Posted by 4WD on January 19, 2008, at 9:18:17
In reply to Re: Why does Nardil cause weight gain?, posted by stargazer2 on January 18, 2008, at 22:36:28
I am really scared of Nardil. Anything that is going to increase my appetite is going to make me go back to bingeing and purging. That's why I can't take Zyprexa.
My mind doesn't interpret hunger signals as "let's have something to eat." It interprets them as "let's go to the grocery store and buy $20 worth of fatty and sweet foods and stuff them down our throat and then go throw them up."
I guess Nardil isn't the drug for me.Thanks for all the helpful suggestions and answers.
Marsha> Yes, because it makes you eat like a pig especially the first few months you take it. You cannot control this and you eat everything you may normally have control over. It's like all will power is taken away and I ate sweets and bread and candy and everything in my house that was not on the basic food groups. I would substitute good eating for easy to eat snacks.
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> If you don't buy this type of food you may be OK but I gained about 20 lbs before i even realized it.
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> The insomnia problem is not too bad for me. I might wake a few times a night but I always go back to sleep.
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> Honestly, the weight gain is worth not being a depressed slug, just my opinion. I have forced myself to workout and this was what I needed to do and wasn't able to do before Nardil.
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> Stargazer
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