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Posted by josiejo on January 14, 2002, at 10:13:28
Hi,
Haven't been here in awhile... nice to see people still around.
My problem today...
I've been on 100mg zoloft for just over 2 years now. I'd tried different meds and this seems to be the only one that has done anything for me. However, in these 2 years, I've gained 35 pounds!!
I've tried to debate with myself. Which is worse... feeling the way I used to feel and being thin, or feeling ok, but not having any clothes that fit and hating the sight of myself in the mirror. Sadly, I'm almost leaning towards the former. I hate feeling depressed, but I hate looking and feeling this way too. Does anyone have any insight?
Thanks
Posted by MB on January 14, 2002, at 16:47:39
In reply to weight gain and zoloft, posted by josiejo on January 14, 2002, at 10:13:28
> Hi,
> Haven't been here in awhile... nice to see people still around.
> My problem today...
> I've been on 100mg zoloft for just over 2 years now. I'd tried different meds and this seems to be the only one that has done anything for me. However, in these 2 years, I've gained 35 pounds!!
> I've tried to debate with myself. Which is worse... feeling the way I used to feel and being thin, or feeling ok, but not having any clothes that fit and hating the sight of myself in the mirror. Sadly, I'm almost leaning towards the former. I hate feeling depressed, but I hate looking and feeling this way too. Does anyone have any insight?
> Thanks
I don't have any answers, but I have empathy. I went from 145 lbs to almost 180 lbs in less than two years on Paxil. It took getting off the drug, starving myself of food, and working out *hard* daily for months to get down to 165 lbs. Now the depression is back and I'm trying Prozac with a mood stabalizer. Every morning I take a shower, I can see a little more flab around my midsection, but my energy and motivation to work out is completely gone. If I stay the course I'm sure to be a fatty again. I really feel for you. This is not easy stuff to deal with. Wellbutrin is a decent AD withot the weight gain side effects. Wellbutrin made my mind race 200 mph and made me aggressive, but MANY people do really well on it.MB
MB
Posted by Nicole Bardon on January 14, 2002, at 21:01:42
In reply to Re: weight gain and zoloft » josiejo, posted by MB on January 14, 2002, at 16:47:39
Hi. I've been on Zoloft for years, and it had the opposite effect on me. I finally got back to my normal weight after another antidepressant got me so fat that after 160 lbs. I refused to weigh myself. Wellbutrin made me absolutely nuts. We are all so different. And I'm finally searching for a new med myself, in that this one isn't holding back the depression right now. Good luck (and wish me well, too.)
Posted by mr.scott on January 15, 2002, at 13:19:56
In reply to weight gain and zoloft, posted by josiejo on January 14, 2002, at 10:13:28
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