i am sorry that it's so hard... i understand how you feel... i lost 130 lbs 6 years ago and when i was on lexapro i started to gain... so i switched to wellbutrine... was on it for a couple years and then had a really bad reaction to the generic... so now i am on effexor too... i was told it didn't have the issues with weight gain...but i was told that about the lexapro... my son didn't gain on the steroids... but a friend of mine did ... it was really hard for her to take it off too... but it did come off and it stayed off... much easier then it has been for me to keep the weight off...lyn