LEXAPRO and WEIGHT GAIN!!!!

[staziaw]

Help! Has anyone doing Atkins taken Lexapro for depression and anxiety and experienced weight gain? I've been on Lexapro for two months and have gained 12 pounds! I have no appetite, but crave carbs like a mofo.

If anyone has taken or is taking Lexapro and has any advice for me, please let me know!

Thanks ever so much!

Stacy

[higgies]

Please see my other post in the other thread...

[staziaw]

Thanks, Higgies, for the reply!

[DAWNIMMEL]

I gained weight while doing atkins and taking lexapro, but according to the maufacturer, lexapro does not cause weight gain. I know people who say they have lost on lexapro and I know others who have gained. I gained 63 lbs in three years. One of those years I was on atkins. I am just starting on atkins again after being off it for two years.......Dawn

[Success101]

I have been taking Lexapro for 2 years now and in my experience, you do not gain weight because of it. I was already overweight before starting on it and basically maintained myself at my overweight weight. I haven't gained anymore at all. As a matter of fact, I just started Induction and lost 10 1/2 Lbs. in just 6 days! So please don't despair. Lexapro is OK.

[Trinityvegas]

I was on Lexapro from Aug of last year until Feb of this year. I ate soooo much while on the medication I don't know if it was the medication but I had absolutely no willpower and would eat anything. Donuts, cookies, croissants, lol.

So here I am 20-30 lbs heavier and I've decided that I do not want to be on any medication. I am trying the natural route. You never know even your birth control method can be helping weight gain. I've felt good not being on medication for the past 6 months.

So I'm back on Atkins now been for 2 weeks and I feel the depression coming back. I think it's because I am no longer using food for comfort.....I am hoping it will get better once I lose weight and can go shopping for smaller clothes.

So don't do like me take your doctors recommendation, if you think it is causing weight gain ask him/her if there is something else he/she can give you without that side effect. I know on the instructions it says "may cause change in appetitte". It can be less or more....