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Comment on Feelings of Unreality by luis

luis — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:42:03 +0000

saludos a todos miren ami tambien me vienes esos sintomas de irrealidad pero la verdad es que me pongo bastante nervioso cuando los tengo es como si estuviera en un sueño en el que no puedo despertar logo me vienen pensamientos muy extraños de si me estare volviendo loco o tengo esquizofrenia o cosas asi pensamientos muy raros que rondan por mi cabeza a todas horas del dia la verdad k lo estoi pasando muy mal. Me a aliviado muxo saber que no soi la unica persona que los padece y saber que tiene cura lo unico que tienes que acer es saber afrontar A vivir con ellos pero la verda es que es muy dificil acerlo nose yo no pierdo la esperanza de que con el tiempo todo volvera a la normalidad y sera el mismo chico de antes con esa ilusion porque esta sensacion te deja como que no quieras hablar con nadie nose es raro pero espero que todos nosotros nos pongamos bien y podamos retomar la vida que antes teniamos !! ANIMO A TODOS QUE ESTO SE CURA!!!!

Comment on Cipralex and Weight Gain by Adailene

Adailene — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:09:06 +0000

I am so glad I found this site! I have been on cipralex since October, and in 3 months I put on 6 kg! I don’t understand it, because I don’t eat any more than I did before, and I exercise. What is happening to my body? It makes me very upset to see that the scale shows more than yesterday, EVERYDAY! Cipralex helped me so much with my depression, I am unsure to stop taking it. My doctor told me that it wasn’t going to have weight gain side effect. I hope this helped.

Comment on Worst SSRI’s for weight gain by Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:42:09 +0000

I have been taking Escitalopram for a two/three years now and have certainly gained weight. I am getting concerned about the weight gain and whereas I used to be able to shift weight easily, nothing seems to be working! I have attributed this to hitting 40 also and the metabolism slowing down etc! Is very difficult to find a balance, I have never felt better mentally, but physically am definitely more shapely. I often think about coming off the tablets, but would rather be a bit more curvy than feel that anxiety again. Eat healthy, exercise when you can, laugh a lot and accept that is the best I can be, which having been trained to be more positive isn’t such a bad thing!!!!

Comment on Cipralex and Weight Gain by CT

CT — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:00:40 +0000

Omg, I can’t believe so many of you are also experiencing the weight gain too… I am going through the EXACT same thing. Started off at 10mg of cipralex and then increased to 20mg’s. I took the drug for 3 months and have gained 45 pounds… going from my approximate normal weight 125lbs to THIS—170lbs. I am 5’1, so this is so unhealthy for me… none of my clothes fit… all I feel like doing is buying oversized clothes to HIDE it. I am so frustrated and disappointed. Like so many of you, cipralex HELPED the anxiety perfectly, and I was feeling so much better… but this weight gain is NOT worth it. I stopped taking it almost 2 months ago and I figure it must be out of my system by now, but no matter what I do I can’t get the weight off, like so many of you who say it won;t budge… same with me… I am sooo beyond frustrated, I miss my normal fit body… THIS is making me depressed. HAS ANYONE ON HERE ACTUALLY BEEN SUCCESSFUL LOSING THE WEIGHT AFTER STOPPING CIPRALEX??? I need to know what works, please share!

Comment on Cipralex and Weight Gain by Sally

Sally — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:09:05 +0000

I was on Sertraline (Zoloft) for 6 months for severe anxiety and panic attacks. I started at 25mg and went up to 100mg in about 1.5 months, then down to 75mg from about September (as it was too strong) until 2 weeks ago. I gained 35lbs in 5 months. I went from a size 4 petite to a 10/12 petite.

I was switched to Cipralex to hopefully reduce the weight. My doctor said in the past 3 or 4 years she has prescribed many patients with this drug and no one has gained weight.

However, reading these posts do not keep me hopeful.

I have heard that nefazodone, venlafaxine and duloxetine, and bupropion gives very little chance of gaining weight. With Duloxetine I have heard can cause “brain cramping” and nauseau.

It’s unfortunate that the Sertraline and Cipralex have done a very good job of balancing my life out again, but now have caused so much weight gain, which I work very hard to keep healthy and fit – now I just feel like a failure.

Part of me feels better knowing it’s the drug, but I do not feel hopeful with peoples’ testimonies that they can’t lose no matter what they do.

I have started to go into ketosis (carbs under 30gms a day, adequate protein, high fat), lots of veggies and water) to try and lose again, so I’m really hoping this will work.

I’ll post back in a while to let you know of my progress.

I may just skip Cipralex altoghter and go for the brain cramping drug to test it. I really hate this weight. I don’t feel like buying a whole new wardrobe.

If anyone else has had success losing weight WHILE still on Cipralex, please post.

Thanks