Posted by PoohBear on September 20, 2004, at 11:31:58
In reply to Re: Weight Gain..., posted by Waki on September 20, 2004, at 10:22:47
> i think it also has to do with what other med you are combining it with. I am also on wellbutrin xl which supresses my eating. Hence it overcomes remeron if in deed the remeron causes one to eat more.
The problem is not necessarily that one eats more because of the med, but also that one's base metabolism is altered, causing food energy to be burned and conserved differently. A friend of mine gained a tremendous amount of weight on Paxil was just using the med as an excuse, UNTIL I ended up on AD's as well.
I used to think that, okay, I'd rather be fat and alive than depressed and dead, but I've overshot my original Weight Watchers goal by 20 pounds... I'm supposed to be no more than 186 (6'0" tall male...), and I got a doctors note for 200, but have had to revise that to 220...
Tony
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