Posted by Elizabeth on July 11, 2001, at 15:38:17
In reply to Re: Weight gain and SSRIs » Elizabeth, posted by MB on July 11, 2001, at 1:58:16
> I remember when Prozac first came out there was a theory that depressed people craved carbohydrates (in an attempt to raise serotonin levels through diet) and that SSRIs would actually *lower* these carbo cravings by increasing serotonin levels.
There's a guy at MIT (well, I'm not sure if he's still there) who was really trying to push the serotonin-carb connection hypothesis (he had a major interest in Redux, of course).
Thing is, this idea doesn't explain why so many depressives stop eating and lose interest in food (carbohydrate or otherwise)!
> I don't remember my experience with Prozac all that well, but my experience with Paxil was, "bring on the pasta, baby, and pass the box of donuts!"
I didn't lose weight on Prozac, but I didn't gain back the weight I'd lost while depressed. Paxil seems to be worse than the other SSRIs as far as causing weight gain.
-elizabeth
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