MRsPartridge, Thanks! (oops, BID means 2X a day, so I'm taking the same, it was the rec. on the directions. I take one in the AM and one mid morning at work). I seem to be very sensitive to 3 anti-depressants...I've been the Zoloft, Wellbutrin and Paxil route and none of them agreed with me. After that I said no more....

So I got 80 tabs. of 200mg. each (a 40 day supply) for the $23.50 price, it's nice to know it's a *bargain*. There was also the Sam's brand, "Member's Mark", but it was $33.00 for 100 pills and it did not say "natural", so I thought synthetic? Also the Schiff brand has some calcium with it. So far I don't notice a difference, but I just started on Sunday with 1 pill. (however, I don't feel any crappier either).

I'll run it by the doc. who prescribes my other meds.....When I first started Meridia, it gave me a "good" feeling, but it has leveled off to normal now. My mental state definitely affects my emotional state, which goes hand in hand with my diet and exercise.....but i think I'm starting to win the war..take care and thank you again!

We're in the same boat!

1 thought: prozac often causes weight loss (i lost then gained 25lbs on it though- which is why I'm here) and wellbutrin offers weight loss or stability. (I'm on that now and haven't gained anything and I'm back on track to getting my life under control).

for me, when I tried Wellbutrin it did not agree with me at all, I got extremely *speedy*, jumpy.... if you slammed a door behind me, I would jumped to the ceiling with my fingernails dug in.....

I think all antidepressants are making me gain weight.

I was on effexor XL for about 6 months a few years ago for my depression, and lost about 10 lbs not doing anything different. I had to go off it because it caused my blood pressure to raise. So my dr put me on Paxil, and I gained like 30 lbs in about 2 months. I just stopped taking it (not good I know) because my depression was better, and I was tired of the side effects. I didn't know that the Paxil is what caused me to gain weight until I saw another doctor for my annual gyn appointment, and I mentioned the weight gain, and mentioned Paxil. She told me that most of the patients she prescribed it to, gained weight too. My sister is taking it as well, and she has gained weight and is having problems loosing it too.

And since then, I haven't been able to get rid of the 30 lbs and have since gained about 30 more.

I've also read recently that Drs are using Effexor as a weight loss drug for patients.

~Liz