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You do not look overweight to me:) I know what you are going thru-having been there myself. I am also diabetic, and ALL the meds that are prescribed for that, cause weight gain. I took Celexa, then Cymbalta,with insulin, I gained 60 lbs! I was so depressed over that, I decided I would rather be dead from the effects of my illnesses, than live in that bloated body. I quit taking everything. I was given dire warnings by my doctor, I told him I would rather leave a skinny corpse than a fat one! Prozac saved me. I found a woman doctor, who was much more sympathetic as regards the weight issues. Prozac DOES have an anorectic effect, I take it with low dose lamictal. I also had my doctor switch me to Byetta, instead of insulin, also the only drug that does not cause weight gain in diabetics. In three months I have lost the 60 lbs, and I feel great!
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Interesting to read this just now when I'm slowly ramping up to a full dose of Lamictal. I've been treatment-resistant for a long time, and my doctor suggested this as a way of potentiating the antidepressant I've been taking (Emsam). So far it's working in revving things up as Emsam does, without sending me into agitated overdrive. Can you suggest anything to read on Lamictal as an antidepressant in its own right rather than a supplement? Is the drug helping with depression, if not the weight problem?
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I wasn't able to find much on Lamictal as an antidepressant, only as a "boost" to antidepressants. I think that's because using it this way is fairly new.
It actually worked really well in boosting my Wellbutrin. I've felt better on it than I have in a couple of years. I'm sorry that I'm going to have to tell my doctor I want to go off of it and try something else. But late onset diabetes runs in my family, and along with MS curtailing my ability to work out, I just can't be on medication that makes me eat more.