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Oct 27, 2020, 05:24 PM
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How bad was it? Everything I’m reading is saying it’s horrible. I have a severe fear of gaining weight. I was just taken off my Wellbutrin and my topamax. I was also just put in extended release Xanax. Am I going to be reduced to someone who is losing weight to a zombie who can’t function and is gaining loads of weight?
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Oct 27, 2020, 05:30 PM
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I think this thread should probably be moved to the psych meds forum but I'll answer it here.
I am on mirtazapine and have been on it for multiple years. It can cause weight gain. I personally haven't gained much, if any weight from it. I am on Zyprexa as well, so that, not mirtazapine, I think is the culprit for the weight I have gained. I will say that Xanax XR can be hard to get off of. I obviously am not opining as to whether you should be on it or not, but I have taken Xanax before on a consistent basis and it's hard to stop. Not impossible, but it was difficult in my case. Can you talk to your med provider about this fear of gaining weight? Perhaps there's a better option for you?
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Oct 27, 2020, 05:33 PM
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My bad I thought this was the med forum.
He knows about my fear of gaining weight but he seemed more concerned about my restricting and bad melatonin habit and wanted me on something to help me sleep as well. My anxiety has been terrible with the regular Xanax. I think the XR may be better.
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Oct 27, 2020, 05:38 PM
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Quote:
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Oct 27, 2020, 06:00 PM
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FWIW, I looked it up in my medical books and it said ~12% of ppl experience wt gain but it didn't say how much the average amt of wt gained was.
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Oct 28, 2020, 12:16 AM
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I’m on 7.5 once a day at night. I’m on such a low dose I can’t see how it can cause havoc on my weight. I took it last night and my appetite was the same dead as usual. I woke up 6 hours later still unable to eat. So hopefully it isn’t too bad. I’m not one to stay on meds if the weight gain gets problematic.
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Oct 30, 2020, 09:22 PM
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7.5 mg of mirtazapine isn't that much. I'm on 45 mg at night and I haven't gained that much weight from it if any.
I'm also back on Xanax XR because my anxiety was unbearable again. 1 mg per day of Xanax XR.
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Oct 31, 2020, 07:26 AM
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I stopped taking it. I gained 7 pounds since Tuesday. That’s insane.
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Nov 02, 2020, 01:24 PM
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Good for you for refusing to stay on a weight-gaining med! I wish I had had the courage to do that. I gained a lot from Seroquel and also from mirtazipine.
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Nov 04, 2020, 09:26 PM
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It's a weird med that the higher the dose the less weight you gain. On 30 mg I gained about 5 lbs so not that bad. On 60 I gained nothing. It is more sedating at lower doses though so if you need it for sleep you may need the lower dose. But my experience was that it wasn't much weight anyway.
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Nov 05, 2020, 03:01 PM
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My increased hunger seems to have gone away. Maybe it was all just in my head. Or the Xanax XR is counteracting it. I’ve read that can cause weight loss. But it seems to be ok now.
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Nov 11, 2020, 02:53 AM
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That's what I worry about the most from being on seroquel. Weight gain leading to diabetes. Diabetes runs in my family. Unfortunately other drugs didn't work for me so has to be this one. I take mirtazapine with sertraline too. It took me a long time to accept needing drugs. I was the type who saw my body and mind as a temple.
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Nov 11, 2020, 05:12 PM
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My appetite has been so up and down I can’t tell if it’s that med, I went back on it because my therapist got pissed and threatened to call Pdoc, or if it’s just my general eating habits. Today I weighed myself and I was way less then I had been the last time I weighed myself. So I guess it’s not really causing weight gain just wonky hunger.
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