anyone take antidepressant's?

I'm on Welbutrin XL for depression and hydroxizine for anxiety. I'm not sure those are spelled correctly, but whatever. Anyway, I was put on them in the midst of all this weight loss. I think I had lost almost seventy pounds at the time, and I never once noticed anything that hindered my weight loss in any way. I remember I specifically asked at the time to not be put on anything that would slow down or stop my progress. These seem to be doing the trick in that area, but I also don't feel they're as effective as others might be.

I love your picture, you are absolutely beautiful! I was on Cymbalta 4 years ago for depression and didn't gain any weight. If you track your calories here, you should be able to avoid any weight gain that is typically associated with anti depressants. The feeling of hunger may be there but you know how many calorie your body needs to maintain or lose weight so just stick to that and you should be fine.:flowerforyou:

Anywho, antidepressants are something I am considering now since I have been diagnosed with IBS (although I'm not convinced that is my problem). I know that stomach troubles are a lot of the time attributed to stress and depression. I have been depressed given my current stomach problems....

I was put on celexa when I was like 13 and it made me gain alot of weight too. I was taking Welbutren XL up until about 3 months ago when I started loosing the weight. I don't feel like it made me gain any weight, i just didn't really need it anymore once I started loosing and working out. My anxiety problem is situational and so I'm not on anything for it at the current moment. One good thing about Welbutren is it helped me wake up in the morning, it gives you that needed boost of energy!

some antidepressants can have the effect. It really just depends on the person. I have taken all kinds. The best on for me Lexapro, but zoloft and other weren't so bad. I haven't taken any in several years so I'm not really sure what's out there currently. A friend of mine swears by her Welbutrin. Are you sure there aren't other issues going on such as thyroid issues. That can cause depression like symptoms and weight gain/loss and is sometimes misdiagnosed as depression (the opposite is true as well). I hope you find your inner peace!!!

I take antidepressants and anti-anxiety meds. I am on several, each handling a different part of the brain! I think if you stick with this calorie counting plan, and watch your carbs and fats, and get a handle on protein, you have an excellent chance of losing. I have a host of issues, not to mention an under active thyroid, and the road to weight loss has been a challenge. I feel pretty successful on this plan and hope that you will stick with it. Feel free to write at any time.

I love your picture, you are absolutely beautiful! I was on Cymbalta 4 years ago for depression and didn't gain any weight. If you track your calories here, you should be able to avoid any weight gain that is typically associated with anti depressants. The feeling of hunger may be there but you know how many calorie your body needs to maintain or lose weight so just stick to that and you should be fine.:flowerforyou:

Anywho, antidepressants are something I am considering now since I have been diagnosed with IBS (although I'm not convinced that is my problem). I know that stomach troubles are a lot of the time attributed to stress and depression. I have been depressed given my current stomach problems....

What kind of IBS? IBSC or IBSD ? If the former, have you tried Miralax ? it's not a laxative but a softener and it works great on me ( I have IBSC for many years now and use the Miralax plus 1 8mcg Amitiza once a day).. maybe that would help before going on antidepressants?

I take cymbalta...and I noticed a gain of a few lbs. I have stayed under calories for a few wks, and didnt lose much of anything...so I'm guessing it might be that.

Years ago I was on Wellbutrin. Horrible experience. I felt great. It improved my depression but in 2 weeks I gained 10lbs of water. I would press on my body and there would be indent markings that wouldn't bounce back for a long time. Scary. It also caused my period to come early and last 10 days - normally I get it for only 3 days. I also had horrible hot flashes. I'd sweat right through my clothes at work. I quit cold turkey. I had no withdrawl symptoms, but I wasn't on it for long. I don't think I'll try another AD med again. The day after I stopped taking it I was awake all night peeing. I pee'd out 6lbs of water in 1 night. Never again.

I've been on Zoloft for almost a year. When I first started it, I was losing weight like crazy but I was also eating better and working out frequently. I've gained back 10 pounds but that's not the medication, that's me. I find it helps me control my stress eating.

