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Parnate and weight gain/loss

Posted by Dirk on April 30, 2003, at 0:42:15

Am about to start Parnate in 2 weeks after Lexapro washout. Does anyone have any first-hand knowledge of weight gain or loss from Parnate? Weight is a very sensitive topic for me and I would like to know what to expect from this new drug.

Thanks a lot

 

Re: Parnate and weight gain/loss

Posted by jsarirose on April 30, 2003, at 0:55:25

In reply to Parnate and weight gain/loss, posted by Dirk on April 30, 2003, at 0:42:15

> Am about to start Parnate in 2 weeks after Lexapro washout. Does anyone have any first-hand knowledge of weight gain or loss from Parnate? Weight is a very sensitive topic for me and I would like to know what to expect from this new drug.
>
> Thanks a lot

Parnate is known to promote weight loss! Quite nice for a change after so many meds that put on weight. I've been on it for 1 1/2 years and almost immediately once it started working for me I started losing weight (I was extremely overweight). Part of it is from the med and partly because I felt better and was able to snowball the weight loss.

Anyway, once in a while I hear someone that gains from it - but in general it's supposed to aid weight loss.

Good luck with it!

-Jessica

 

Re: Parnate and weight gain/loss » Dirk

Posted by ace on April 30, 2003, at 1:05:35

In reply to Parnate and weight gain/loss, posted by Dirk on April 30, 2003, at 0:42:15

> Am about to start Parnate in 2 weeks after Lexapro washout. Does anyone have any first-hand knowledge of weight gain or loss from Parnate? Weight is a very sensitive topic for me and I would like to know what to expect from this new drug.
>
> Thanks a lot

You will be happy to know my friend that Parnate HARDLY ever causes weight gain...sometimes it causes weight LOSS. Also HARDLY ever any sexual dysfunction...oh, and BTW, it is a great drug!

Best of Luck!
Ace.

 

Re: Parnate and weight gain/loss

Posted by jsarirose on April 30, 2003, at 1:09:06

In reply to Re: Parnate and weight gain/loss » Dirk, posted by ace on April 30, 2003, at 1:05:35

> > Am about to start Parnate in 2 weeks after Lexapro washout. Does anyone have any first-hand knowledge of weight gain or loss from Parnate? Weight is a very sensitive topic for me and I would like to know what to expect from this new drug.
> >
> > Thanks a lot
>
> You will be happy to know my friend that Parnate HARDLY ever causes weight gain...sometimes it causes weight LOSS. Also HARDLY ever any sexual dysfunction...oh, and BTW, it is a great drug!
>
> Best of Luck!
> Ace.

Have to second that - not only does it not hinder sexual functioning, it often enhances it!

-Jessica

 

Re: Parnate and weight gain/loss

Posted by cubbybear on April 30, 2003, at 1:56:09

In reply to Re: Parnate and weight gain/loss, posted by jsarirose on April 30, 2003, at 1:09:06

Have to put my two cents in here. This is proof that everyone's different from everyone else. Parnate has always led to weight GAIN for me. It increases the craving for and consumption of sweets and carbohydrates. Now, as to whether the food itself leads to weight gain, or it's a side effect of the drug, I can only conclude that for me, it's a side effect, because ordinarily I never gain much weight from eating sweets (I'm the kind that dieters' despise!). So I guess I'm in the minority.

 

Re: Parnate and weight gain/loss

Posted by Dirk on April 30, 2003, at 9:17:33

In reply to Re: Parnate and weight gain/loss, posted by cubbybear on April 30, 2003, at 1:56:09

thanks for all of your responses. I hope I am in the weight loss / libido increase group. Cubbybear, why are you still taking Parnate with these negative effects?

 

Re: » cubbybear

Posted by Questionmark on April 30, 2003, at 23:02:32

In reply to Re: Parnate and weight gain/loss, posted by cubbybear on April 30, 2003, at 1:56:09

Were you underweight? Do you think that it just helps overweight people lose weight and underweight people gain-- or is that just foolish naive hope for something that happens in this world?
i am thinking of going on Parnate (i already have a script) but i really need to gain some freaking weight, and i cannot afford to lose any. So i need to know how this is likely to affect me. Ah decisions.

 

Re: Parnate and weight gain/loss » Questionmark

Posted by cubbybear on May 1, 2003, at 3:08:07

In reply to Re: » cubbybear, posted by Questionmark on April 30, 2003, at 23:02:32

> Were you underweight? Do you think that it just helps overweight people lose weight and underweight people gain-- or is that just foolish naive hope for something that happens in this world?

I am only 5 ft. 6 in. and normally weigh about 137 when I'm not depressed. (Living here in Thailand --with the Asian diet as it is--doesn't enable anyone to ever really put on weight.) I believe this is considered normal. Over a period of months of bad depression, by Jan. and Feb., of this year, I had lost so much weight from inability to eat, that I was down to 118 by the time I started the Parnate on Mar. 4. Within one month of the drug kicking in,I had regained about 15 pounds.
As for your second question, I seriously doubt if the drug "chooses" who gains and who loses weight depending on whether they're over or underweight. I may be just an exception to the majority who lose weight from it. There are so many complex factors that are involved in body functioning, I don't think the doctors even know.

 

Re: Parnate and weight gain/loss » Dirk

Posted by cubbybear on May 1, 2003, at 6:00:46

In reply to Re: Parnate and weight gain/loss, posted by Dirk on April 30, 2003, at 9:17:33

I'm assuming you think weight gain is a negative, something bad. For me, it's a plus. I'm a small guy 54 yrs. old, was never overweight (as a child I was underweight), and so gaining weight for me can be a great plus, especially after severe depression has taken its toll and I've become underweight. Get it?
Besides, Parnate has been my anti-depressant of choice for 18 years and I think more people should consider the MAOIs, despite the diet and other restrictions. Just my opinion.

 

Re: Parnate and weight gain/loss » Dirk » cubbybear

Posted by Dirk on May 1, 2003, at 10:33:54

In reply to Re: Parnate and weight gain/loss » Dirk, posted by cubbybear on May 1, 2003, at 6:00:46

Got it. I'm glad that you've found something that works for you.

Weight gain is such a defining aspect of my depression (5'8", normal weight 150lbs, up to 215lbs when depressed) that it is hard for me to relate to depression with weight loss and to understand weight loss as a negative (though I do see how it could be just as distressing to you as my weight gain is to me).


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