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Old September 3rd, 2004, 08:05 PM
wilson
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Default O/T: SSRI antidepressants

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.

My hair could fall out, my brain could melt, my sex drive could
dissappear, my skin could turn purple with blue stripes, as long as I
don't gain any weight.

I worked hard to *lose* weight... I've lost 32 pounds. [Still got a
little to go, but I'm getting there.]

Then again, being borderline diabetic, weight gain could be a
health-endangering prospect. Maybe I should call him back and ask for
something that doesn't have weight gain as a side effect.
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Old September 4th, 2004, 06:50 AM
Lorelei
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"J. Davidson" wrote in message
news:FF6_c.72054$yh.41989@fed1read05...
Exactly my problem, Saffire. Elavil. gaining as we speak.
I do not know how to call it to a halt.
But I will figure it out.
Jackie
232/197/212.
"Saffire" wrote in message
.. .
In article ,


says...
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.

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



prozac worked for me for the OCD like symptoms that I was experiencing un
til my wonder ful DH was diagnosed with terminal cancer last Dec. I fell
into a week or two that I just couldn't stay of bed. I;d get up and do
things and then get back in bed. Adding Wellbutrin has helped me a lot. My
doc called Prozac "weight neutral" It was one of the first drugs out there
and is a good starting point IMO as both a user of such drugs and as a
medical professional (if I found out that something should work better
[friends that work in pharmacy said no] then I'd be on that)
"Better living through chemicals " Lori Miller
is my motto.

--
Lori
220/155/144
LC since 1/17/03
Devoted wife of Curtis, Stage 4 Prostate cancer at age 40
http://community.webshots.com/user/lorismiller


  #6  
Old September 4th, 2004, 06:50 AM
Lorelei
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"J. Davidson" wrote in message
news:FF6_c.72054$yh.41989@fed1read05...
Exactly my problem, Saffire. Elavil. gaining as we speak.
I do not know how to call it to a halt.
But I will figure it out.
Jackie
232/197/212.
"Saffire" wrote in message
.. .
In article ,


says...
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.

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



prozac worked for me for the OCD like symptoms that I was experiencing un
til my wonder ful DH was diagnosed with terminal cancer last Dec. I fell
into a week or two that I just couldn't stay of bed. I;d get up and do
things and then get back in bed. Adding Wellbutrin has helped me a lot. My
doc called Prozac "weight neutral" It was one of the first drugs out there
and is a good starting point IMO as both a user of such drugs and as a
medical professional (if I found out that something should work better
[friends that work in pharmacy said no] then I'd be on that)
"Better living through chemicals " Lori Miller
is my motto.

--
Lori
220/155/144
LC since 1/17/03
Devoted wife of Curtis, Stage 4 Prostate cancer at age 40
http://community.webshots.com/user/lorismiller


  #7  
Old September 4th, 2004, 11:59 PM
J. Davidson
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Exactly my problem, Saffire. Elavil. gaining as we speak.
I do not know how to call it to a halt.
But I will figure it out.
Jackie
232/197/212.
"Saffire" wrote in message
.. .
In article ,


says...
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.

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


  #8  
Old September 4th, 2004, 11:59 PM
J. Davidson
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Exactly my problem, Saffire. Elavil. gaining as we speak.
I do not know how to call it to a halt.
But I will figure it out.
Jackie
232/197/212.
"Saffire" wrote in message
.. .
In article ,


says...
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.

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


  #9  
Old September 5th, 2004, 03:08 AM
Aramanth Dawe
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I've recently been prescribed an SSRI antidepressant (Avanza) to help
support me while I get through the many serious problems that have
beset my family in the past few months.

Yes, the potential for weight gain frightened me. Still, the concept
that I might join my sister in suicide (and my thoughts WERE heading
that way) or might injure myself severely should one of my self-harm
impulses get past my iron will terrified me far more.

My doctor and I talked over the potential side effects. Most of them
(such as drowsiness) were an advantage rather than a disadvantage.
One that was difficult was the potential for increased appetite (which
is where doctors speculate the weight gain comes from) but since I'm a
stress-not-eater I felt that this was an acceptable risk. When I stop
eating, my metabolism craters pretty darned quickly and I start to
gain weight at ridiculously low calorie levels.

I've been taking them about 2 1/2 weeks. At this point I can't say
with any accuracy whether or not I'm gaining weight because TOM is
just around the corner. While I *have* seen a few extra on the
scales, it's within my normal fluid gain limits. My appetite is
slightly increased but not again not beyond the normal appetite
increase I get this time of my cycle in any other month.

The improvement in other aspects of my life, though, have been
incredible. Who would have expected that a tiny pill once a day would
make SUCH a difference in my attitude towards the world, towards my
family and (most important) towards myself. I am still grieving for
the suicide death of my sister, the murder of my friend Janine, the
hard time my niece has had being kidnapped by her abusive 'stranger'
birth-father and the trauma of the court case that returned her to her
loving step-father and siblings and the serious injuries my other
sister sustained in an accident. The pill isn't taking that away from
me - but it *is* helping me not to be overwhelmed by the grief as I
work through it and come to an acceptance of it as a part of my life.
I think it's worth while for me to take the risk that weight loss will
be harder for a time.

Aramanth
  #10  
Old September 5th, 2004, 03:08 AM
Aramanth Dawe
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I've recently been prescribed an SSRI antidepressant (Avanza) to help
support me while I get through the many serious problems that have
beset my family in the past few months.

Yes, the potential for weight gain frightened me. Still, the concept
that I might join my sister in suicide (and my thoughts WERE heading
that way) or might injure myself severely should one of my self-harm
impulses get past my iron will terrified me far more.

My doctor and I talked over the potential side effects. Most of them
(such as drowsiness) were an advantage rather than a disadvantage.
One that was difficult was the potential for increased appetite (which
is where doctors speculate the weight gain comes from) but since I'm a
stress-not-eater I felt that this was an acceptable risk. When I stop
eating, my metabolism craters pretty darned quickly and I start to
gain weight at ridiculously low calorie levels.

I've been taking them about 2 1/2 weeks. At this point I can't say
with any accuracy whether or not I'm gaining weight because TOM is
just around the corner. While I *have* seen a few extra on the
scales, it's within my normal fluid gain limits. My appetite is
slightly increased but not again not beyond the normal appetite
increase I get this time of my cycle in any other month.

The improvement in other aspects of my life, though, have been
incredible. Who would have expected that a tiny pill once a day would
make SUCH a difference in my attitude towards the world, towards my
family and (most important) towards myself. I am still grieving for
the suicide death of my sister, the murder of my friend Janine, the
hard time my niece has had being kidnapped by her abusive 'stranger'
birth-father and the trauma of the court case that returned her to her
loving step-father and siblings and the serious injuries my other
sister sustained in an accident. The pill isn't taking that away from
me - but it *is* helping me not to be overwhelmed by the grief as I
work through it and come to an acceptance of it as a part of my life.
I think it's worth while for me to take the risk that weight loss will
be harder for a time.

Aramanth
 




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