Posted by Sad Panda on May 4, 2004, at 14:32:50
In reply to Re: AntiDepressants - A trip to hell. My take. » Sad Panda, posted by Carlos C on May 4, 2004, at 14:17:21
> I have also heard of some people not gaining weight on Parnate but we're not all the same. Some people have mentioned to be weight-neutral on some meds that are notourious for weight-gain and vise versa. If I would go back to a MAOI (or any mood-altering drug for that matter) I would hope it to have no effect on my weight.
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> If anyone has had successful treatment in social phobia and/or BP type II long-term (at least 1 year) WITHOUT having it effect their weight I'd love to know about it.
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> All that said I don't want my weight gain hysteria to shadow the main issue here which is long-term effectivness.
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> > I haven't taken Parnate myself, but it has a reputation for being one of the rare AD's that you can actually lose weight with, Nardil, OTOH, is practically guaranteed to give weight gain.
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> > Cheers,
> > Panda.
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>I was speaking in a general sense, I know that YMMW. :)
Unfortuneatly most psych drugs give weight gain, unless you are a really thin person who can't afford to lose any weight.
Cheers,
Panda.
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