Posted by Racer on June 6, 2004, at 14:30:03
In reply to JohnL, Still around?? Regarding Meds, All welcome, posted by Daniel Woodfield on June 6, 2004, at 6:04:45
When you talk about 'hypoglycemia', are you basing that on symptoms, or on glucometer readings?
The symptoms of hypoglycemia are notoriously unreliable, and can be caused by many things totally unrelated to actual blood glucose concentrations. It is theorized that effects on the body's glucose monitoring pathways is involved in weight gain from anti-depressants, but it really hasn't yet been proven that that is the primary cause. There is some good evidence, from what I've seen, that metabolic Syndrome X really is a big part of the problem with many of these drugs -- notably Zyprexa. On the other hand, whether the weight gain associated with those drugs causes Syndrome X, or the drugs somehow cause Syndrome X on their own leading to weight gain is still unclear.
Sorry, that's my little mini-soapbox. I'm in favor of the scientific method, of theory following behind facts, and get a little suspicious of facts being found to support existing theories, if you know what I mean.
If you did check your blood glucose on a properly calibrated glucometer, of course, then it's all moot, anyway.
And, by the way, although I never attributed it to the Effexor until much later (after reading that Effexor does affect blood sugar), my blood sugar readings did fluctuate pretty wildly on Effexor. Mostly, though, it was hyPERglycemia, rather than hyPOglycemia.
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