Just wondering..?

Question

Ive been taking some ant-depression med. and i recently got off of it ( about 2 months ago ) the reason i was on it was because im natually skinny and i hate it that i cant be curvier. well why i was on the med. i gained 15 pounds and i was RIGHT where i wanted to be

ever since i got off of it though i havent had an arge to eat or anything and ive lost all the weight i put on plus some.

So my quesion is

why does the anti depressents help me gain weight? since ive been off of them i feel like throwing up all the time to when i start to think of food, im tired of it i want to gain weight again..does someone know why the med. helps me put weight on?

Serious answers, thanks everyone!

I havent acually got sick or thrown up, just feel sick when i think about it. but i do eat. yeah i think im going to go back on them for sure

Answer 1

when you are depressed you go into a withdrawal state
you do not enjoy doing anything
the medication levels you off or improves your mood so that you can function within the activities of daily life and cope therefore you eat properly when you are on them

Answer 2

Weight loss, not feeling hungry, and aversions to food can all happen if you are depressed. The medicine was helping your depression, therefore alleviating some of the symptoms that go along with it. Talk to your Dr. Are you still having other symptoms of depression? I'm not sure why you went off the meds, but consider going back on them.

Answer 3

I used to be on mild anti-depressants, I won't pretend I was thin to start with but I was ok, now my weight has ballooned & I can't slim down again for love nor money.

For you it sounds like the medicine was keeping some other problems at bay so that you had a normal attitude towards food, because having no apetite & wanting to be sick (bulimia?) isn't healthy.

Go back to your doctor & explain all of this & he might be able to advise counselling along with the medication, don't leave it untreated, it may get worse.