Tinkering with Antidepressant Treatment

I'm glad you have found what appears to be a solution to your weight gain.

 

I have been on various antidepressants for several years and first noticed a big weight gain after taking Paxil for about 6 months.  This was something new to me.  I have always been naturally slim and at first I didn't know what was going on.  I attributed it to being over forty, but I didn't think I should have gained that much weight in such a short time.  Then I read that after you are on Paxil for several months this can be a side effect.  I tried other antidepressants and they did the same thing.  One I was on for awhile (I have forgotten the name) melted 25 pounds off me without any dieting.  Unfortunately, it didn't work for my depression.

 

I really, really wish I didn't have to take these things!

TODAY I WENT TO MY NEW DOCTOR AND COMPLAINED ABOUTALWAYS BEING HUNGRY, I ASK IF SHE WOULDCHANGE NY MEDICINE AND SHE DID. I DONT KNOWN WHY PEOPLE HAVE SUCH PROBLEMS AS THESE BUT I WAS DEPRESSED WITHOUT THE WEIGHT GAIN AND NOW IS SO MUCH WORSE BECAUSE I HAVE TO START OVER AND ADJUST PLUS LOSE THE ETRA WEIGHT

TODAY I WENT TO MY NEW DOCTOR AND COMPLAINED ABOUTALWAYS BEING HUNGRY, I ASK IF SHE WOULDCHANGE NY MEDICINE AND SHE DID. I DONT KNOWN WHY PEOPLE HAVE SUCH PROBLEMS AS THESE BUT I WAS DEPRESSED WITHOUT THE WEIGHT GAIN AND NOW IS SO MUCH WORSE BECAUSE I HAVE TO START OVER AND ADJUST PLUS LOSE THE ETRA WEIGHT

 Is antidepressant lets to gaining weight? How can it possible? May be it would happened in the changes in your diet. If not plz tell me how it happened?     

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bird.lavonne

Dual Diagnosis

 

Thank you thank you thank YOU for giving a voice such as yours to a cause and illness so many know nothing of!  Reading your articles has really helped me in my own fight, and your words echo my own!  I'm so glad I found this web site, I cant stop reading!  So thank you for speaking out and bringing awareness and help to those who need it and dont understand what their loved one may be going through!

Rachel

cecilia, KY

I commend you for being so in tuned with what is going on with your medication. You obviously make good use of the time between visits determining what is working, what isn't, and what may be interacting with other things you are taking. I tinker around a lot on the internet and am always fascinated by the side effects and interactions drugs can have. I also am an interest in psychotherapy, so I regularly visit this site as well as others such as www.goodtherapy.org. I have learned a lot and am always interested in other people's stories. I wish you all the best in your journey and will be thinking about you!