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fishsandwich · Jun 14, 2012, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by WeepingWillow23

Yeah my Mum keeps telling me that you can't tell I've put on weight but I really can't believe her. How can people not see the massive muffin top I've recently sprouted - ugh! I know a stone is nothing much, especially not compared with others, and I'm quite tall so I'm still in the healthy BMI range, but it makes me feel out of control. And I've had to go up a size in trousers and even that's getting too tight and I point blank REFUSE to buy even bigger trousers!! I will never lose it if I lose sight of how much I've gained. To be honest, I may weigh more than an extra stone as I've just had exams and I stress-eat but been too scared to get on the scales for the last month

This is another reason I want off my antidepressant (the main one being that it doesn't work!!). Aripiprazole is supposed to be weight-neutral so I'm happy to give that one the benefit of the doubt for now... Anyway I'm reading the diet talk with interest. Have to do something about this now before it gets worse!

*Willow*

What other people see is different from what we see . . . in large part because other people don't care

(This is one of my life mottos.) I don't think you have to worry about trousers until -- like I was -- you go into even Evan's and their biggest size won't even come over your bum.

My baps are all flat and saggy now from such a huge weight gain>loss. I actually never had breasts before the antipsychotics and I'm convinced they made me get huge knockers. I still have FF cups, whereas before they were Bs.

It's not licensed in the UK for depression (just for smoking cessation), but buproprion is licensed as an anti-depressant in the US and Canada and it was surprisingly weight-neutral for me (it made my normal period bloat of 4lbs become 1/2 stone, which then left again). It's also the only thing I ever felt better on! Maybe you could ask your doc about that, too.