How did antidepressants affect your weight?
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Anonymous
It feels like smoking (in a good way). Just started and not hungry that much anymore. |
Anonymous
Come back to me when you have gained 90 lbs like I did and we'll see if you continue to go on about how you'd rather be fat than depressed. Fat. And suffering from sleep apnea. And suffering from joint pain. And fatigue. And worried about heart disease. Etc. |
Anonymous
Being overweight contributes or worsens the depression for many of us. I reserve medicine for last option if lifestyle and therapy aren't enough. It's one thing to feel like shit...I don't want to look like it, too. |
Anonymous
Wellbutrin made me intolerably anxious. I felt out of control; it was horrible. |
Anonymous
Same. I can't do Wellbutrin. |
Anonymous
It gave me a sort of intensely elated/anxious sensation. My work suffered immensely during that period. I remember staying up all night for a project, shipping it off proudly the next morning, and my director basically saying, “Um…” It was beyond horrible. So embarrassing. |
Anonymous
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I think it's your sickness talking, OP.
You need to have a healthy brain in order to make healthy nutritional choices. Not the same meds, but I have a panic disorder triggered by hormonal fluctuations - and I have thyroid disease which gives me those fluctuations every now and then. Perimenopause is just starting too, so I'm in for a rough few years. I am one of those people with family history of cancer so bad I can't take HRT. The panic attacks are so bad that I'm desperate for a solution and I would take weight gain over having the feeling I'm dying of a heart attack every day. I have started buspirone. No idea if I will gain weight, and I REALLY don't care about that part of it. If I'm healthier in mind and body, I know I will be able to control my nutrition and exercise. |
Anonymous
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Wellbutrin made me intolerably anxious. I felt out of control; it was horrible.
Same here. However, I lost a lot of weight both times I have taken it and then quickly gained it all back after going off it. I'm at the point where I'm about to ask for it again because I guess I'd rather be anxious than fat. |
Anonymous
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I think the responses to your question show that everyone views the trade-off a little differently.
I take an SNRI and yes, I gained a bunch of weight when taking it. I am still carrying it around. But I cannot go back to the deep depression that got me on the medicine in the first place. It would be reckless to do that. So, I am heavier than I would like to be, but so be it. |
Anonymous
| I’ve been on citalopram twice (both times for several years) and did not gain weight from it, although I did get back to my typical weigh the first time when I was having terrible panic attacks and wasn’t eating. |
Anonymous
| Psychedelics people. Not these SSRIs |
Anonymous
| Low dose Zoloft and I gained maybe 15lbs. I had incredibly low appetite due to anxiety before getting on it, so that’s why. But, I find it very hard to lose those 15lbs - I mean, I’ve been trying for a year with very little budging. |
Anonymous
I lost weight on lexapro. I was an emotional eater and that craving went away. But it killed my sex drive completely: literally numbed me. That’s why I quit. |
Anonymous
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Gained 5 lbs on Lexapro, lost 5 on Zoloft. Everyone's biology is different. Lexapro was sedating, Zoloft energizing. Either worked for me but I ended up with Lexapro because Zoloft made my mouth too dry and had more sexual side effects (like sex never crossed my mind)
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Anonymous
| I gained 17 lbs in 2 years after starting. Positive in was the antidepressants. Still in them. Only Ozempic got me back to my pre- medication weight. I eat the same but Ozempic somehow helped with getting my metabolism back up. |