Posted by River1924 on January 11, 2006, at 22:42:28
In reply to Re: Cravings, hyperphagia » River1924, posted by Phillipa on January 11, 2006, at 22:15:54
What gives?
I guess you react oddly. ; )
I have "atypical depression" or a kind of mild bipolar. I was on Effexor and gained a lot of weight before I realized it was more the drug and not the depression (as much) that made me so hungry. Effexor reduced my anxiety and like most antidepressants increased my desire to sleep. (I have hypersomnia so that isn't a good thing.)
Paxil is the worst. A friend of mine who lost 200 pounds with gastric bypass surgery started thowing up and getting diahrea because Paxil CR gave her the urge to eat and her rearranged digestive system could not handle the Paxil-induced chowing.
I guess I'll probably just need to try lexapro or cymbalta. The friend I just mentioned would take zoloft and only sleep two hours a day and it seems to make me sleepier. Everyone reacts very differently.
Fondly, River.
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