is healthy. When you are about to binge maybe distract yourself such as go out for a walk. Maybe your cravings will have died down when you have come back.

The hormones that tell you are full can be turned off if the food you eat has a combination of refined sugars and fat such as cheesecake or doughnuts. Maybe if you remember this before you start eating "comfort" food that you will override mechanisms in your body so you are likely to just keep eating.