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CAN'T GAIN WEIGHT
i'm almost 19, i'm 5'6" and i weigh 98 lbs. i weigh less than i did in 8th grade. i didn't use to be this underweight, about a year ago i was 112. then over the summer i picked up a bad habit with drugs and lost a ton of weight, but now i'm trying to gain again. i've quit the drugs that made me lose weight, i drink nutrition shakes, take vitamins, smoke a lot of weed to pig out, eat when i can, but still can't get over 100! my parents think i'm starving myself, my friends say i'm unattractively thin and i don't want to look like this anymore. what more can i do?
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I agree with everything Zane said. The drugs and weed are most likely the base cause of your weight problem. I would also suspect that the drugs and weed may have done something to your metabolism.
This is a serious problem that needs to be seen by a doctor for treatment. You are old enough to be seen by a doctor without mom or dad in the exam room with you. So see the doctor alone and tell the doctor about your drug use and weed smoking. Also about your weight loss and inability to gain weight.
I'm sure the doctor will need to run several test to determine what if any problem(s) you are suffering from. Once the doctor has a diagnoses follow the treatment plan you are given to the letter.
As your doctor will tell you; being under weight is more serious that being over weight. People who suffer from anorexia die because the body is designed to save itself. If the body does not receive or can not process the nutrients it receives it will start shutting down different systems to save the heart and brain. By this time a person is usually in the hospital on life support.
My advice is to make is to make an appointment with your family doctor today. While the nutrition drinks,shakes and vitamins are helpful in providing some of the nutrients you may be missing, they are not going to gain weight or repair any damage the drugs and weed smoking has done to you.
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First you quit the weed, That isn't going to help you at all.
Second, If you are having a problem getting yourself on a proper eating schedule then you try and make an appointment with a nutritionist who can help you plan out a balanced meal. Forget the shakes and vitamins, That is not food and that is not going to put weight on you. I would advise you if you aren't already to start seeing a therapist as well.
If you want to put on some weight, Then you need to do it the right way. Eat 3 meals a day, Keep a journal and write down what you eat every meal. Make sure you are getting enough calcium and protein in your diet. What you've describe you are doing too try and gain weight isn't going to do nothing at all. That is not the right way to go about it, You need to be there not just physically but mentally. Also, At 5'6 you should be ranging from 130-140 lbs at a healthy weight.
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Being to under weight can cause organs to shut down, Hair loss, Fragile bones and infertility. Make an appointment with your doctor and get yourself on track.
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