Anti-depressants and weight gain - Depression Message Board

deformedmoose · 01-05-2003, 09:24 AM

Hi, Everyone! I just started taking zoloft and i heard it causes people to gain weight. I was wondering if anyone knew the reasons why it does, and how much i should expect to gain.
Sarah

lilmissme · 01-05-2003, 10:16 AM

Sarah,

Everyone has different side effects with each medication out there. I personally gained 70lbs with Zoloft, for what reason, I don't know. But don't let that discourage you from taking it. If you are really worried about weight gain, talk to your doctor and see if he/she can put you on something else that won't cause weight gain.

Lilmissme

lilabelle · 01-05-2003, 02:15 PM

hi,
i've been on effexor for the past 4 months and i haven't gained an ounce (knock on wood, i guess). don't know about zoloft though.

lilabelle

Just-A-Boy · 01-06-2003, 04:51 AM

Zoloft made me loose weight!

effexorjunkie · 01-06-2003, 08:13 AM

It is so individual with these drugs. What one gains on another loses on and yet as you have seen and yet another finds no change.
I did not gain on Effexor but I don't take it anymore.
I had been given Remeron for sleep and Fibromyalgia and I quit that too, now that is one that can really spike a weight issue.
It makes me sleepy but in a couple of hours I am up and really hungry---starving kind.
Talk about a real munchie syndrome!!!!!