Posted by jealibeanz on April 26, 2007, at 18:27:59
In reply to Re: Nardil weight gain: Fact or Urban Legend? » UgottaHaveHope, posted by Racer on April 24, 2007, at 15:12:47
> Actually, while your three examples may be part of the problem for some people, these medications do cause weight gain for many people, and it's not through behavioral changes.
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> For one thing, many of these drugs will hit receptors which control feeding behaviors. The combined effects on those receptors diminish the signals sent from your stomach to your brain telling you you're full. They also diminish bowel motility, and slow your metabolic rate. They do a lot to influence weight.
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> I'm glad that you've found something which is working for you, and I hope that others will try it, too, to see if it helps them as well. Thank you for posting it, both because of your good ideas, and for the hope it may give others. I'm only trying to show that those who HAVE gained weight from this or other meds are not to blame for it. It's not just a question of gaining weight because you're eating more or exercising less. Even some doctors will say that, and it's just plain wrong -- it's blaming the patient, and doesn't do anyone any good.
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> Sorry -- it's one of my soapboxes...
Yes, I have to agree with you on this matter. As I've stated before, I gained tons of weight on AD's even while a competitive athlete in college training twice a day. It had nothing to do with my behaviors.I'm lucky enough that my doctors don't ever tell me I'm to blame and that I must be overeating and under-exercising, because they know that could not be true considering my activities. They'd just say that it's uncommon for someone with my activity level to rapidly gain on Effexor... and extremely uncommon with Wellbutrin. Yet, the correlation was there. This, along with apathy and other side effects, is why choose not to take AD's. If serontonin levels are increased even slightly with me I tend to feel off and have side efects.
However, I don't think someone should avoid medications because of others' experiences. You may be missing an enormous opportunity for improvement. Nardil is supposed to be rather robust and beneficial for anxiety and depression. It's worth a shot, IMO.
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