Posted by LISABECK on January 11, 2001, at 15:56:29
I am so digusted with this weight gain issue with SSRI's. I can remember way back, about 8 years ago, my doctor at the time, put me on Prozac. I gained 40lbs in 6 months. I was so skinny prior to taking this stuff, that I had to use weight gain shakes just to maintain my weight. I'm JUST SO AGGRAVATED with these medications..So, she took me off that to try Zoloft to see if IT would not cause me to gain weight-WRONG-I gained another 10, then EFFEXOR-More weight-Then PAXIL-another 10lbs. GEEZ...FINALLY, SHE GAVE ME TOPAMAX BECAUSE IT'S SUPPOSED TO CURB YOUR APPETITITE, which it did, and I lost 6lbs. WELL, now I've been on Celexa for all of 8 days, and I'm constantly starving again..I JUST CAN NOT GAIN ANY MORE WEIGHT. MY LOWER BACK REALLY HURTS., and you guys are all right, no matter what you do, it just does NOT come off..
WHAT DO THESE MEDICATIONS DO THAT CAUSE ALL THIS WEIGHT GAIN..I LOOK BLOATED...I'M SO FRUSTRATED TOO BECAUSE I SUFFER WITH CHRONIC ANXIETY, PANIC ATTACKS, AGORAPHOBIA..AND some of these medicaitons have really helped me, but GEEZ, getting FAT, is even more depressing...IS THERE A SOLUTION TO THIS?????
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