Help! I regained all of my weight due to BED - Eating Disorders - Compulsive Overeating, Bulimia, Anorexia - General Discussions

PLEASE HELP! After I went away to college, I became a Binge Eater. I was on anti-depressandants that made me very hungry and this is around the time the binging started. I graduated HS in the 200-220 range (I am a 6'1" male). By the time I was 25, I was over 360 pounds! I decided something had to be done and I went a a diet (2,300 calories based on the food pyramid). I began to work out for 20 minutes every other day. However, I started to ENJOY the execrise. I would eventually do 1.5 hours of vigorous cardio plus 1 hour of strength training everyday. I went from not being able to walk 20 feet to hiking 5 miles in the mountains. I dropped 120 pounds on this diet. I was losing 2-3 pounds a week at first...although this may have been too much. I felt great! However, I was not able to keep it off. The desire to eat, and eat lots of it came back with a venegence. The first two or three months came back slowly, then it got much worse. Within 15 months, I regained all of my weight back plus ten pounds! I once again cannot walk 20 feet. In fact, i now need a cane just to walk. I also have to deal with ignorant people that think I am just a lazy couch potato by nature. At 372, my life once again sucks and I am miserable as heck. Also, at 30 I am starting to fear for my health, since I am getting older. I did try to get theapry for BED, however I did not have much success. The desire to eat, even after therapy and execise was way too powerful. I would even have the worst cravings for no reason at all, in addition to the times I felt depressed or bored (what usually triggered it). Even exercise did not make the cravings go away. I am scheduled to see a bariatic doctor next month, but I feel that even this is too long of a wait. I NEED HELP NOW. I am gaining 10 pounds a month! Does anyone have any idea what the #%@&! to do? Yes, I do have a history of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder...I had a severe case...However, I am 99% recovered from this. As long as I take my SSRI I am fine and no one will know that there is anything wrong with me. However, the retreat of the OCD did not come with a retreat from BED! I tried Topamax but the side effects were intolerable. I am hopeful for the new Toga surgery that may come out next year, but I CANNOT AFFORT TO LOSE AND REGAIN WEIGHT BACK.

Now, I would like to here from other experts or people who have had similar problems. I need help now because the weight problem is damaging my health (although I do not have diabeties yet), my self-esteem, I do not go to family get togethers anymore, I have never even dated a woman before and even worse, it burns me up inside that I can not go hiking in this beautiful weather. I want a normal life and I do not want to die young. What should I do? I feel that I am running out of options? How do you keep weight off? How else can one combat BED when a professional did not help? Will the bariatic doctor be able to help me other than recommend surgery or a psycriatrist for BED? Would should I do?

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