Best anxiety meds with NO weight gain

[Anonymous]

I want to do a telehealth consult and get some. I absolutely cannot cope with my life right now. Once my kids are both in college I will be fine, but no amount of exercise, relaxation or eating right is helping with the high levels of stress I feel all the time lately. Can you recommend something than made you feel happy and not anxious at all? Weight gain is an absolute NO as I am borderline right now on BMI.

[Anonymous]

Cannibis edibles

[Anonymous]

Just here to say that they might try to tell you that Sertraline/ Zoloft does not cause weight gain but it’s a lie. Also, it’s super hard to wean off once you go on it. I regret ever getting near it.

[Anonymous]

Prozac

[Anonymous]

Wellbutrin.

[Anonymous]

Okay, so I did gain weight on zoloft (15 pounds). I went off of it and quickly lost the weight by counting calories. But the anxiety got bad, so I went back on it. This time, though, I kept an eye on my calories and did not gain weight. Then, I had a medical scare and my anxiety went crazy and I lost another 15 pounds and was actually pretty underweight. All of this happened while I was still on Zoloft, so I realized I can lose weight on Zoloft. Anyway, most likely, it wasn’t the meds making me gain weight so much as the anxiety making me not want to eat.

Bottom line is that SSRIs are not somehow slowing down your metabolism or magically piling on the pounds. You do have to pay attention to what you’re eating.

[Anonymous]

Prozac

[Anonymous]

Get on something and stop waiting for a perfect answer. Watch your insulin numbers and exercise consistently. To lose control of your mental health over fear of 15 lbs is not rational. Stress will kill you.

[Anonymous]

Wellbutrin is your best bet for sure.

As for this from a PP: Bottom line is that SSRIs are not somehow slowing down your metabolism or magically piling on the pounds. You do have to pay attention to what you’re eating.

Nope. Sorry. Your experience isn't true for everyone and every ssri/sani.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Okay, so I did gain weight on zoloft (15 pounds). I went off of it and quickly lost the weight by counting calories. But the anxiety got bad, so I went back on it. This time, though, I kept an eye on my calories and did not gain weight. Then, I had a medical scare and my anxiety went crazy and I lost another 15 pounds and was actually pretty underweight. All of this happened while I was still on Zoloft, so I realized I can lose weight on Zoloft. Anyway, most likely, it wasn’t the meds making me gain weight so much as the anxiety making me not want to eat.

Bottom line is that SSRIs are not somehow slowing down your metabolism or magically piling on the pounds. You do have to pay attention to what you’re eating.

Actually I am pretty sure SSRIs change your metabolism in some way. I track calories and gained 10lb on Lexapro with no change in intake. Weight gain on SSRIs is a very well known side effect.

Supposedly the combo of Wellbutrin and Lexapro can help prevent weight gain, but Wellbutrin can also cause anxiety.

OP it really comes down to costs and benefits. Lexapro for me absolutely worked like a charm for anxiety but had side effects. If your anxiety is really bad you kind of stop caring about the side effects and just want relief. If you are not there, ask yourself if you are being rational. Is it really better to be crippled by anxiety than 10lbs overweight? Does that make sense? Who is telling you that?

Therapy works too but takes longer and you have to pay a lot for it, and also find an actual evidence-based therapist who is an anxiety expert.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wellbutrin is your best bet for sure.

As for this from a PP: Bottom line is that SSRIs are not somehow slowing down your metabolism or magically piling on the pounds. You do have to pay attention to what you’re eating.

Nope. Sorry. Your experience isn't true for everyone and every ssri/sani.

Wellbutrin makes anxiety worse for many. The question is why OP values a click on the BMI scale over her mental health.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wellbutrin is your best bet for sure.

As for this from a PP: Bottom line is that SSRIs are not somehow slowing down your metabolism or magically piling on the pounds. You do have to pay attention to what you’re eating.

Nope. Sorry. Your experience isn't true for everyone and every ssri/sani.

Wellbutrin makes anxiety worse for many. The question is why OP values a click on the BMI scale over her mental health.

It's all tied to me. I can't be overweight and feel good about myself, I have tried. My social anxiety gets worse when I am bigger.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wellbutrin is your best bet for sure.

As for this from a PP: Bottom line is that SSRIs are not somehow slowing down your metabolism or magically piling on the pounds. You do have to pay attention to what you’re eating.

Nope. Sorry. Your experience isn't true for everyone and every ssri/sani.

Wellbutrin makes anxiety worse for many. The question is why OP values a click on the BMI scale over her mental health.

It's all tied to me. I can't be overweight and feel good about myself, I have tried. My social anxiety gets worse when I am bigger.

dp. I'd rather be anxious than fat. It's not a popular opinion around here, but, if in controlling my anxiety, I gained weight, then I'd be depressed. imo: anxiety is preferable to depression.

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately, it's not like restaurants or resorts where crowdsourcing and reading reviews will help you identify the appropriate choice FOR YOU. Even reading research data will only provide so much information, because genetics, complementary treatment modalities, your neurotype, trauma history, current circumstances, and actual diagnosis will influence how a given medication works for you and what side effects you may or may not experience. There's so much trial and error.

If you are truly desperate and can't do anything else to help yourself, you have to try a first line medication to treat your symptoms of anxiety and see if it helps you access better self-care. You may find that any incidental weight gain is negated by your increased ability to establish healthier habits, or you may have to try a different med. But you have to start somewhere.

[Anonymous]

Buspirone