Posted by bulldog2 on March 19, 2008, at 15:18:01
In reply to weight gain Lexapro, Prozac, Zoloft + Wellbutrin, posted by baracuda on March 3, 2008, at 20:56:54
> I gained ALOT of weight when I was on prozac, around 70 lbs in less than 9 months. somuchso that I decided to try a different route and go on Lexapro. I didn't lose any weight on the 2 years on Lexapro but I didn't gain any weight either. And I was still depressed. My doctor switched me to zoloft and so far I have been able to loose 30+ lbs on Jenny Craig . I recently felt my depression coming back slowly and discussed this with my doc - who decided to add wellbutrin to my daily zoloft dose, but since I've been on the wellbutrin i've gained almost 4 lbs in less than 2 weeks.
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> my question is this: do the medications REALLY make you gain weight, or is it more the fact that when your on various meds you have more or less impulse control - i.e. on prozac all i wanted was donuts and everything else made me sick. go figure. on lexapro, i stuffed my face to feel nourished and started eating super fast. on zoloft i was able to actually realize what i had been doing and make a change to be more healthy.
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> now with wellbutrin added, and being on the jenny craig program will it make me gain weight or does it really come down to calories/exercise like it would off meds. I guess what i am trying to ask is when people say they gained weight from being on meds, did they really gain weight from the meds or did they gain weight because the meds interfered with thier decision making and they ate more calories than they worked off...
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> ????My theory on the weight gain is increased prolactin. That will decrease the amount of Human Growth Hormone and that will decrease thyroid output. My wife is on zoloft and also went on Jenny Craig but found once she added 20 mcg t3 her diet kicked into gear. I wonder why more docs don't check thyroid output when a patient complains of weight gain on an AD.
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