Anti depressants

About 2-3 years ago, I lost 20-25 lbs, then I was put on lamictal, and i have since gained 30 lbs. I work out 4-5x a week, i don't eat badly. I lift and I do cardio religiously for the last 1 1/2 year, but I am still the same. I have run two 5ks with my daughter. BUT I cannot seem to lose this weight, and my meds manager is adamant that it is not the meds that are making me fat. She says just to watch my diet and exercise (which I have been doing all along). But I'm not sure what else it could be. I have never felt this discouraged. I am also on zoloft. I was on trazadone, but recently switched to doxepin for insomnia.

I had to see 3 different doctors, get tested for hypothyroid 3 different times with 3 different complete blood workups, saw a nutritionist and a personal trainer for over a month, who both eventually just called me a lair, more or less, because I was eating an extremely low amount of calories and working out and not losing a pound before I finally had a doctor look into my medication as a cause. After the others ruled out hypo they said I must have been eating nothing but cakes all day. Even if I was (I was eating a normal 1600) it's not normal to gain a pound a day.

In my experience, and not just with this but anything medically that's ever happened to me, you need to see another doctor. If one doctor is calling you a liar, tell them you're getting a second opinion because their's is crap. It's negligence. SSRIs have been clinically linked to weight gain of over 10lbs in up to 25% of users. Usually that happens over a long period of use. My case was unique because I had just switched and after a month of use it caused my metabolism to almost completely shut down.

I think its important to have this discussion here on MFP because I see a lot of people's troubles with weight loss getting brushed off like there's no such thing as chemical or hormonal imbalances, which I've even seen multiple people here say don't exist. Millions of people are on SSRI anti depressants and 25% of those people experience problems with weight. Chances are good there are people struggling to lose weight and being told running 5 miles a day and eating 1200 calories or less is "not trying hard enough" or that they're straight up lying and secretly gobbling cakes and egg McMuffins like pelican. It makes me very frustrated because people said stuff like that to me when I first came here before I found out what the issue was.

About 2-3 years ago, I lost 20-25 lbs, then I was put on lamictal, and i have since gained 30 lbs. I work out 4-5x a week, i don't eat badly. I lift and I do cardio religiously for the last 1 1/2 year, but I am still the same. I have run two 5ks with my daughter. BUT I cannot seem to lose this weight, and my meds manager is adamant that it is not the meds that are making me fat. She says just to watch my diet and exercise (which I have been doing all along). But I'm not sure what else it could be. I have never felt this discouraged. I am also on zoloft. I was on trazadone, but recently switched to doxepin for insomnia.

I had to see 3 different doctors, get tested for hypothyroid 3 different times with 3 different complete blood workups, saw a nutritionist and a personal trainer for over a month, who both eventually just called me a lair, more or less, because I was eating an extremely low amount of calories and working out and not losing a pound before I finally had a doctor look into my medication as a cause. After the others ruled out hypo they said I must have been eating nothing but cakes all day. Even if I was (I was eating a normal 1600) it's not normal to gain a pound a day.

In my experience, and not just with this but anything medically that's ever happened to me, you need to see another doctor. If one doctor is calling you a liar, tell them you're getting a second opinion because their's is crap. It's negligence. SSRIs have been clinically linked to weight gain of over 10lbs in up to 25% of users. Usually that happens over a long period of use. My case was unique because I had just switched and after a month of use it caused my metabolism to almost completely shut down.

I think its important to have this discussion here on MFP because I see a lot of people's troubles with weight loss getting brushed off like there's no such thing as chemical or hormonal imbalances, which I've even seen multiple people here say don't exist. Millions of people are on SSRI anti depressants and 25% of those people experience problems with weight. Chances are good there are people struggling to lose weight and being told running 5 miles a day and eating 1200 calories or less is "not trying hard enough" or that they're straight up lying and secretly gobbling cakes and egg McMuffins like pelican. It makes me very frustrated because people said stuff like that to me when I first came here before I found out what the issue was.

I don't think there's a metabolic condition in existence that could stop you from losing weight at 1200 calories if you actually ran 5 miles a day. People seem to think that metabolic conditions can just slow your metabolism to a snail's pace and make it impossible to lose weight, and that's really not how it works. Certain health issues can slow your metabolism by a few hundred calories and make it harder to lose, yes, but no health condition or medication side effect that I know of can make it literally impossible to lose weight.

Hi. I'm right here. It happened to me. I was actually eating much less than that and cycling 12 miles a day, 5 days a week. 2 months later I didn't lose a pound. There is a lot of research that suggests it does slow metabolism because many users report being unable to lose any weight even on strict doctor-regulated diet and exercise routines.