I was on Effexor XR (Venlafaxine) for several years. Tried Fluvoxamine (Luvox) for several months. And had another one that was on for a whole weekend purely because it made me that stoned that I walked in to walls, couldn't function on a day to day basis, my mother drove me to work, she picked me up in the middle of the Monday and took me to the doctors and told them she wanted her daughter back.

Anyway. I have suffered from Agoraphobia in my 5 year depression. I used to have to have someone come to the shops with me, I would generally sit inside all day and just do pretty much nothing all day. I still sometimes need someone to come out with me, but I just have to ask, I don't like to drive on busy roads. I'm not very good at being alone AT ALL.

But over the 5 years that I was on and off of the anti-depressants, specifically Effexor, because it was the main one I was on, with the a break on the fluvoxamine because i reached the max dose of effexor. I never noticed real weight gain. I have fluctuated about 10-20kgs (20-40lbs). I was 112kgs while I was on the effexor back in 2005. I have been off of antidepressants since about March of 2008 and got up to my highest weight of 135kgs before falling pregnant.

To this day, even with a beautiful 13month old son around I still get depressed. I've had a bout of it the last two weeks, but I am picking up my exercise, trying to get outside when it's not raining (it's winter in australia). I have been considering taking St Johns Wart or even talking to my doctor specifically about going back on something very mild to keep me functioning, as much as I hated being on the anti-depressants and having people blame everything wrong with me on them (moods and the like), sometimes people are just born with a natural chemical imbalance and need them to function on a day to day basis.

I don't know if you guys have Effexor XR or Fluvoxamine there, but I certainly don't remember either causing copious amounts of weight gain, hunger, or the like. I just used to yawn a lot and get restless legs on the Effexor, and my husband at the time complained about my lack of sex drive caused by the fluvoxamine, hence an eventual switch back to Effexor.

Hi I get anxiety as a symptom of Graves disease, ( which took for ever to diagnose) , it also gives messes with your thyroid. I am not a doctor but so can't say what is up but I felt so much better after I started working out. I am also an ex- addict so need to be careful on mood altering drugs, the doctor apart from my thyroid meds gave me beta blockers when in case I have an anxious ocd day. They have really helped as I didn't want to be on something everyday as i don't feel depressed, i feel anxious, fixated with things being clean ect ect but one beta blocker really helps. I find I have to take them less and less

Ask about Amitiza before trying an antidepressant. You may have to work with the dosage to see what is best for you. Are you seeing a gastroentolgoist or just your primary?

I was put on very low dose of Effexor for,believe it or not, out of control menopause symptoms. I gained almost 10 lbs in a 3 month period. I can't tell if I was eating more due to the meds or it was my metabolism slowing due to the menopause.
Either way, it was time to change my habits.

Just a word about Effexor for menopause for interested women:
It turned my life around! I cannot take hormone replacement due to family breast cancer history. I was a walking zombie due to lack of sleep. I was driving places and not remembering how I got there. i was up all hours due to sever hot flashes. They were so bad my blood pressure was reacting and I literally fainted a few times. Icouldn't concentrate at work, sever mood swings,etc.
After just one week of the low dose Effexor my symptoms virtually stopped and I was back to myself!


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I took Celexa for awhile, but it didn't really help (I was split from my husband, he had another baby on the way, and it was just a really bad time for me). I was switched to Effexor XR and that seems to help. I'm no longer depressed (worked things out with my husband) and the only thing I have left is the anxiety attacks.

Before you start taking another med, make sure you check on how hard it is to withdrawl from if you would ever decide to go off meds. I don't need the Effexor XR anymore, but the withdrawl symptoms even when I'm weaning off them, are so horrible- I'd rather just take them everyday instead.

At any rate, Effexor XR doesn't make me gain weight- it was me eating the crap that I was eating which did make me gain it. I've never been more then 220, but I gained back about 20lbs that I had prevoiusly lost.