Posted by R.Anne on October 28, 2000, at 15:16:46
In reply to Types of Weight Gain on Meds, Probably Revisited, posted by shellie on October 27, 2000, at 22:06:55
Shelley,
I'm not familiar with the medicines that you are talking about but I recently went off of Risperdal and lost 7 pounds in 3 weeks. Mind you, I had been trying to lose weight while on the risperdal but found it almost impossible. I was able to cut my portion sizes and not feel hungry. I have also been taking Metabolite but it didn't really work until I stopped the risperdal. I, too, suffer from severe chronic depression and OCD. I'm taking effexor and paxil and now I find the effexor curbs my appetite-without the risperdal. I've had some sleep problems when I take the effexor too late in the day, though. So now I'm trying to take it earlier. I'm still having a hard time getting out of bed but at least I don't feel like I have nothing to live for today. I don't know if any of this has helped but I thought I'd tell you what's going on with me since we share this hellish depression. One more thing, the risperdal was helping with the depression and after I went off of it I took a dive again into the pits but when I increased the effexor xr to 3 (37.5 mg.)it helped the depression a lot. I have also recently increased the paxil to 30 mg. I went off of the risperdal because I believe it was playing havoc on my hormones, causing muscular problems, and weight gain. So, I relate to you on the weight gain, too, and don't want to gain any more.
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> Since my relapse into severe depression, the best combination for me has been nardil and lamictal. But as I was increasing the lamictal, my weight was going up. Also I had a lot of discomfort in my breasts. I did not experience an increase in appetite, so my eating didn't increase, and I was doing the treadmill.
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> I tried dieretics but it didn't seem to help. Yet within less than two weeks after stopping the lamictal I lost 9 pounds (not dieting or exercising).
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> My question is can you lose nine pounds in such a short time without it being water retention? The dieretic I took always works for me premenstrually, so I know it has been effective.
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> The reason I am asking this question, is that I am so tired of being depressed and wouldn't hesitate to go back on the lamictal if I didn't gain weight. But I was scared that I would get to be a huge person and I have enough problems with self-image not to deal with that.
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> Any ideas about the mechanisms of weight gain and such a fast loss? Shellie
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