Subject:  Re: Prozac and weight gain |
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Christa
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Date Posted: 00:18:42 12/04/02 Wed
In reply to:
deborah
's message, "Re: Prozac and weight gain" on 10:41:24 08/08/02 Thu
Hello. I am glad to know there are others out there who feel the same way I do, and I am sick of hearing the doctors bull"stuff" about the weight gain being an increased appetite and not the drug...I don't think so. I am sick and tired of being fat from Effexor. I feel that my metabolism is shot from the drug. I was on it about 3 years ago and I am 5'8" and now am 208 pounds. I started off at 140 pounds and I always took care of myself, but never had to do anything overly extreme other than eating healthy with moderate exercise. I was never fat before, but now.....it does not matter what I do. I thought that after I got off the drug (I was only on it for about 8 months) my body would just kind of let the weight go with exercise and eating right, guess again. I have never, ever been this fat in my life. I am 27 years old, never had kids, never had a weight problem, and all of a sudden I am the fattest I have ever been. I have not been on any other antidepressants, other than trying a few right after my bout with Effexor (the Effexor really helped me concentrate, I have a lot of trouble concentrating...I am creative, dreamy, blah, blah). The Effexor was great for that, but I had no idea that a 50 pound weight gain would show up unannounced about 7 months after I had been on the drug. I could not take it. I got off of it immediately and stayed on the low carb diet that I was already on, not to mention the 1-2 hour workouts I was doing at the time I was on the drug. I had to stop the drug also because it was giving me thyroiditis. Fortunately, my thyroid is okay, I had it checked yearly after that and still do now and then just to make sure. Anyway, I lost some of the weight, but not all of it (I got down to about 167), and after that I backed off my diet and exercise for about a year because I had a lot going on that took precedence over that for a while anyway. However, I did not expect to gain all of the weight back, and gain it so fast it was disgusting. Now, I am 208 pounds and am so sick of it I could puke. I am trying to get back into my fitness lifestyle, but it ain't what it used to be. I do not see much happening as far as weight loss and am hoping that if I just hang in there, it will happen. I have only been dieting for about a month and have lost a few pounds. I have toyed with the idea of trying Wellbutrin because I have read that it works well for some people to help them concentrate better at work, school, etc..., but I vow I will not do it, if it is going to cause more weight gain and an even slower metabolism. I will remain a little spacey, with a lot less of me to see in the mirror if it comes down to that. I am just wondering if anyone out there has ever been on Wellbutrin for a while and can tell me if it will make me turn into a thanksgiving feast myself, or if it might actually be worth a try, otherwise forget it. Sorry this is so long, but thanks for any input. C.
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