Posted by PoohBear on March 30, 2004, at 10:57:48
In reply to Re: Remeron, posted by tjej on March 30, 2004, at 5:31:07
> Hi Marfaith and Lynda,
>
> I am so glad to know that both of you also seem to have experienced the weight in the middle. Like you it is also unlike me to gain weight, and I have always had a flat stomach, the few times I have gained weight it was on my thighs/hips, but I have never seen anything like this. I am also torn, like you Lynda, it has turned my life around, and I have also been on the whole list of available drugs. But I am getting depressed about the fat, particularly with summer coming, so I am not sure what I can do. I am so thin normally that I would not really have minded a bit of weight on my thighs/hips but it just looks ugly and unbecoming where it has accumulated with love handles and a belly roll on an otherwise quite fit body. I look about three months pregnant after a meal.
Gang:I think that the weight gain on Remeron (an other AD's for that matter) may be more water retention than anything else. I say this because as a male, I tend to put weight on around my middle, but also noticed that my extremities seemed swollen (edema?) and felt sluggish in general.
A drug in and of itself could NOT cause an increase in fat. That can ONLY come through eating calories in excess of what the body needs. Of course, what the body *needs* can be a moving target as metabolism slows or speeds up.
What do you guys think?
Tony
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