Best anxiety meds with NO weight gain

[Anonymous]

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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.

You need a lot more than medication. You need therapy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

then you’ve never actually experienced severe anxiety, and/or part of your mental health condition is related to eating/body image. I myself really resent the extra 15lbs from Lexapro but when I needed it, I NEEDED it. And now I’ve put in a lot of time in therapy so I don’t need it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Or you may find yourself so relieved at feeling better on meds that you do not GAF about the side effects. that’s usually an indication that you needed the meds … I remember when Lexapro was workinf for me just feeling so relieved to take it every morning, knowing it was helping. I ended up getting off it in part due to side effects but zero regret for taking it when I needed to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Severe mental illness is a never ending hell. Having experienced that as well as being fat, I’d choose being fat every single day. I’m happy, healthy and have everything I need and I can enjoy life. The idea that being fat = being depressed is such a gross misrepresentation and misunderstanding of what actual mental illness is. Be glad you are lucky enough not to get it. It’s a privilege

[Anonymous]

A couple people said they experienced side effects from Lexapro- what were they for you?

[Anonymous]

it's a shame you can't just microdose xanax bc that's the best I ever feel (I rarely take it)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Won’t try Lexapro either. Put on 30 lbs in a matter of months and stopped having normal emotions. Was flat emotionally. Weaned myself off of 5 mg over too many months and the weight stays and stays.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

100% agree

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:it's a shame you can't just microdose xanax bc that's the best I ever feel (I rarely take it)

You could give yourself tiny amounts of Xanax.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A couple people said they experienced side effects from Lexapro- what were they for you?

Constant panic attack.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

What grade are they in? Just curious. Mine are junior twins and I’m stressed out. Am about to toddle (close to waddle) to get a crumb of diazepam which I’ve not taken for months but need today. I’m the one who tried lexapro and put on 30 lbs that stuck.

[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.

SSRI’s can impact metabolism. Google it. Just cause you were lucky PP good for you! We all aren’t so lucky. B

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

What grade are they in? Just curious. Mine are junior twins and I’m stressed out. Am about to toddle (close to waddle) to get a crumb of diazepam which I’ve not taken for months but need today. I’m the one who tried lexapro and put on 30 lbs that stuck.

Side note - when you microdose the valium, how much are you taking? Asking for a friend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Severe mental illness is a never ending hell. Having experienced that as well as being fat, I’d choose being fat every single day. I’m happy, healthy and have everything I need and I can enjoy life. The idea that being fat = being depressed is such a gross misrepresentation and misunderstanding of what actual mental illness is. Be glad you are lucky enough not to get it. It’s a privilege

+100.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Won’t try Lexapro either. Put on 30 lbs in a matter of months and stopped having normal emotions. Was flat emotionally. Weaned myself off of 5 mg over too many months and the weight stays and stays.

if you felt you had “normal emotions”
prior to the SSRI, you probably didn’t need it! SSRIs are for serious problems not just “life feels sucky.” trust me, I was VERY happy Lexapro stopped my “normal emotions” because “normal” at the time was non-stop panic and insomnia.