Antidepressant weight gain

juliaky84

Hi all,

Has anyone successfully lost weight that was gained from a side effect of an SSRI?

I feel like it will never happen. I gained 30 pounds and had no increase in appetite. This happened over 3 years.

I have just been able to discontinue the medication. I had lost some of the weight a year ago but it came back. I feel like I will need to be on an unrealistic very low calorie diet forever which is unsustainable, if I want my old back back. So the dieting cycle has began, which is not good for the metabolism and ultimately results in a higher weight in the end.

Please share your success stories and what helped you!

pepinilla909

Oh, last year I was deppressed and stopped eating, so I lost 20 kg. A couple of months later, my mom took me to the psychiatrist and he gave me some antidepressants that made me gain those 20 kg and some more in 2 months. I'm so depressed of my weight rn I feel you.
The best thing you can do is restrict, that's helping me. Good luck ♡

kshama2001

My brother is on several psyche meds with weight gain listed as a side effect. When he was in a hospital setting, he gained weight. Now he's living with Mom and lost the weight and kept it off for almost two years. He doesn't count calories, but he exercises more, including walking miles at a time multiple days per week, and eats differently than he did in the hospital.

(I'm not saying one needs to walk 20 plus miles per week to lose weight - my point is that he was sedentary in the hospital and active at home.)