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30 thoughts on “Anti-Depressants, Weight Gain and the fear of addiction (This gets VERY real…)”
  1. I relate to this a lot I also have anxiety and ocd and the way it makes ur mind think things like u have to pee or hungry is real. It tricks ur mind into thinking u are to point u start to feel it.

  2. Sending love and understanding to you, I can relate to most of this!! It takes time to find the right medication. And after a few years having to try other meds, because the medication that was working, no longer works. ♥️

  3. Anti depressants are not the way to go. Horrible side effects and don't really solve things. Have you tried some other natural forms of therapy, such as acupuncture?

  4. I am so sorry you had to deal with what must have been a very painful episode of potential THC side effects. I hope you can be gentle with yourself with regard to your evolving needs and wants. I really appreciate your channel. It is incredibly informative, both factually and emotionally. I thought I'd share with you some of my own experience in the hopes that I might offer something back to you. I have OCD, PTSD and am a recovering alcoholic. The tool that calms me most when dealing with the side effects from any of the above is validation. "Of course, I want a drink, I'm an alcoholic, that makes perfect sense." "Of course, I want to go to the mirror, it was a short-term coping strategy I developed during adolescence, and it will take a while to first utilize new coping mechanisms that have long term positive outcomes." "Of course, I'm feeling anxious, I have an anxiety disorder, it will pass. If I check the facts, I know that my anxiety always passes." For me, my anxiety only passes when I share what I'm anxious about with a skilled listener that doesn't try to argue the anxiety away, and/or I seek out a healthy means of energetic release, and/or I examine and validate my triggers. If I try to logic away my anxiety, which I think of as energetic, then it responds (I don't know why I've decided it is separate and sentient) by upping its intensity until I finally emote/use the above coping strategies. I like to think of my anxiety as a small child. It speaks up when it has a need. It shouldn't be ignored or chastised. For me, it should be embraced, accepted, listened to. Like a child, it has needs/want, and these have the capacity to enlighten me to my own needs/wants. Furthermore, largely replacing the word "but" with the word "and" has been helpful, because I'm not negating whatever came before the "but." I don't know that any of this has been helpful, and I figured that the worst-case scenario is that I'm not helpful and am quickly forgotten. You have a beautiful day and thank you for all that you do.

  5. I think it’s a personal choice ultimately. Personally SSRIs do not address root issues and come with a host of side effects, so I am coming off of them. Wish me luck.

  6. Abbey, I don't think you have a problem with your brain (although of course it is possible). Based on what I know and my own experience (not a professional), I associate the kind of obsessive anxiety you experience as a sign of lack of support and fears about the future. Based on what you say, it is clear your husband supports and loves you, but I wonder if you know how to identify areas where you need more support, or how to to even ask him. I wonder if you have ideas about how you should be that also contribute to a sense of desperation/fear. I could be wrong, but i just think we, societally, have a tendency to blame physiology when situations are often really playing a huge role.

    I feel your pain, I have a lot of the same features you do. Good luck.

  7. maybe you should drop your ego and stop the carbs and the toxins/ anti nutrients from plants and just go carnivore.

  8. Up your fat and meat intake and your anxiety will disappear. Fruits and vegetables are the number one cause of Sibo…just a thought that everything you bash is what will actually heal you 😊

  9. You want to have the fastest fix possible? Eat red meat and butter and salt and water for 30 days and you will have the best mental health you have ever experienced ❤

  10. This is really relatable. I've had to deal with generalized anxiety disorder for quite some time and I also had a phobia of sleeping since I was a child (which is coming back, yeahyyy). Which sent me into a spiral of burnout, depression, and the fear of burnout and depression. I honestly do not know how to live a normal live like that. It's not just that my anxiety is hindering me to do things I'd like to: when I feel like it does I always confront it/ expose myself to the trigger. But I am scared of A LOT of things, and living a life of basically constant exposure therapy is soooo exhausting. (+ it often times fails; my anxiety just does not go down and I haven't figured out why). I feel like medication could be an option, but my psychiatrist told me every medication that actually works to reducing anxiety was highly addictive and (and that for me is the insulting part) that I should just try to confront my fears. Writing this I am thinking I should probably get a second opinion 😂
    I don't know why I wrote all this. I guess I just felt so unheard because professionals are giving me solutions, that I try but which do not work but act like they should and I must be doing something wrong. And it is really reassuring that others feel like anxiety is a burden they cannot really deal with even with professional help, too.

  11. You need to try the carnivore diet. Look up Dr. Ken D. Berry on YouTube. Dont listen to Saladino. My husband has no depression anymore and reversed his type 2 diabetes.

