Depression and Weight IssuesHave you been diagnosed with depression, are possibly on depression medication, and find it affects your weight loss efforts? Post here for support!
I was on Name Brand Wellbutrin xl 150mg for the first 20 days, then I upped dose to 300mg GENERIC for the last 5 days (currently on 25th day combined). As I type this my tummy is growling, as it has been ALL DAY. The first 2 weeks I lost 10 lbs... but have since gained back 5 of them. Probably water weight. I did not have an appetite the first 2 weeks whatsoever. Not sure if its the generic (Watson) thats making it creep back, or just being on it period. I dunno. I will update my progress for sure. I also take 40mg of celexa to combat the anxiety.
Hi...I am late to this thread but thought I would throw my 2 cents in anyway.
I was on Buproprion for 1 month, I was a tearful, agitated, anxious mess. I actually felt worse than when I was on nothing at all. To add to it I had horrible tooth pain...all of my teeth hurt. When I drank or ate something I wanted to cry. I went off the medication for 3 weeks then I switched to Wellbutrin name brand at the request of my therapist (she had a few patients with complaints on the generic version). Im on day 3 now. I will let you know how it goes....
I've been thinking about asking my dr about wellbutrin. It helped my friend quit smoking and now I hear it can possibly help with weight I really think I may bring it up at my appointment next week. I'm already on escitalopram so I don't know if they'll want me to switch or if those kinds of meds can be taken together.
I took it for PPD and it helped with the emotional rollercoaster I was on. While I was told it doesn't put weight on you, I was not aware that it has weight loss affects. The months I was on it, I maintained weight, neither losing or gaining.
I've been on Wellbutrin XL 150 mg for maybe 4 years now? I was on Lexapro previously but it really did nothing for my depressive and suicidal thoughts. Wellbutrin has allowed me to be able to get up each day and look forward to the next day, which sounds so simple but is horrible when you can't. For me, it did not give me any appetite suppression. But I was able to stick to diet and exercise program.
I took it for a week .... and had to get off it. Honestly, I wonder if I gave it a good chance, but it made me feel like I was flipping out even more than I had been. I was crazy on it. And I was worried about the seizures (curse you google!!). It did kill my appetite - which is the real reason I wish I would have liked it. I'm back on Celexa now - which I was on in the past, and at the least, it didn't cause weight gain. I lost 80 pounds on it, and I was on it for much of that duration.
I've since gained some weight back - and got depressed (chicken or the egg? not sure!) again. Here's hoping!
I think it does work for some people - so good luck!
I've been on Wellbutrin for 6 months now and it has been a lifesaver. Seriously. I'm on Wellbutrin HCL 200mg per day. On 300mg XL (my old dosage), it was too much for me and I was faced with sleep issues. It kills my appetite...lol. Which is good, because I am trying to lose weight. I've always struggled with cravings and now I don't crave anything, at all. However, I still force myself to consume around 1600 calories a day (which is what I need for my weight loss). I'm not hungry, but I eat anyway because eating that much gives me enough energy to work out and not eating anything is never healthy.
Wellbutrin has changed my life. I went from not doing laundry for 3 months and not getting out of bed, crying every night to actually feeling well enough to get up, go to classes, go try out a new sport, ect. The worries I had before really do not concern me in the way they did before.
Medicine + Counseling is always better than just meds alone, btw.
I just went on Wellbutrin (100 mg) in addition to 40 mg Prozac (which I have been on and off for years). So far, I haven't noticed anything different. Hopefully it will help the anxiety, stress, and negative thinking patterns I get into. Prozac alone just wasn't doing much for me anymore.
I was prescribed this fro depression and it made me 100 times worse then before. I was a total basket case. I would be laughing and crying at the same time. It's a wonder I didn't off myself.
I just took myself off of generic welbutrin...it was making me even more anxious...angry.....gave me insomnia. I'm sleeping better already. My depression is the same as it was before. Two of my friends take it and they think its great....but it isn't for everyone......i bought a book about holistic ways to fight depression....I'm giving that a try.....
Wow. I feel dumb! I have been taking SR 150 for 3 weeks now. I've also been trying to eat healthy snacks all day long to boost my metabolism. This week, I've noticed, I can't eat much at all. I feel full after half an apple and then any food doesn't even sound good for hours. It's crazy, I had no idea it did this.
I have been on Wellbutrin for about two years. Initially with diet changes I lost about twenty pounds fast. It was amazing. I got to go to my twenty year high school reunion thinner than I had been in junior high. Now here is the rub, I suffer from the lovely side effect of memory loss. It's horrid. I recently tried to go off wellbutrin and I started to gain weight fast. I also started to feel some of the impact of my challenging life. The thing about this is that I started to have a little gumption to make changes in my life. I think the wellbutrin stops me from feeling the negative impact of things I would otherwise want to change in my life. I started gaining weight and confronting all kinds of feelings, the combination was more than I could handle. I restarted the med. The memory loss thing is really difficult, and I want to have the capacity to make changes in my life. Yet, the idea of gaining the weight I've lost while at the same time suddenly feeling all kinds of things I've been protected from completely freaks me out. I guess I'm going to have to prep myself for the process of getting off the med, and do it at a time when my life has the space to go through something so difficult.
I really appreciate reading other people's experience with this med.
I was very afraid to take myself off of the welbutrin.....it's been three weeks and I think I'm over the withdrawal. I don't feel any different than before so I wonder if the welbutrin was doing anything for me other than making me foggy and nervous......I don't think I gained weight because Im off of it....I own my weight gain...my eating is emotional so I don't think cutting my appetite stops me from eating.....I'm happy it works for others though.........I'm going to handle my terrible problems drug free.......
Interesting that I spotted this. I had been seeing a therapist and she suggested I maybe try Wellburtin. I have read up on it but really worried about trying another med. I took effexor and had the WORST time getting off of it!!!!!!!!!!! Horrible experience. I had taken sertraline in the past as well, but didn't find it did much and had issues with my weight on it. I am feeling like I need to try something. I am falling back into having a hard time controlling my weight and eating because of my depression, I don't want to to out to gatherings and such feel crappy about myself. So I am thinking of trying wellbutrin. I worry though because I also suffer from anxiety and have read it can make it worse......but my anxiety often gets triggered I think by my depression???? I just don't know what to do, but thank you for all of your post about your experience with the med.
