What anti depressant pill causes severe weight loss?

Answer 1

People react differently to anti depressants. Most will either cause weight loss or weight gain. Using anti depressants for weight loss is not advisable, due to all of the other effects associated with their use.

Learn to exercise and eat right or you will gain it all back once you get off the pills!

Answer 2

The medicine Prozac can help with depression. There also have been studies involving the people taking this medicine. Around 17 percent of them have lost weight.

This should not be the first nor only factor when looking for a medicine to help with your problems. Focus on medicines that will make you feel better, less depressed. Once you start to feel better the weight will go down because you are not stressing yourself as much.

Answer 3

Everyone is different. Although there is a lot of hype out there about weight gain on all sorts of drugs, clinical studies reveal that most SSRI's are equivalent to placebo in their effect on weight. That said, some people do gain weight either as a direct side effect from an antidepressant or indirectly, as in those who are eating more as their depression lessens.

While I could say that, essentially, any anti-depressant pill is capable of helping with weight loss if you find one that works in such a way with your body, I'll skip to the "generic" answer.

Wellbutrin. Many people take this as an adjunct to their current anti-depressant medication (i.e., zoloft, paxil, etc.) to enhance the effectiveness of the current medication and/or to counter some of the potential (e.g. loss of libido) side effects.

While there are definitely some newer anti-depressants (such as Pristique) that show favorable results in its side effect profile, none are marketed as pills used for depression and weight loss.

I wish I could answer your question more thoroughly, but I guess I would have to know the situation. As always, talk to your doctor. You can also consult a pharmacist to get information. Your doctor should be able to tell you of his/her personal experiences with patients side effects and reactions to certain drugs regarding weight/loss.

Anyway, not sure if this helped, but I know there are options out there to address this concern-- you're among many who are asking. :)

Take care,

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Answer 4

I think wellbutrin helps people lose weight. It also makes it difficult to sleep. It's a little like amphetamines.

Answer 5

Usually it you put on weight as you sleep a lot.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

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