Posted by rskontos on December 3, 2007, at 10:35:40
In reply to Re: What causes weight gain with Nardil? » Maxime, posted by Jedi on December 3, 2007, at 3:08:29
Maxine, I am not on Nardil but another Ad and I have experimented with going off of it too see a) if I just felt lighter and I did. I have researched the weight gain issue and the research is listed but I have found in practice the doctors dismiss it. Like somewhere else the people exist that gain the weight and I wonder if they just don't want to have to acknowledge it to have to deal with. WHen I mentioned to my doctor that I was noticing gaining weight she just dismissed it. I know that to anyone experiencing depression that gaining weight is not a great thing. Yeah I know the arguments that I would rather be un-depressed and have a few lbs then skinny and depressed. Well I want to be both. Not depressed and at least my pre-med weight. And as we are a country that everyone claims is the fattest country how about not using meds that adds to that fact. Because I know that being overweight when I have lost 20 lbs in the last 3 years of weight I needed to lose is going to depress me more. I haven't lost a lot of weight yet but I feel lighter so I feel like the AD's (mostly all of them no matter the type) make you retain water and gain weight I don't how a combination of ways most likely. I don't want to replace one problem with another. Anyway that is my take on the subject. I think it is the drug makes you crave sugar, makes you retain fluid more, and reduces your active level maybe. rk
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