Posted by pej on March 27, 1999, at 7:12:20
In reply to Re: the weight gain issue, posted by laura on March 26, 1999, at 18:45:24
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> > > >>james,
> > > Wishing doctors would tell us to exercise? If we want to get well, we must take responsibility for our actions and not wait for someone in authority
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> >
> > James here...
> >
> > I should of stated this more correctly...docs should warn patients that weight gain will happen and to prepair for it at the start with an excercise program.
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> > What I hear from people is surprize that the meds
> > cause in some a large weight gain. Why should one
> > have to be shocked when this is a common side effect ? I realize that a doc wants to first get a person on a med to stablize mood and deal with the side effects after the fact.
> >
> > I have always been an informed consumer...my doc, who knows me well, just asks if I have any ? about what I have read about a med and do I know the side effects. I do better knowing what might happen and why (and the % in the general population) so I can be prepaired. I realize in many patients a doc is better off not going thru the list of all possible side effects lest they scare someone from taking a very good med.
> >
> > For me I would perfer to be told..."you are going to gain weight...start shaking the booty NOW !"
> >
> > j
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> thanks for the advise-- but exercise is not a problem for me. I run 5 miles a day 5 times a week and lift weights 4 times a week. I love to work out and practically live at the gym. Previous to taking prozac I consumed an average of 3000 calories per day, otherwise I would lose weight due to workout regime, now I'm taking in 1200 in hopes of losing weight. No luck, so far. My doctor tested my thyroid and it's fine--he said that 1 in 12 people gain weight on prozac--all I had ever heard/read was that prozac would cause weight loss. The problem is when your messing around with chemicals in the brain your body isn't necessarily going to respond the same way it did before the meds. Unfortunately, docs don't always point this out when writing perscriptions. With that said, shake your yourself silly--it's good for basic health issues, but don't count on weight maintenance or loss if you're on a SSRI.
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> laura>>Good points!! God, just think. An AD w/o weight gain, sexual side effects, constipation, itching, twitching, or bitching. Will there ever be the day? Phil
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