Posted by Leighwit on April 18, 2001, at 15:28:14
In reply to SamE and weight gain?, posted by gladys on April 18, 2001, at 12:15:58
What are you taking with the Wellbutrin, Gladys?
I've been taking both Aricept and Celexa with WB to counteract the side effects for over a year now, and on WB for three years. (Lots of others before that over a ten year period of time.)
SAMe, IMO is worth a try for most people. Before it was available here, I imported a supply from the Netherlands. It was definitely having a positive effect, although I'm always open to the concept of a potential placebo effect, too. Placebo or not, I was feeling better. I remember that it was very expensive at the time, although I don't remember the exact cost.
I wrote here many months ago that diabetics should be very careful. I had to discontinue SAMe because of several severe insulin reactions that occured while taking it (there were no other typical changes or conditions occuring to cause the reactions. Reactions of unknown cause are not uncommon to many/most Type Is, but they were occuring every day while taking SAMe, which is highly unusual.) SAMe is in fact being studied at Columbia for its ability to lower blood sugar. That would be great for Type II diabetics, but if you are a Type I, (juvenile-onset, insulin dependent)such as myself, it's bad news and contraindicated.
Leighwit
> Hello:
> I am getting off of Celexa because the weight gain has made me depressed. I am on Wellbutrin now, but have noticed an edginess and crankiness and many othes on this site have felt the same thing so have started another med to go along with it. I do not want another drug to cause weight gain and so I thought of SamE. Does anyone know if SamE has caused weight gain? Also, could SamE and Wellbutrin be taken together? Thanks!
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