Antidepressants & Anti-anxiety meds wt gain?

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wantsobad,

I wish I was one who suffered those types of side effects but my other med, the clonapin slows down my metabolism, who knows what the combo does. I also sufferer from sexual side effects but sometimes a glass of wine helps! Normally I don't drink much, unless I have company or out socially but when it comes to sex I may need a glass of something to get things moving again even though alcohol can add to the delay also! What we do for sanity

I watched a show last night, 2 hours on PBS on depression and it also dealt with manic depression (bipolar), postpartum, depression in the elderly, children, teenagers and suicide and was really informative. They've located centers in the brain and for some people they've actually put in some type of pace maker to assist in helping them with depression. I'm not a brainiac by any means but it's a relief to know that they're learning so much more and that we are all so different when it comes to treatment and how long it can sometimes take to get the right mix of drugs working.

This one man was taking a cocktail of drugs you wouldn't believe but he's finally found the right mix!

Also the stigma attached to anxiety and depression is still there and I've found that in my own life and have suffered for it. They say just talking about it really helps and its true. Sometimes there's shame involved and they say it's a medical condition, if we had some other brain disorder like a tumor we wouldn't be ashamed to talk of it but with anxiety and depression etc... we still are somewhat. I believe in someways it has taken a roll in my failure with the band, not just the meds but my anxiety levels and depression in general and I would be nice to be able to overcome that one daybrandyII

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I take Cymbalta (60 mg) everynight before bed.

I take Xanax (.25 mg) every four hours to keep relatively new and wild panic attacks at bay. (Sigh....why do I set myself up for attack?)

I have not gained from either of those.

I did gain while they were trying Zoloft, Ativan, Klonapin, and Abilify (that medicine HATED me, probably cuz I am not bipolar).

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I do remember my daughter being on ambilfy and have a bad reaction. I may say something to my nurse practitioner about xanax because I think the clonapin maybe slowing my metab down a bit and I've reduced to once a day prior to bed.

I posted about a depression program I watched and a drug to counteract the weight gain on "struggling lap bandsters" under "LAP-BAND^® complications" and am curious to see if anything comes up there about a drug I read about called zonegran or zonisamide. thanks brandyII

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iam on celexa and zoloft and i feel so good on them. i was on it before my banding in dec 2007 i love being on them

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Celexa is one I'm not familiar with, I guess everyone has their own combo that works. Have they affected you at all with your weight loss? brandyII.

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AThinnerDenise - I'm having an aha moment here. I managed my weight fairly well until I got on anti-depressants. OMG. I knew that I had gained 40 lbs on Paxil; it was awful. I took Zoloft for years and am now on Effexor. I thought my sugar cravings were just learned; I had no idea they could be tied to anti-depressants. Not that they're the whole reason I'm obese but still. Now I wish I'd never gotten on them! DANG

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