i'm way late into this discussion heh stupid rl stuff keeping me away from flist *shakes fist*
but i'm replying to your comment because it really brought things into perspective for me (it took me a while to work out how much the weight gain actually was, what with the different units). dude, if she weighs 160 pounds by the end? that's, what, 72kg? she still weighs less than me and i'm not considered fat (by medical standards anyway), merely a bit over what my weight should be. not anywhere near the weight that would cause her physical and dangerous health problems. of course, we're not told by the moronic author if her weight gain stopped there; if it didn't, then that's concerning, for her health, definitely not for her physical appearance. but as far as side effects of anti-psychotic (among other psychiatric drugs) go, weight gain is so very at the bottom of the scale. it's really despairing when you see a psychiatrist, if not writing this at least endorsing it by putting his name there.
this article is such a perfect example of why people suck. *shakes head sadly* as a health professional, i'm hoping it's actually fiction like some people seem to think it is. it'd be bad bad fiction and made worse by being passed on as a true story but at least i'd be consoled by the fact that it didn't happen.
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Date: 2006-02-11 05:04 pm (UTC)but i'm replying to your comment because it really brought things into perspective for me (it took me a while to work out how much the weight gain actually was, what with the different units). dude, if she weighs 160 pounds by the end? that's, what, 72kg? she still weighs less than me and i'm not considered fat (by medical standards anyway), merely a bit over what my weight should be. not anywhere near the weight that would cause her physical and dangerous health problems. of course, we're not told by the moronic author if her weight gain stopped there; if it didn't, then that's concerning, for her health, definitely not for her physical appearance. but as far as side effects of anti-psychotic (among other psychiatric drugs) go, weight gain is so very at the bottom of the scale. it's really despairing when you see a psychiatrist, if not writing this at least endorsing it by putting his name there.
this article is such a perfect example of why people suck. *shakes head sadly* as a health professional, i'm hoping it's actually fiction like some people seem to think it is. it'd be bad bad fiction and made worse by being passed on as a true story but at least i'd be consoled by the fact that it didn't happen.