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Thursday, October, 29, 2009

Which Antidepressants Do Not Cause Weight Gain

Health Encyclopedia: Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder

Alternative Names

PMDD


Treatment

Women with PMDD may be helped by the following:

  • Regular exercise 3-5 times per week
  • Adequate rest
  • A balanced diet (with increased whole grains, vegetables, fruit, and decreased or no salt, sugar, alcohol, and caffeine)

In addition, it is important to keep a diary or calendar to record the type, severity, and duration of symptoms.

Selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are antidepressant drugs that can treat...

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Expert & Community Posts

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No Pain, Weight Gain: Does Taking Certain Medications Mean Adding Pounds?
By Dr. Mark Borigini , Health Expert

...associated with mood stabilizers, antipsychotics and antidepressants.   The tricyclic... Read more »

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"Which antidepressants are least likely to cause me to gain weight?" (Part Two)
By Merely Me , Health Expert

In part one of this series on weight gain and antidepressants we talked about which medications are... Read more »

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"Will my Antidepressants Make me Gain Weight?" (Part One)
By Merely Me , Health Expert

...for why some of us gain weight when we are taking antidepressants is that as we begin to feel... Read more »

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Anti-depressants by the pound
By Judith Wurtman , Health Expert

...This may be imaginary but the problem is real. Most antidepressants that are effective in... Read more »

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Tinkering with Antidepressant Treatment
By Deborah Gray , Health Expert

...everyone who finds that they're gaining weight on their antidepressants. If you don't have ADHD,... Read more »

Health Guide

Depression Medications, Antidepressants, Suicide Risk
...FDA based its recommendations for children and adolescents on a review of 24 clinical trials of nine antidepressant drugs. These trials enrolled over 4,400 pediatric patients and tested the safety... Read more »
Anxiety Disorders: Medications
...have, although it may slightly raise cholesterol and triglyceride levels.Tricyclic Antidepressants. The antidepressant drugs known as tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) have also been effective in... Read more »
Narcolepsy: Treatment
...vermouth, dried meats and fish, canned figs, fava beans, and concentrated yeast products.Antidepressants. Antidepressant drugs are not approved for treatment of cataplexy, but they are commonly... Read more »
Fibromyalgia and Weight Gain
...loss.Medication.  A number of medications commonly given to treat the symptoms of FM –– particularly antidepressants –– have the side effect of weight gain. Weight-loss StrategiesSince... Read more »
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Medications
...in adolescents who take tricyclics and smoke marijuana. Careful monitoring is important.SSRIs. The antidepressant drugs known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) -- which include... Read more »

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