Medication that causes weight gain

sunflower88mfp
sunflower88mfp Posts: 6 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi is anyone on medication that makes you gain weight or hard to lose weight?! Have you managed to lose any at all?!

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  • sunflower88mfp
    sunflower88mfp Posts: 6 Member
    @SteamPug I’m on flunarizine and I’ve gained weight on it
  • tinkerbellang83
    tinkerbellang83 Posts: 9,128 Member
    sunflower88mfp wrote: »
    @SteamPug I’m on flunarizine and I’ve gained weight on it

    That weight gain will either be through increased appetite or water retention. You can't do much if it's the latter, but if it's the appetite (which it seems is a side effect) if you are calorie counting you should have no issue being able to lose/maintain.
  • sunflower88mfp
    sunflower88mfp Posts: 6 Member
    @KellyPoetry I’ve been on it for about 7 months now the only thing is I can’t come off it as it’s the only medication that’s working for me I’m slowly losing the weight but scared it will come to a holt my exercise isn’t very good as I suffer from constant dizziness so I can’t really do much
  • sunflower88mfp
    sunflower88mfp Posts: 6 Member
    @tinkerbellang83 thank you Hun hopefully it’s just increased appetite
  • passenger79
    passenger79 Posts: 257 Member
    No. Im on 5 repeat meds and the only thing that made me gain weight was me eating too much .
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    very very few medications actually CAUSE weight gain. there are many that cause increased appetite which can, of course, RESULT in weight change. However, you have control over what you put in your mouth.
  • 5Months2fit
    5Months2fit Posts: 36 Member
    I gained 40lbs on Lexapro. It was a good medication as I believe it healed my brain (no longer suicidal). Unfortunately, I became depressed again with the weight gain (despite developing MUCH healthier eating habits after starting...).

    I believe it messed with my metabolism as I was eating bags of chips and multiple chocolate bars daily before starting. After starting, I cut out the junk and was eating eggs/fruits/pancakes/lots of veggies instead...I have 15 pounds until I reach the weight I was (I was able to lose around 15 pounds without going off and minimizing my dosage, but have been completely off for 3 weeks now), and then want to lose another 10 extra pounds before returning to maintenance. Hope this helps!!

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