Posted by King Vultan on September 28, 2004, at 12:14:11
In reply to I'm EXTREMELY distressed, posted by saw on September 28, 2004, at 4:29:58
> about my steady weight gain on Effexor. I can no longer sit comfortably, the rolls on my stomach just get in the way. I look horrible, terrible, awful. I don't deserve to gain weight, I am so careful with my eating. When I get hungry now, I drink a glass of water, and I'm STILL gaining weight!!
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> It's nearly two months on Effexor and life is tolerable but the weight gain isn't. I think I would rather live with depression and be thin again. Being fat is making me depressed on top of the med anyway. I am desperately unhappy about the way I look and I didn't even contribute! Self confidence and self esteem are non existant and it's affecting my marriage.
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> I think I am going to chuck Effexor. (Or start smoking again)
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> I just don't know what to do anymore. I just don't know.
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> Sabrina
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>I hope you don't start smoking again, but I'm afraid I agree with you as far as preferring to be thin and depressed rather than fat and happy, as inane as that might seem to many people. It's just too much of a blow to my self esteem to be on the heavy side, and fortunately for me, the majority of the antidepressants I've tried, including Effexor, did not induce weight gain. The last one I was on, Nardil, did, however, which is a big reason I dumped it and am now on Parnate.
Todd
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thread:396153
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