Posted by utopizen on October 19, 2004, at 22:49:13
In reply to Re: Lexapro, posted by CrazyCO on October 19, 2004, at 22:42:25
> Well I know it was because of the medicine because it didnt' start for any of us until we began taking this medication, and soon after I stopped so did the weight gain, same for one of the others who stopped it, but the one still taking it is still gaining.
>I understand where you're coming from, and it sounds to you true as science, but the reality is no one understands weight gains and losses at all beyond the law of thermodynamics (which has yet to be short-changed).
Amphetamines have been studied and studied and studied again, by FDA and industry, for over 60 years-- longer than it has been studied for ADHD! And the results? It *might* be true that you may lose 1/2 a lb. per week for the first few weeks of taking them, and this may be because of an increase in metabolism, or a decrease in appetite, or both. No one knows!
No one will ever know.
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