I've never had an issue with weight before in my life so this is very taxing for me. Yea, I'm researching it and people are saying the same thing: that the weight gain didn't taper off even though they took it for months at a time, sometimes years. That's terrifying to me. I may actually have to go back to my psychiatrist and see if he has something else for me. I said if I saw my weight beginning to drop off I'd continue taking it but it's not dropping off so much. It fluctuated so much in the beginning. I think that it's water retention for me, because I've eaten just as much before not gained weight. So it's either water rentention or it's slowing down my metabolism. Or both. That's such a shame. I really had hope for this medication...