Posted by MB on July 9, 2001, at 19:47:07
In reply to Re: Weight gain and SSRIs » MB, posted by Elizabeth on July 9, 2001, at 19:04:01
> > I used to be skeptical about them (I thought that Atkins was just another fad diet), but I met a bunch of people who've had great success with them -- including one who is very well-versed in biology and was able to explain the mechanism to my satisfaction. (I'm not sure I could replicate his explanation, however.)I feel like my "motor" is running "hotter" on low carb diets. That's the only way I can describe it. I fill up on fewer calories, and I just feel, well, "hotter." But, I'm never satisfied, even when full. I could eat zucchini and chicken breasts until my stomach popped, and i'd still be standing in front of the fridge with the door open, scratching my head, "what is it that I'm craving?"
> > Some people say they didn't have carb cravings or eat more on SSRIs (or Effexor), but gained weight anyway, presumably due to some sort of metabolic change. I wonder about their activity level, though. (Paxil seems to be the worst of the SSRIs in the weight gain department, although this is just my impression -- I haven't looked at statistics or anything. < g >)
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> -elizabeth
When I was taking Paxil, I could have sworn I was getting *a lot* of exercise and eating very little. Looking back, though, I was eating quite a bit. I wonder how these drugs affect our *perception* of how much we're eating. I was eating at least two, huge ~700Cal meals/day and at least two 16 Oz. mochas with whole milk. That's not counting my two bowls of morning cereal and all of the carbo snacking throughout the day. At the time, I considered myself a very "light" eater. I would think to myself, "I wonder why I've put on 20 lbs. I'm not eating really that much." Looking back on it in an unmedicated state, I feel like I was a pig. I do obsess over my weight and food consumption when unmedicated. Maybe it was just correcting an obsession. Maybe I'm meant to be fat, and my diet obsession keeps me thin? It's all so complicated.
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