Posted by Molybdenum on June 24, 2008, at 23:57:06
In reply to Re: what to add to effexor » Racer, posted by emme on June 24, 2008, at 17:16:16
> > And again -- weight gain from meds often DOES happen without significant changes to eating patterns.
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> Amen!!!Really? I just know that I've gained a lot of weight on mirtazapine and I know why. I get cravings for chocolate. I won't tell you how much I've consumed in a day - too embarrassing! I am 6 feet tall and weighed 87kg/191lbs before I started with the mirtazapine. Now I weigh 105kg/231lbs..!
On the ever-increasing list of things I am not, please add "dietician".
But I just don't understand how a drug could make me gain so much weight if I had the willpower to keep to my "pre mirtazapine" diet? (Assuming exercise remained the same too). I "blame" the mirtazapine, but I really feel that it wouldn't have happened without the increased amounts of sugar & fat in my diet. Can a drug like mirtazapine really lower my metabolism so much to bring about such an increase?
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