I lost like 2 more kilos after I posted here for the first time and I went through summer with my new weight, didn`t put on anything, but also didn`t lose any more, simply because my job was in an office and not much movement involved. I had an eating disorder so I was very thin but very fit. Because that doesnt fit with me and other people at all. Shannon Hyland-Tassava has more than 16 years experience as a clinical health psychologist, wellness coach and writer. I AM this article and I will tell you - it's DEPRESSING.I have to say that I am baffled as well. Patients who have become obese due to their medication believe their bodies will be permanently changed. I am completely off of Wellbutrin as of August 11, 2017. Was previously very fit and very thin. Tried diets, working out even more, little to no effect. No one will never convince me that lexapro doesn't destroy your metabolism. I think I will send a note to my old GP Doctor though because she was very quick to prescribe and I think she should have referred me to a psychologist or even once to a psychiatrist for an assessment and/or more well-versed opinion on the drug. Walked 4-5 miles/day at a fast pace. Anyone who has listened, perhaps unwillingly, to the recital of side effects on a television commercial for a Weight gain is a common side effect associated with many medications prescribed for They’d never dieted. My point was that your daughter could still lose the weight potentially.Taking Doxepin for past month after Mirtazapine and it's just as bad. It’s been slow, but I went from 166 to 132 in a year. I tapered off effexor a couple of years ago and despite some weight loss the withdrawal was awful so I … I think I would of been better off to of never stopped, I am more miserable now, The only good thing is I can cry now. )And medical doctors discussing psychological issues - how would that help? A registered dietitian may also be helpful in determining how many calories you need to eat each day to encourage a speedy metabolism while remaining healthy. I wish I could get a grant, but I’m not in a professor position.I know how these drugs work better than probably all of my doctors now. I used to joke that I could be trimmer, but depressed (taking no medication), or "plumb" and potentially less depressed (if on medications). Many medications have potential negative side effects. I was truly shocked when my wife knelt down pleading for forgiveness to accept her back. And I do weight lifting in addition to this. Has your eating changed after you stopped the antidepressants? I'm going through treatment options through the doctors and counselling for emotional and psychological therapy too.I am so sorry that you are having so many problems; it mustI too have gained 20lbs in two months on antidepressants. It's so nice to be heard! The good news is that the weight initially fell off really quickly I would say a couple of months after stopping. I will just keep on doing what I am doing and I am sure I will continue to lose weight, the difference is that it happens much slower as I said, but one just has to be patient and not give up.Before I was on antidepressants (Celexa) I was fairly fit and was slimmer (UK weigh of 10s 7lbs) and after i had started to take them i found that my weight shot up to 14s 7lbs thats a whole 4 stone. 20 years later the weight is still present, despite still walking and bike riding. They over-prescribe and ignore us when we complain about side effects.Same story here. ive been at 210 lbs on medication for a long time and thats when im eating barley anything, ive been desperate to get out of the "obese" range as i was actually only 123 lbs back in 2015 before i started any of these medications, my highest weight from the meds was 286 lbs and its taken over 2 years to get down from that weight, reading what other people have written make me a little depressed. But not everyone is able to lose the weight even months after the medication is stopped — and no one knows why. I topped out at 166 lbs after stopping the medicine, so I still gained after stopping the med when you’d expect I’d at least lose some water weight. I never believed it, because have never heard anything about such miracle before. So I tried again with no results. After 6 months of a course of SSRs, I gained an unprecedented 20 pounds in 2 months. Many people will gain weight in association with depressed mood, not because they withdrew from an antidepressant.Three years ago I was on 6 psych meds for 20 years for bipolar disorder, anxiety and depression. She is not a medical doctor. Does the needWeight loss is possible, but it take an awful more time compared to people who were not on the medications. Was 135 lb and had been for many years. However, rebuilding muscle mass doesn’t seem to produce any significant weight loss. Was that easy to start. I was taking antidepressants for 1 year and had put on 10 kilos. In my frantic and unsuccessful attempts to lose the 60 pounds I’d gained, I finally stumbled across The Whole30, a whole-foods-based, ancestral nutrition program loosely similar to Dr. Brogan’s dietary program (if only I … I visited a forum here on the internet on the 17 APRIL 2016, and i saw a marvelous testimony of Tracie Aldana from United States on the forum about the good works DR OSEMU. 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