Posted by MoparFan91 on August 18, 2005, at 21:43:22
In reply to Re: Weight gain from regimen changes, posted by bart on August 18, 2005, at 20:27:06
> I know SSRI's, especially a sedating one like Luvox are becoming more and more notorious for this weight gain issue.
Luvox is little sedating for me. At 100mg/day, I seemed to be dozing off at times during my breaks at work. This started when i got to 75mg. I take whole dose at night.
I tried to look up information about Luvox and weight gain, but I didn't find many people who's gained on it. The SSRI's with the most reported weight gain that I read about were like Paxil, Effexor, and Lexapro with Paxil causing the most gain. Zoloft and Celexa seemed intermediate. Prozac (and maybe Luvox) were said to be least likely to cause weight gain.
>I've heard everything from cr*pping out of serotonin system to effects on insulin and glucose levels to thyroid effects.
>Anyway, I meant to say in my original post that a serotonin deficiency (which leads to depression) causes carb cravings. I thought the SSRI's are supposed to correct this and hence make the cravings go away. Doctors tend to give SSRI's to people w/ bulimia, binge eating disorder, and other eating disorders. Carb cravings is your body's way of telling you that it needs more serotonin. I myself tend to have carb cravings a bit at times when depressed.
> is Abilify an atypical antipsychotic that is sedating? if it is, I know any of those meds made me eat too much because it sedated me an blocked a lot of dopamine action with excessive antihistamine actionsAbilify doesn't seem to be sedating for me as far as I can tell. I've taken as much as an extra 5mg (as needed) before and felt no sedation after dosing.
Overall, I've come up with a possible conclusion as to why my appetites been through the roof. Since taking high doses of Taurine consistently (like 6,000mg/day), I started to notice that I was having more periods during the day where I was feeling ravenous. Basically, eating something substantial wouldn't get rid of the hunger and if it did, then the hunger would be back again in 10 minutes. At first, I didn't know what us up. This problem was happening even before adding Abilify, Luvox, and changing dose on Lamictal. Everytime I cut back on the Taurine, the incessant hunger would cease.
Ok, I've been reading online that Taurine is an insulin mimicker or glucose disposal agent. Basically, it acts like insulin. That's why it's good for diabetics. It gets blood sugar down. Well whenever I eat something (even something big), those huge doses of Taurine I'm taking must apparently be taking all of the glucose out of my blood and into my cells (both fat and muscle cells). This must be causing my blood sugar to fall to really low levels hence the ravenous hunger. It feels like I haven't eating for a long long time. Other symptoms I feel with this hunger are:
weakness, confusion at times, gnawing feeling, moodiness, anxiety, and fatigue. Before the Taurine (and maybe some other supplements like Chromium and ALA), this wasn't happening before.My consensus is that I'm getting Taurine-Induced Hypoglycemia! The high doses of Taurine must be disposing glucose from my blood. Some other supplements I took which act like insulin mimickers were Chromium Picolinate (1,500mcg/day) and maybe Alpha Lipoic Acid. These probably weren't helping matters any either. I read some reviews where people got some Chromium-Induced hypoglycemia. I also read on usenet that Someone drinking too much Red Bull was left with hypoglycemia from overdosing on the Taurine component.Also, I read that Taurine blocks and suppresses Dopamine and Norepinephrine. It's also a GABA agonist.
Would anyone agree with Taurine and Chromium causing blood sugar problems and hypoglycemic symptoms?
I punted Taurine and Chromium now. So far, tonight (and today for the most part), the hunger problem seems to be getting a little better. I've managed to eat less than 3,000 Calories today w/ no problem.
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