  12. Dear Miss Sharp antidepessants aren't addictive. Some mental health medications can be, like most benzos. I deal with anxiety since I am 16 years old, so a few tips: Get a skillset with things you can fidget with, soothing scents, cooling packs, spicy sweets, your favourit sweets and your emergancy meds and info. Breathing exercise and writing a diary can also help. For the hugerattacks during the night, personaly a mix of anis seed, lavender and camomile tea can help. Sorry for the bad English, I am not from a English speaking country. Please stay strong!

  13. I kind of feel the need to say that binge eating is still valid even if you don't hide it and even if you feel legitimate hunger. Doesn't mean it's not binge eating. So many people have such a narrow view of what binge eating can be, who can have it and how it presents.

  14. Check out the book Brain Energy by Dr. Chris Palmer. A lot of people with mental illnesses are able to get off meds with a proper diet. I know you have spoken against it in the past, but the carnivore diet really seems like it could help you. I am on three psych meds and have recently changed my diet with the goal of being on a lower dosage or off all these meds by the end of 2023. It’s not easy, but it’s better than being on meds that still don’t have me at 100%. I have seen promising results so far. Why not try it for 60 or 90 days and see if you feel any better? What do you have to lose?

  15. Girll I feel you. It is a vicious cycle. I have develop the similar issues between my anxiety, self image and weight gain…
    Falling into these patterns where knowing that one thing causes the other and vise versa is just plain defeating 😢.
    Hang in there

  16. These psych meds ruined my life. Just devastating. Nearly died. Now I can't sleep at all. Maybe 3 hours a night. But I lost all the weight. No eye floaters or heart issues or dry eyes, mouth and body and brain. God awful stuff. .
    I took a single mirtazipam and immediate eye floaters and chest pain. Severe depression and binge eating. Back pain and unable to pee. Hate these drugs and if you look they can take years off of your life. Might as well smoke or do illegal drugs.

  17. Help-I can’t stop taking gabapentin due to severe nerve pain,in fact I keep having to ramp up the dose. It’s causing me to really gain weight now that the dose is high and I’m menopausal,plus, I think it caused my cholesterol to skyrocket.

  18. It’s probably also Florida. I’ve started to wake up hungry in the middle of the night when I moved here.
    But as a fellow sibo, ibs, insomnia etc warrior I can’t highly recommend weed. I had similar thoughts you describe about pee. Like a lot if similar. Weed helps with everything.
    Also when I’m constipated I usually try to eat fruits only. Senna also helps. Aldo meds disturb gut flora.

  19. Dear Abbey, I was touched by your strugles with your anxiety problems. I know exacltly what you feel because one day back in the past I also suffered with severe anxiety , OCD and depression. But I found the solution and healed myself without any medicicine in only 15 days. I know it sounds absurd, but living depending on medicine and still seeing your problems getting worse is not the real absurd? What I know is that there is a way to get rid of anxiety and depresion without medicine or therapy. I you want I can help you get rid of it and having your life back.❤ With love, Cris❤❤❤🤗🥰

  20. Dr Berg on YouTube. Has the answer for everything.Keto diet takes away bingeing and cravings. He has you eat a ton of veggies and you can stuff yourself silly on fatty foods, then magically your appetite fix es itself..

  21. I don't think anxiety at this time is unusual. You live in Canada, if you're familiar with the WEF and what's happening in Australia, New Zealand, Canada this is a pretty stressful time in history. . Big Pharma is not your friend. Drs and hospitals are not your friend..

  22. Aww she's like a giant teddy bear, and her name is adorable.

    I used to be on medication that I was forced to take (when I was a kid) and I gained so much weight..I don't take medication anymore but I still have an E.D. (long story)

  23. Going on antidepressants because you missed a poop? That’s how it all started. Time to regroup and get some perspective. Your health team is not doing its job here. Antidepressants are still very experimental and should not be taken lightly. Their long term effects are largely unknown, not to mention their side effects and impact on mood such as potential mania. Unless someone has suicidal ideation, I’d stay away from it. Effexor is dubbed Side-Effexor for a reason. It’s harder to stick to it than to quit, for all the side effects, severe insomnia being one. I am not following how things derailed to this point starting from a missed poop. I guess that’s anxiety, but it is so irrational. As a self-identified control freak, it is surprising that you let it control you. Good luck, whatever you decide to do moving forward. I am rooting for you.

  24. I know you hate him but maybe you should just try Dr Bergs Keto diet for a 3 months and see how you feel. Follow it propery with the recommended macros. You really slammed him in your video but your own health has never been on point for as long as youve done this. Do the blood works start middel and end and prove that what hes saying doesn't work. 3 months isnt going to hurt you and you can go back to the recommened science based diet thats hasn't given you good health.
    Look at all the people getting out of depression and stress just melts away. I noticed the difference. Nothing bothered me any more i could handel anything. Goddam try sometime different the thing you are denying and almost all people who have tried it have has success. 12 weeks couls change your life.

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