Posted by Kneeko on February 12, 2006, at 1:00:49
In reply to Please help! Keep gaining weight from SSRI, posted by newstart on February 10, 2006, at 18:03:24
> My dr. put me on Prozac over 3 months ago to help my recovery from bulimia. I must say my appetite is less and I rarely binge now but I have gained 20 pounds!! 15 of these pounds have come on in the past 3 weeks. I am eating less than before I was on the drug and am working out 7 days a week....50 minutes of cardio and 30 minutes of weights.
> Has this drug shut down my metabolism?
> I am worried and going to stop taking it. My dr. suggested Wellbutrin. Will I gain on that too?
> Does anybody know why these drugs cause weight gain when your habits become healthier -- does the weight come off after the drug leaves your system?
> Thank you! I am completely frustrated with this and my dr. can't give me an answer.Whats your diet like? Alot of people say that the drugs are putting the wieght on them, and many times they are right. It seems though that the medications only amplify the mistakes people are already making.
Starving yourself actually slows your metabolism, and makes it harder to burn fat. But alot of people here say they wish they had a drug that would "make them forget about food" what that does is make all the food that you do eat immediately do get stored as fat. Start eating 5 meals a day with adequate protein intake(.8 grams per lb). You dont need to be doing wieghts 7 days a week either. Start doing 4-5 days at most and cardio 6 days a week at most. Also make sure you are eating clean carbs. Refined products, candies, starchy products etc are a no no and until you take all the steps, you cant keep saying its the drugs. This is not to preach as the same experience has been had personally until taking this steps.If the SSRI is working, do not quit over something like wieght gain. Its far too important to have your mental health, especially when there are steps you can take to improve your appearence and health while still on medication.
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