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So I'm starting an SSRI today.

Reading about the side effects on the web has made me cautious,
though.

Let's see, my other option. I could go on living the fairly limited
life I presently live - sure, I could work part time the rest of my
life, or go to school part time, and spend the rest of my time sitting
in my room meditating. But last I heard, I have to be single and out
of debt to become a Buddhist nun.

The side effect that terrifies me the most. Weight gain. I'm more
terrified of the possibility of weight gain than I am of any other
side effect.

When I started taking Zoloft about 10 years ago, one of the side effects that I
was looking forward to was ANOREXIA. In fact, I DID lose about 15 lbs. Over the
years that side-effect diminished and I gained weight, but that's because I
overate, not because of the Zoloft, so you can take heart that it doesn't ALWAYS
lead to weight gain. Tri-cyclic anti-depressants such as Elavil (amitryptalene)
are MUCH more likely to cause weight gain than SSRI's. In fact, the weight I
lost when I started taking Zoloft was due, in part, to the Elavil I had been
taking prior to that.

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Saffire
205/149/125 - 5'1.5"
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333