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? for those who've taken antidepressants...
« on: Mar 11th, 2006, 7:32am » |
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Just wondering if anyone had weight gain after stopping their antidepressants? This is the 1st time it's ever happened to me, and I'm wondering if it's a possible withdrawl effect. I'm going to call my doc regardless to check for any thyroid problems, as I have never had my weight climb like this before after eating right and exercising each morning. 
BTW, I had taken Cymbalta for 5 months and my last pill was about a month ago.
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Melissa
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Re: ? for those who've taken antidepressants...
« Reply #1 on: Mar 11th, 2006, 8:38am » |
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Not to scare you, but...
was eating more perhaps a symptom of feeling deppressed or anxious or stressed before?
If so, stopping the antidepressant could result in falling back into that habit.
I'm not saying this is the case, but it is a possibility.....
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Re: ? for those who've taken antidepressants...
« Reply #2 on: Mar 11th, 2006, 8:49am » |
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Gaining weight is a common known sideeffect of antidepressive medication over here.
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Mainly bc Bente keep nagging me about my "airbag is way to big as it is"for some reason
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Re: ? for those who've taken antidepressants...
« Reply #3 on: Mar 11th, 2006, 8:53am » |
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Also, I actually lost weight while on Cymbalta, so in reality I may have gained by going off it simply because I got my appetite back. But I can't remember at this point!
Most antidepressants do make you gain, though... ugh
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« Reply #4 on: Mar 11th, 2006, 9:10am » |
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Carrie- Nope. I've been doing really good and was taking the Cymbalta for anxiety, not depression (yeah I know ALL about how anxiety is a form of depression, yadda yadda yadda  ). And when I'm anxiety ridden and depressed, I LOSE weight. I honestly think the Cymbalta screwed up my metabolism.
Svenn- I didn't gain weight while ON the med, I started gaining when I went off. I also wasn't exercising when I was on the Cymbalta, so am wondering if I'm retaining more water due to it being added?
Cripes, this sux.  I had so wanted to lose some weight before this summer, but it looks like everyone's going to have to deal with me 20lbs heavier than I was 3 years ago.  Oh well, in between that time I did have a miscarriage, quit smoking and developed anxiety. Even though I hate having excuses, it's all I got right now....
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Re: ? for those who've taken antidepressants...
« Reply #5 on: Mar 11th, 2006, 11:46am » |
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I have gone off lots of different antidepressant meds and not gained wait until I just went off cymbalta. I gained about 10 pounds when I went off. Could be coincidence. Your suppose to gain wait while on it (which I didn't) not when you go off of it. Hmmm.
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Re: ? for those who've taken antidepressants...
« Reply #6 on: Mar 13th, 2006, 2:21pm » |
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Karla, that IS quite the coincidence! My weight is finally budging, but I've noticed that if I don't eat enough, my body hangs onto any water in my fat cells, hence the weight gain.
2.5 pounds and losing!
Cripes, this sucks!
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« Reply #7 on: Mar 15th, 2006, 10:40am » |
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Yes it does suck. I have recently been put on Zoloft, taken off Prozac. I had not connected the 2, but on Zoloft I have noticed a significant gain. I know I am eating more but had not connected it to the Zoloft. HUMMMMMMM, better talk to the doc and see if there is something that I can take that will not make me inhale everything I see.
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Re: ? for those who've taken antidepressants...
« Reply #8 on: Mar 15th, 2006, 10:45pm » |
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I recently came off ENDEP after three months.
There was a small loss in weight that was more than usual; only 2 pounds but I put that down to it being summer over here and I usually loose between a 1/4 - 1/2 a stone over the summer period, 9 & a half stone at end of winter & 9 stone at the end of summer.
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Re: ? for those who've taken antidepressants...
« Reply #9 on: Mar 16th, 2006, 10:45pm » |
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I won't take anitidepressants cuz of weight gain cuz that causes a MORE serious depression or anxiety for me in the long run and then I am stuck ! I took Paxil for about 2 or 3 years and gained weight slowly but didn't seem to worry till one day I realized I had gained alot of weight and didn't like how I looked and started to dread doin the fun things cuz of haveing to wear baggy clothes and I felt miserable....short and squat is not my thing. So I quit the paxil and man oh man I could NOT loose and seem'd to gain more and more ! I got back into working out and tryin to watch what I ate but it got worse and worse. I retained water like no tomarrow and seem'd to gain more from less. Took me about 6 months to start looseing and once I noticed the difference I got even better sticking to some sort of diet. But.....I took paxil at a time where it held off some mid life crisis stuff and when I quit it it all CUT LOOSE and I dealt with nausia and felt HORRIBLE for two years. Too much started to change at once.....I lost ALOT of weight within 2 weeks time and that's not cool but it started to really come off fast. So for you it mite just be a time frame thing......I tried celexa or whatever it's called antidepressang and LOST weight cuz I lost my appitite but I still didn't like how WIERD I felt. Draggy and my jaw was too tight and chronic yawning which that stuff can cause for a while. I won't take any of that stuff now.....my doc tried to get me to take that stuff you just quit and I said NO WAY.....he said it worked for some pain control issues. But for me to GAIN weight adds to my back issues so that would of been a real catch 22. Your motabolism is probly outa wack........took me a total of two years to get mine more NORMAL to where I gain if I eat more and loose if I don't verses gain weight breathing air !!! Life's a beach Pam
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