My experience has been that some psychotropics have made me eat way worse than others. For me Zyprexa and Paxil made me eat way too much but Zyprexa was way worse for weight gain than Paxil. Sorry but zyprexa is not an antidepressant but it has been approved for PTSD and there is a depression component in PTSD. Zyprexa can help depression, too, even if it is not an antidepressat. It helped me but the weight gain was ridiculous. I am sure if I continued on that I would be weighing 300 pounds or more in no time. I am now about 55 pounds overweight from them (psychotropics) I believe. My doctor said that riperdal (not an antidepressant but used with antidepressants for some depression symptoms the antidepressant may not help) is supposed to be neutral in terms of weight gain but she believes with some people it will cause weight gain. The one thing that still helps some is exercise. I have not lost weight but still I am getting some exercise and that helps my body.

I hear a lot of people say the antidepressants make them gain weight. I was given Wellbutrin and told it does not cause weight gain but I could not tolerate the uneasy feelings from it. I am supposed to start Lexapro and have samples but have become phobic of antidepressants! Not really but close. I have not had the best of luck with them.

I have tried many antidepressants and did not have heavy weight gain from them all. I did not gain weight on imipramine.

I also try to keep busy, and come online when I feel down. Or watch comedy and movies to take me out of the blue funk.

Not sure how good I answered your question but it's just my experience I am speaking on.

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