Antidepressants & Anti-anxiety meds wt gain?

[sistasassy 6]

I take Cymbalta (60 mg) everynight before bed.

I take Xanax (.25 mg) every four hours to keep relatively new and wild panic attacks at bay. (Sigh....why do I set myself up for attack?)

I have not gained from either of those.

I did gain while they were trying Zoloft, Ativan, Klonapin, and Abilify (that medicine HATED me, probably cuz I am not bipolar).

[brandyII 9]

I do remember my daughter being on ambilfy and have a bad reaction. I may say something to my nurse practitioner about xanax because I think the clonapin maybe slowing my metab down a bit and I've reduced to once a day prior to bed.

I posted about a depression program I watched and a drug to counteract the weight gain on "struggling lap bandsters" under "lap band complications" and am curious to see if anything comes up there about a drug I read about called zonegran or zonisamide. thanks brandyII

[GAILYGRL216 0]

iam on celexa and zoloft and i feel so good on them. i was on it before my banding in dec 2007 i love being on them

[brandyII 9]

Celexa is one I'm not familiar with, I guess everyone has their own combo that works. Have they affected you at all with your weight loss? brandyII.

[Gracey 7]

AThinnerDenise - I'm having an aha moment here. I managed my weight fairly well until I got on anti-depressants. OMG. I knew that I had gained 40 lbs on Paxil; it was awful. I took Zoloft for years and am now on Effexor. I thought my sugar cravings were just learned; I had no idea they could be tied to anti-depressants. Not that they're the whole reason I'm obese but still. Now I wish I'd never gotten on them! DANG