I gained about 100 pounds on SSRI's over the course of three years (I was on them for a total of six years but the first year didn't gain much and the last couple of years I maintained. I was on Paxil (largest weight gain at 80 lbs) Prozac (responsible for about 20) went off for a few years, lost about 50, back on to Celexa (gained about 60) and then to Zoloft (gained another 20 or so).
I have now been off of them for about three years and only in the last year have I been able to start losing weight. I quit eating starch and cut way back on sugar and what I discovered was that my moods stabilized. It was like being on the SSRIs without the side effects. I now wonder if my mood issues were caused by a sensitivity to starch and sugar.
Important to note, the reason I gained so much on SSRIs was because I craved carbs the entire time I was on them.
I recently ran across a great article and thought I would pass it along. However because I am a new poster I cannot have links in my email. The name of the article is "How I Overcame Bipolar II(and saved my own life), written by Michael Ellsberg and it is on forbes.com I wish the article had been written a decade ago. It would have saved me a tremendous amount of pain.
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Carri 
