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Posted by msurtees on December 20, 2004, at 7:20:38
I was wondering what's on the horizon? Will there be newer drugs that don't affect weight?
I love my Zoloft except that I've gained about 30 stupid pounds.
Posted by denise1904 on December 20, 2004, at 10:04:51
In reply to Future anti-depressents ?, posted by msurtees on December 20, 2004, at 7:20:38
Hi,
I don't mean to be rude but if you love it then why are you complaining about putting on weight. Can't you just do some exercise to lose it? Or have you already tried that?
Denise
Posted by msurtees on December 20, 2004, at 10:12:23
In reply to Re: Future anti-depressents ?, posted by denise1904 on December 20, 2004, at 10:04:51
> Hi,
>
> I don't mean to be rude but if you love it then why are you complaining about putting on weight. Can't you just do some exercise to lose it? Or have you already tried that?
>
Love it: not depressed.
Complaining: FAT
Excercise: tried.
Posted by TomG on December 20, 2004, at 11:09:16
In reply to Re: Future anti-depressents ?, posted by msurtees on December 20, 2004, at 10:12:23
Posted by Racer on December 20, 2004, at 13:43:12
In reply to Re: Future anti-depressents ?, posted by denise1904 on December 20, 2004, at 10:04:51
> Hi,
>
> I don't mean to be rude but if you love it then why are you complaining about putting on weight. Can't you just do some exercise to lose it? Or have you already tried that?
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>
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> DeniseA lot of anti-depressants -- and other psychoactive drugs -- can cause significant weight gain, and diet and exercise do not necessarily affect that for most people. I'm probably extreme, since I have a co-morbid eating disorder, but when I started taking Paxil way back when, I started gaining weight right away -- despite being in an active phase of my ED. I was eating perhaps 600 calories per day, and working out a minimum of 90 minutes per day -- and I still put on twenty pounds in the first two months, before any AD effect was apparent. No amount of starving myself or working out was enough to stop it, and I ended up gaining approximately 65 pounds all told.
I can understand that, if you haven't experienced this, or if you're new to ADs, you wouldn't be aware of how devastating this can be. It is devastating, though, and the only thing worse is being blamed for that weight gain, and told to eat less or exercise more.
Posted by cherylann on December 20, 2004, at 17:57:28
In reply to Re: Future anti-depressents ?, posted by denise1904 on December 20, 2004, at 10:04:51
And I mean that literally! The only AD's that work for me are the sedating ones (tricyclics, remeron). Unfortunately, they are also the ones that cause weight gain. I've been on many different AD's and each time I think "I WILL NOT gain on this one." But it happens.
This doesn't really answer your question, but I think the drug companies are trying to find a "magic bullet". Think of all the money they would rake in!
In the meantime, I did read a book by Sylvia Brown (psychic) and she claims that in the next 10 years or so scientists will be making the connection between depression/anxiety and proteins found in the body (whatever that means), and that there will be a test that a person will take to see which protein that person is lacking.
Again, not really an answer to your question, but interesting anyway.cherylann
Posted by zmg on December 20, 2004, at 22:29:39
In reply to The weight gain can be a monster!, posted by cherylann on December 20, 2004, at 17:57:28
As someone pointed me to in another thread, Wellbutrin does not appear to cause weight gain (nor does it seem suffer from the negative sexual side-effects).
http://www.netnutritionist.com/fa12.htm
http://bupropion.com/wonderwell/index.htmlApparently (this is from the second link) Wellbutrin was associated with a higher incidence of seizure (0.4%) which was higher them most other antidepressants, however the manufacturer quickly came out with a SR formula (slow-release) reducing the risk to a much more acceptable 0.1% (compared to Zoloft's 0.2%, Luvox's 0.2% and Celexa's 0.3%).
I'm just quoting, pretty much verbatim from that second article. I don't have any experience with it myself (but I'm thinking I'll probably give it a go).
The first article there is a really good article about AD drugs in general and their impact on weight gain (including a mention Wellbutrin "Buproprion HCL (Wellbutrin®) has not been associated with weight gain and is commonly used with some success in smoking cessation." Who knew? I wish I had that when I quit smoking 5 years ago!).
Hope this helps.
-Zach
Posted by zmg on December 20, 2004, at 23:07:05
In reply to Sexual/Lethragy-free antidepressants?, posted by zmg on December 20, 2004, at 22:29:39
The above post was intended to be a response to you. I guess Mozilla thinks the title was part of my user/login combo..
Posted by denise1904 on December 21, 2004, at 4:42:06
In reply to Re: Future anti-depressents ? » denise1904, posted by Racer on December 20, 2004, at 13:43:12
Hi Racer,
Sorry, I didn't mean to be insensitive, I've never been overweight so don't really understand, probably because I smoke a lot.
All I know is that I have been suicidally depressed and would rather be fat than be like that. But I can see why it would be a problem and can understand why people would seek something to try and bring the weight down.
Denise
Posted by Minnie-Haha on December 23, 2004, at 16:10:55
In reply to Sexual/Lethragy-free antidepressants?, posted by zmg on December 20, 2004, at 22:29:39
> As someone pointed me to in another thread, Wellbutrin does not appear to cause weight gain (nor does it seem suffer from the negative sexual side-effects).
>
> http://www.netnutritionist.com/fa12.htm
> http://bupropion.com/wonderwell/index.html
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> Apparently (this is from the second link) Wellbutrin was associated with a higher incidence of seizure (0.4%) which was higher them most other antidepressants, however the manufacturer quickly came out with a SR formula (slow-release) reducing the risk to a much more acceptable 0.1% (compared to Zoloft's 0.2%, Luvox's 0.2% and Celexa's 0.3%).
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> I'm just quoting, pretty much verbatim from that second article. I don't have any experience with it myself (but I'm thinking I'll probably give it a go).How does Wellbutrin do with anxiety?
Posted by zmg on December 23, 2004, at 19:09:10
In reply to Re: Sexual/Lethragy-free antidepressants?, posted by Minnie-Haha on December 23, 2004, at 16:10:55
From what I've read if anxiety is a problem by itself it can increase anxiety. But I've also read a bit suggesting a good benzodiazepine can help with that and that some people have had good results with that combo.
Anyone here?
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