Has anyone gained weight from anti-depressants?
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Gaining weight with various anti-depressants is not unusual.\n\nThere are some that will not, but there other side effects.  For example Wellbutrin, and Serzone or  rarely does.  Some people do gain weight on Zoloft or Prozac and Paxil.\n\nI highly suggest you tolerate the work out until you are complete with your regime of anti-depressant.  This is very much different what a doctor would do - who most likely will just prescribe an other medication to help you with your weight gain.  Which will give you loose bowl. So then s/he will prescribe you a third one for that. Ad infinitum.\n\nThe benefit to this is once you are done with the anti-depressants, you will be used to exercise, and will be a very fit person!
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Don't worry about the weight gain, It is better than any alternative. I too know the feeling because of steroids. But after a while when you show improvement the Dr will cut th doseage. This helps. In the meantime just watch what you eat
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When I decided to go on an antidepressant, the psychiatrist didn't suggest Paxil specifically because she's heard it causes weight GAIN.
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Yes, weight gain is a side effect from diovan hct.  Unfortunately, it is usually not a reason that the doctor will discontinue the drug since the gain usually stabilizes (as yours obviously did at 30 pounds).\n\nIf you contact me with your email address, I will gladly give you a diet based on Jenny Craig and Nutrisystem (unfortunately, yahoo answer's email system doesn't have enough  "characters" to allow me to send the diet through them).  You can do it yourself at home. You won't need to measure anything or count calories. It is all already proportioned. It involves all food groups and is based on 1250 calories. Very healthy.  I have shared it with many askers on yahoo answers.  Hopefully, it will be enough of a calorie change that it will help you shed those extra pounds.
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The ortho tricyclen can be pretty effective in treating acne - especially if it's due to your hormenes being out of whack - acno on your back sounds like it wiould respond favorably to that pill.  As far as weight gain and depression go, that is different in everyone.  I have not heard of anyone who noticed depression after starting ortho tricyclen, but a few people have told me thay gained about 5 pounds.
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I was on Zoloft and was gaining weight and this is a really big problem for me. So my doctor put me on Topamax and it helped with my problem's the Zoloft helped with and had a big plus side i lost 20lbs. So talk to your doctor it may work for you.
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Yes. \n\nOr if you are taking anti-depressants diarrhea can be a side effect of those.
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with prozac i LOST weight
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Antidepressants are renowned for putting weight on you and for causing fluid retention. This is why you are swelling. Extra weight and fluid is gathering there as it has been a site of injury to the body. It will naturally protect that area when it is being worked with fluid and if your having troubles there it will aggravate that further.\n\nSpams and cramps/pain can be from a lack of Magnesium in the diet and the medication will be leaching this from your body.\nMy advice would be to talk to a Naturopath or Doctor open to more natural treatments about an alternative treatment programme for your depression so as to eliminate so much medication. see here http://www.jentleearthhealing.com/tft.html I use this method with great success for my patients, if you are interested then contact me and I will put you in touch with a practitioner in your area. I would see a Naturopath about geting tested for what you are deficient in mineral wise and get onto a supplementation programme, you will notice the difference within a few weeks believe me.\n\nHope this helps.\n\nCraig - Naturopath.
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I've taken 1500 mg of depakote daily for a while.  I'm not sure the exact time as we've been experimenting with doseages/meds for 14 months (since my diagnosis).  I currently take 500mg morning, noon, and night.  the three doses really help with stability and side effects.  I have also taken 1000mg (no effect for me), 1250 mg (made me cycle rapidly), and 1750 (made me depressed) in the past 14 months.\n\nSide effects:  I had stomach irritation and headaches (not severe) the first few weeks while first starting the medication.  I also experienced weight gain right away, but I can't accurately tell how much.  I started Depakote the same time as Zyprexa (big weight gainer) and gained a dozen pounds the first week.  After the first few weeks on this drug (and Zyprexa) the weight gain stopped, but I was not able to lose it even with diet/exercise.  It took getting rid of the Zyprexa to be able to actually lose a little of the weight, but it was hard.\n\nCheck out www.remedyfind.com  it has a great collection of people's experiences with different drugs
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I'm not a 100% on this, but I think there are some interactions between belladonna and anti-depressants.\n\nAlso, if you have ever had an eating disorder DO NOT TAKE WELLBUTRIN! It can cause seizures, I know I got them for a month before my pharmisist thought to ask that when I complained.\n\nBoy was I mad, my Dr knew I was a recovering anorexic!
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It depends on how long you take it, and what the dosage is. I started out taking 90mg a day a VERY high dose, and continued to take it for over 3 months. I gained about 65 lbs. If you only have take for a week you should not gain more than 10 lbs.
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I was on zyprexa, I think 10 milligrams once, some higher dosage. Zyprexa and i had a love, mostly hate, relationship. Zyprexa made me gain 80 pounds by slowing down my metabolism. it also caused me to sleep through my freshman year of highschool and part of my sophmore year- greatly affecting my grades. On the flipside though, I was pretty psychotic and the drug may have been what it took to permanently tame me. Now I am on topimax and lexapro, which i find to be my personal ideal combination. I have on rare even taken a zyprexa as a PRN- as needed. I use it for the effect that is similar to valium, very calming if I am very manic. I haven't needed it in several years though. As for zoloft, that didn't work for me. \n\nI had a very bad experience with taking medication that was "thrown" at me. The only time I ever found a combination that worked for me was when I did my own research, advocated myself, and said "this doesn't work for me" and "i would like to try this combination." If you make realistic suggestions, your psychiatrist will probably listen. drugs alone are never enough to be the answer to emotional problems, unfortunately. the best they can do for anyone is regulate their moods and keep them from aweful feelings. anti-depressants do just that, work against depression- not cause happiness. be careful not to confuse the two. good luck.
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Hello,\n\n  I have taken many anti-dep and have taken along time to find one that fits all my needs. I had a really hard time sexually when on prozac and zoloft, etc. I let my new doc know the problem was affecting my life and he suggested Wellbutrin. So I take a smaller dose of lexapro for the depression because you can only take so much wellbutrin. Then I take a dosage of Wellbutrin to help take the sexual side affects away, which also helps with depression. That changed my life taking both drugs together!!! Been taken them for over 4 yrs. now and I thank my doc all the time! My sex drive is actually usually in over drive now :)
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I am sorry that you are not feeling well. I don't know how long you have been taking your medication, but it takes 4-6 weeks for it to actually start making a difference. I know it is frustrating, because we are used to taking a Tylenol and feeling something almost immediately. I would suggest not drinking any tea to lose weight. It is dangerous, especially when you are taking other medication. It might even be negating the effects of your meds. The best way to lose weight is to go outside and take a walk! You don't have to run a marathon or work out for hours to feel better. Taking a walk is very good for anxiety and depression as well. I know that when I am depressed and feeling down, the last thing I feel like doing is getting out and doing something. Believe me though, as soon as you get out, you will feel better. You will also feel like you are accomplishing something, which will improve your mood. Losing weight is only the secondary effect. I know you think that losing weight would make you happy, but that has to come from inside. When you start improving your life in other areas, you will have the strength to start new things. Exercise is the best mood booster! I hope you feel better soon, and good luck to you!
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Never took xanax, but did take a number of other similar drugs and gained weight on all of them.  After being off for 2 years, I still can't lose the weight
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Yes i had one of those and i felt as tho i was gaining weight but it was all in the mind....but thats just me...the side affects varies i believe