Posted by Racer on June 28, 2004, at 23:06:47
In reply to Weight loss, posted by jms600 on June 28, 2004, at 16:12:46
Talk with your doctor about it.
Now, it's very likely your doctor will come back with "diet and exercise" first, and those are good things, but after you hear all that and agree that those are good things -- then you can start talking about chemical mitigation of the SSRI induced weight gain. (In other words, the faster you get through the diet and exercise talk, the quicker you get to the real talk. At least in my experience.)
(Oh, and at least now the SSRI weight gain has shown up in studies: when I was first prescribed Paxil, I was actively anorexic and worked out an average of 2 1/2 hours per day. With no change to any of that -- and with my mood still quite depressed because the anti-depressant part hadn't yet kicked in -- my weight began to climb. Yeah, imagine how distressing that was. The doctor, though, said that it must be diet and exercise changes, because all the studies had shown that SSRIs didn't cause weight gain -- and were even linked to weight loss! At least now, with the newer research about it, you'll have a much easier time convincing the doctor that it's not because you're feeling so much better that you're having an entire cheesecake for dessert daily!)
Good luck!
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