Posted by LyndaK on March 30, 2004, at 2:34:19
In reply to Re: Remeron, posted by tjej on March 29, 2004, at 15:19:21
Rebecca,
Thanks for responding. I'm glad someone else agrees with me. It's interesting what you said about HOW / WHERE you put on the extra pounds, because I too put it all on my middle -- basically lost my waistline, which is so untypical of how I gained weight before (though I never gained this much (20 lbs) before. Any weight-gain was very evenly distributed before. It's a tough dilemma because this drug has totally turned my life around -- given me a normal life back really -- and I tried a LONG list of drugs before this that didn't work as successfully as this one. But I've been doing so well for so long now that I REALLY HATE THIS FAT!! My husband doesn't care much for it either!
Thanks for listening.
Lynda> Lynda, I could not agree more! There is no doubt that the metabolism is slowed down and I do not care what the doctors say. I have always been able to eat anything I want with negligible weight gain, I have gained 11 kilos(24.2 pounds)or for brits 1.7 stone. Not only that but my body feels different, in the past when I put on a little weight, which was a very rare occurence, it went straight to my thighs, now I have love handles! First time in my life and even worse, and enough to counteract the anti-depressant effects, I have a belly roll right above the pubic area, like a big overhang of fat! So I am convinced that it does alter us from within!
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> Rebecca
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