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[quote=Anonymous]Long story short--I have had anxiety/depression issues all my life (as far back as I can remember) and went to a therapist for about 3 years before she convinced me that even though I had made progress with CBT, meds would be very helpful for me because I was having frequent panic attacks. I found a psychiatrist who put me on Zoloft 50mg. It was like I had finally woken up to how life should be. My anxiety decreased and I felt so much better. The downside--I gained 15 pounds (on top of baby weight I had yet to lose). I decided to wean myself off of the Zoloft because I need to lose this weight. I feel horrible about myself and I hate getting dressed in the morning. I feel judged all the time and actively avoid being in pictures. I'm very short so the weight is very noticeable.  The psychiatrist wanted me to go on a low dose of Cymbalta while I weaned off the Zoloft but I wanted to see how my body reacted to being off meds. I am also hypothyroid and on Synthroid. My current endo doesn't seem to care that I'm still having hypo symptoms even though my TSH and T3 levels are within normal range so I have an appointment with a new endo in July.

Zoloft withdrawal wasn't the most fun thing in the world, but what sucks is that now I'm extremely irritable off of it. Every little thing sets me off and DH says I just have this negative cloud around me. It's causing friction in our marriage and we tend to bicker a lot anyway so I don't need any added irritability adding fuel to the fire.

I've been eating healthy and exercising but still haven't seen weight loss although I do feel less bloated. For about a month I was recording everything I ate and was eating about 1300 calories a day but the scale still wouldn't budge. I've read that it can take a while for Zoloft to completely leave your system and even longer to start losing weight.

I have an appointment with my psychiatrist tomorrow to check in with how I'm doing off Zoloft, but I keep going back and forth about whether to go on another medication.  On one hand, I really would like to know if the Zoloft caused the weight gain and if I can take the weight off. On the other hand, I don't like my personality lately. I can feel myself overreacting but can't seem to reign it in. Not fair to DH or DS. I had expressed concern originally about weight gain on meds but the psych said that Zoloft was weight neutral. When I told her why I had decided to go off of it, she did say that it can cause a slow weight creep over time in some people. I don't necessarily trust that cymbalta wouldn't have the same effect.

So, clearly that wasn't short, but I'd like some advice from people who've BTDT. [/quote]

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