Posted by CEK on April 4, 2006, at 9:54:05
In reply to Re: cymbalta and weight gain, will Esam be a issue?, posted by tygereyes on April 2, 2006, at 17:12:51
I gained weight like crazy on Cymbalta.I went from a size 8 to a size 16 in 3 months. It did nothing for my compulsive eating, if anything it made it worse. For me it did not take the edge off of my stressers or depression and I felt out of control and very angry all the time. I would then come home from work and eat anything and everything I could get my hands on until I went to bed. For some reason in my messed up head of mine, this eating relaxed me and seemed to ease my anxiety. In return, I'd get fatter and more depressed because I hate being over weight and that would just make things worse. It was a never ending down hill battle that spun out of control. It might not do this for someone that didn't have the same problem with compulsive eating. My pdoc now has stopped the Lamictal that I was on because of a rash and now the compulsive eating urge is back with a vengence. The urge to self medicate with food is more than I can stand right now.
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