Its' been a while since I have been on here, but I hope someone may have experienced a sudden weight gain, unexplainable, but could be from the Bipolar meds I am taking.

It's really weird, but I was on the Divalproex ER and tried the Gabapentin, but that mix didn't work, so the pdoc put me on the Seroquel and changed the Divalproex ER to the DR type. Then, with continued mixed/ depression and anxiety, she put me on the Wellbutrin SR. That was about a month or two ago. My weight has now unexplainably skyrocketed 20 lbs, except for these meds, but didn't really start creeping up until the Divalproex change and starting the Seroquel. Weight gain on the Wellbutrin is not a common side effect. I have also experienced some servicer swelling and water retention, one period for about 3 days, but has not returned, about a couple weeks ago.

I haven't changed my intake/ exercise. Has anyone else experienced this and found it to be permanent? I feel horribly big which is really aggravating and depressing. My clothes barely fit, and I am not blessed with $ to buy more and bigger. Please tell me that this is something that will level out and go back?