Hi,
The wellness program from your pyschiatrist sounds like a good idea. Does it include stuff like exercise and sleep and healthful foods?

That's great that you have found that tanning booths work for you.
Have you also tried a hot tubs, saunas, or steam rooms like they have at gyms? These might be cheaper. And they might work for you too.

How did it go when you called your psychiatrist yesterday?

Stay away from those diet pills. For us kind of people, the heartache they cause is way worse than the help that they may provide. Or if you do try for weight loss, ask the psychaitrist. A few meds can help people -- like Wellbutrin helps a little, Topamax (if you can stand the side effects) helps a lot and so forth for some people. It depends on what drugs you need.

Or, you can push the pyschiatrist hard and ask him/her to give you meds that are relatively "weight neutral." Again this depends on your symptoms and the side effects of the meds.

I hope that you start feeling better each day that you are off the diet pills.

Mari