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Taking antidepressants and trying to lose weight? Join me

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  • honsi
    honsi Posts: 210 Member
    I've been on various anti depressants for about 15 years, my weight did go up by about 63 lbs quite quickly and then I stayed the same weight for 12 or so years. I'm not sure if it was the anti depressants,it may well have been, but I think it was more that I was depressed and stressed out and ate far too much as a result. I'm now on Trazodone. I initially decided to try and lose weight really to see if it was the medication or whether I was just making assumptions and using that as an excuse. I know other people who went on anti depressants, their weight shot up and no matter what they ate their weight stayed the same so it seemed to be the drugs.
    Over the past 20 months I have lost 56 lbs. So it turns out that for me, on Trazodone, it was me eating too much.
    I have come off anti depressants twice before, really to see if they where working, and they are, really well it turns out.
  • marjushkamarusya
    marjushkamarusya Posts: 21
    I an join, taking tranquilizer pills, not exactly antidepressants yet. But approximately the same thing
  • EvanElric
    EvanElric Posts: 34
    I was on Paxil for a year and gained 44lbs! It was a real shame I had to stop taking it as (besides the weight gain) it really was a wonderful drug for me. ): But I just couldn't deal with the massive appetite it gave me.

    Edit: It also completely took away my sex drive. :embarassed: :laugh:
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