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weight gain with anti depressants

spectrachic311 said: "I was on Prozac (fluoxetine) for a while because my BC pills were making me really evil. The prozac didn't make me really gain anything, but I definitely think they made me thirstier for whatever reason."

spectrachic311 said: "Was it Paxil? My friend was on Paxil and had a horrible time getting herself off of it. You have to go off it very slowly and when she was on it, she also lost almost all her appetite...it was really scary."

missred said: "I took an antidepressant a few years ago, and I wish I could remember what it was. It started with a P, but wasn't Prozac. What are you taking? Anyway, I don't remember gaining weight. In fact, I think lack of appetite was a side effect (that I didn't have!). My biggest problem was getting off of it. I had to wean myself off very slowly over a period of months. I was literally sick going off of it. I was throwing up, had shakes, dizzy spells, headaches...It was miserable and every day. I researched the net and found that this was very common. When I talked to my doctor about it said he too had heard of people having trouble getting off of it easily."

missred said: "yes, paxil! that stuff is evil!"

angel_rising said: "Well I dont have any official stats on antidepressents and weight gain, but I do have 11years experiance with taking them, and I mean I have taken most of them. Lets see my biggest wait gain on an anitdepressent was roughly 25Lbs, that was in my couch patatoe stage. However when ever I started one in my active stage I gained about 5-7lbs and for the most part I found it pretty easy to lose. The key though is to be active and not to bindge when feeling down. As a person who has been struggling with weight and Deprresion for many years, I know it is a difficult battle and at times it seems like they can effect eachother soo much. A person can get deprressed about there weight, and when a person is depressed they tend to be less active and eat more which effects weight. My personal approach it to treat them both sepratly. Well I hope I answered your question"

Diamond said: "Every prescription seems to have side effects. I was on Prozac for a month and stopped taking it because Prozac it made feel like I was drifting through life and everything was duller than it should have been. Sometimes you just have to get mad and deal with it."

lothuial said: "Hi All, Im just wondering if anyone has information on weight gain caused by anti depressants. Any advise / experience on how to avoid / minimise the weight gain etc.... thanks - lothuial"

lothuial said: "Thanks for the info fallen, your story is similar to mine i guess, i had to take antidepressants about 8 years ago and i went from about 125 lbs to 200lbs in the space of a year (im sure there was more factors for the gain than the tablets but they certainly didnt help!) I have lost 40 lbs over the past few months and finally getting the weight sorted, but I have had a little relapse - which means tablets for a few months, and I do not want to gain the weight straight back. I suppose Im more prepared now for what could happen and I will make sure I am watching the scales closely!"

help6363 said: "This is what I heard: it's possible! It just takes MORE work to lose the weight. I really do NOT know how true it is.... SORRY! How are you going? Are you winning? :th_dblthumb2: I look foward to reading your success story. Keep us up-dated."