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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is not stuck. If you went on one of those weight loss drugs, you would lose the weight just like everyone else. You need to eat less and exercise. [/quote]

Just stop. You know nothing about me or what I can or can’t do medically.  [/quote]

Everyone is losing weight with the new weight loss drugs, because cutting calories works. Person A may have to cut more calories than Person B, it’s true. My dog eats less food than her sister but is fatter. But despite her bad luck, when we feed her less she loses weight.

Personally I find it helpful to know it’s possible to control my weight rather than to just throw my hands up and say it’s either being depressed or being overweight. And that’s the only reason I weigh in. I don’t want people to be afraid to try SSRIs if they can be helped by them. But they may have to count calories. I do. And that’s not something I had to do before, because my anxiety was a “great” appetite suppressant. [/quote]
Aw. Sweet thing. You think it just cuts appetite. That must be why it works to halt diabetes and helps with depression and anxiety, right? Just gets those fatties to stop stuffing their faces, right?

I have no idea, OP. I went on one twenty years ago in my early twenties and the weight piled on as if by magic. I really haven’t been able to lose since no matter what, though I am starting semaglutide as soon as it gets delivered. I don’t know how you’re experiencing it, but the appetite that I developed on them was insatiable. Even through three pregnancies I never wanted to eat so much as I did on the meds. Good luck - and maybe try one of the semaglutides. [/quote]

I didn’t accuse anyone of stuffing their faces (eg, my lab gains weight on 2 cups of food per day - that’s nothing in lab terms). You can gain weight quickly by eating 100 more calories than you need per day—and that’s incredibly easy to do if your appetite is deregulated. It’s an apple.

But if you’re someone who needs to be on an anti-depressant, I think paying attention to your caloric baseline and being really mindful of calories can help you manage that appetite increase you’re likely feeling. I think a lot of anxiety types are used to not being that hungry and listening to hunger cues, but that SSRIs can mess with those cues. So you may need to approach eating in a different way. At least I do. Because I think I’m more hungry than an extra 100 calories per day. I think I could snack all day long.

I’m sorry that people are taking that as blame-y. I felt empowered when the weight started actually coming off because I had read about that impossibility so much on here.

If you have tried to and can’t, then I’m sorry, that does suck. Maybe my experience only applies to some of us. I hope that one day we can pair SSRIs with semaglutides to help with whatever there drugs are doing. [/quote]

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