Weight Gain With Anti Depressents? Posted: 02-16-05 09:40am
Has anyone experienced weight gain with
taking anti depressents. I have been
taking them since this summer and in that
same time period I have gained a
significant amount of weight. Up until I
was on these pills I had been the same
weight for about 10 years!
Anyone else have this problem?
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emptyalive
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 26 Jan 2005 Posts: 39 Location: Wisconsin
Depends Posted: 02-16-05 13:47pm
What type of antidepressant are you taking
?
I have tried lexapro, zoloft, and now -
effexor . None of these caused me to
gain weight, as they are said to be weight
neutral. However, I know for a fact that
paxil is definitely a weight gaining pill.
If that's what you've been taking then
that is probably the cause of your weight
gain.
Peace.
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Lonelygirl
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Joined: 22 Apr 2004 Posts: 11
Posted: 02-17-05 10:21am
I was taking celexa, but now I just
started zoloft.
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emptyalive
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Joined: 26 Jan 2005 Posts: 39 Location: Wisconsin
Change Is Good Posted: 02-17-05 14:19pm
I did some research-talking w/ people who
are currently taking celexa or who have in
the past, and I did some reading on the
ssri. I found out that an overwhelming
majority of those who took celexa did
experience weight gain however, it causes
less of a weight gain than paxil. (so if
weight gain is an issue-never take paxil)
don't worry about it much while taking
zoloft. It's supposed to be weight
neutral. Just eat healthily, and you
should be fine.
I hope zoloft works for you. Side effect
(when I took it) were not too bad at all.
I just felt a little nauseous in the
beginning.
Peace.
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HBBunny
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Aug 2005 Posts: 3
Prozac Posted: 08-18-05 01:56am
I recently quit taking my prozac and have
experienced weight gain. I guess this
could be expected because I had lost
weight when I began taking it 6 mos ago.
But is there any chance that these two are
not related? Has anyone else experienced
weight gain after discontinuing
antidepresants? I am curious because
around the same time I also quit taking my
birth control.
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Hightension24
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Joined: 08 Aug 2005 Posts: 65 Location: Houston
Posted: 08-18-05 21:11pm
Zoloft can and usually will cause weight
gain. Some people experience weight loss
but they're the minority. Wellbutrin is
better if you don't want to gain, because
people taking it usually experience at
least 5 pounds of weight loss. Effexor
causes weight loss because it usually
makes people feel nauscious. When I took
zoloft I lost a little weight because if
and when I would work out on it, i'd get
so tired, i'd just sleep all day, wake up
go to class, then come home and go back to
sleep. Hated it, said I wasn't depressed
and got back on adderall.
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Posted: 10-26-05 00:09am
Some pharmaceutical drugs can cause weight
gain because these medications work by
inactivating vitamin b6 and this may
affect the natural production of
serotonin.
There are some nutritional way of treating
depression without recourse to drugs. But
once on drugs you cannot withdraw from
them without medical supervision.
I started taking paxil almost 5 years ago
and before then I was pretty thin, about
120 and 5'7" and I remember the day my
doctor perscribed the meds, my doctor
saying "if you turn to the side you
disappear." now i'd never been the thin
one, always kind of a chubby kid but lost
the baby fat in highschool. At the time I
was 19. I was my thinnest ever because my
anxiety was so bad, I never ate. Noooooow
i've gained about 70lbs. Yes. 70! I
don't even recognize myself and that makes
me depressed (go figure.) pretty much
anyone i've ever talked to who've taken
paxil told me they'd blown up. Then my
mom doesn't make it better by saying "you
need to lose weight! Exercise! Go to the
gym!" because the paxil also makes me
pretty tired, all...The...Time. No
freakin energy. Yeah. I'm mad. But
atleast my anxiety is pretty much under
control. Yep.
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snowygirl
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Joined: 31 Oct 2005 Posts: 807 Location: hawaii
Yeah Paxil Made Me Gain Lots Weight Posted: 11-13-05 02:09am
It makes me get big appetite and now I
gained about 20 lbs gosh, planning to talk
to Dr. To get offf paxil
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LeSigh
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Nov 2005 Posts: 10
Posted: 11-13-05 02:15am
I do think mine is partially because now
that i'm not constantly in panic mode and
am able to actually eat food without
throwing up, has made me gain weight but
yeah, my appetite is huge! I remember
trying to eat quantities before that I
could eat now and be totally stuffed. But
too I have serious lack of energy or else
i'd work out to shed some pounds. I miss
being thin, shallow yes, but I don't miss
trying to choke down just a slice of dry
toast at 3 in the morning and not being
able to. :? Guh
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monisch
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Joined: 14 Nov 2005 Posts: 1
Re: Weight Gain With Anti Depressents? Posted: 11-14-05 11:33am
Oh yes! I have gained 20lbs and only
taken lexapro for 3 years...Finally
getting off it...Please let me know I will
get my metabolism back! My doctor said
lexapro does slow ur metabolism down. Im
so hoping I get back to my old
weight...Its weird..I gained it only in my
lower stomach and hips....No where else!
lonelygirl
wrote:
has anyone experienced
weight gain with taking anti depressents.
I have been taking them since this
summer and in that same time period I have
gained a significant amount of weight.
Up until I was on these pills I had been
the same weight for about 10 years!
