Zoloft and weight gain, Part II

ok Jaymay no worries hahhaha

How you doing this day...??

you`ll have a great night hope you enjoy.moods are getting less in the day mostly come evening time now but getting easier to handel

Well im off to catch me plane to uk tomorrow so if i dont speak to you all before the holidays Happy Christmas to you all ....

Have a safe trip Mekkie and happy holidays to everyone also.  I do have to admit I was quite suprised to find out that you were also a male Jaymay, I think i may have  even refered to you as a girl in a post, sorry, but hey all is cool~!!!  Hope your outing went well!

Mekkie enjoy your time away and be proud of your accomplishments off zoloft, you've come so far!

Snickersmom, its good to see your posts, missed hearing from you!  You kinda sound sad in your posts, is everything okay?

We saw the deititon today, uh, well, kinda worth less I guess you could say!  I don't think she has ever delt with drug induced weight!  She is so discourgaed kinda like what you went through allyboo, lost weight then gain 2 lbs back!  Will things ever go back to normal?  I know her appeitate has been less since she has been on the wellbutrin, I just don't understand, like the rest of you who are going through this!  I'm going to keep researching and find some answers for everyone who struggles through this!!! 

Happy holidays everyone and keep in touch!  Your all awesome beautiful people!!!!!

Hey guys...It's good to see you all. I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and is looking forward to 2006.

I'm sorry about my last few posts. Normally I'm really upbeat but the weight thing has really gotten me over a barrel lately and now with all the junk I ate during the holidays...I'm sure I've gained about 20 pounds!!!

Everything else is going all right. I hope you all are well. For those of you coming off Zoloft and having a tough time, just put your head down and wait for it to pass. IT WILL...I know it feels like it won't but it will. You'll be okay and you have all of us here to help you through.

I've missed you all...Talk to you soon!

good for you mekkie im happy for you keep it up !

Is Zoloft the reason i'm starting to gain weight?! Been on it for almost 2 months. Haven't noticed a difference yet...i can't sleep at night and then want to sleep during the day.

yeh i had the same when i stopped with zoloft constantly in the bathroom the funnie thing is i seem to of only lost water retention but no fat infact i have gained weight not sure if that has to do with the holidays but its 6 weeks no zoloft for me and im sick of waiting for some movement pffffff

hposi03 maybe the weight gain has to do with zoloft not sure cause i didnt start to see weight gain till after 6 months but everyone is different

Allybooboo great your doing well happy for you,and its about time dont you agree!!! weldone you..!!!

mekkie...
i know it is about time that i see a difference! i can tell that this is going to be a long and grusome process and the only thing that has kept me going is thinking that i will, one day, get back to normal. i remember when i was at my 6 week mark and i was dicouraged because i didnt see any difference. but then i realized that 6 weeks is such a short time in this situation and that i didnt gain the weight over night and i will not lose it over nite, even though that would be wonderful.
Mekkie keep your head up sweet heart you have made it this far.

Thankfully I found you all too...............
I've been zoloft free now for...well...I've forgotten...6 weeks or so? and I'm very slowly seeing a weight decrease but what is more amazing is not the actual amount of pounds, that's not been overly much after the first 10 lbs went, but the fat ring around my middle is decreasing drastically and it's not that weird fat like before, it actually feels like real "normal" fat now. I know this sounds wierd, but many of you have commented on this and know what i am talking about. Thats the good news! Now for the bad.....during the last couple of weeks, it has seemed to get bad for me again. I am really sad, cry alot and have been really trying to pick fights with my husband. Any time something does not go my way or the rules are broken, I get really angry and frustrated about it and then I start to cry. The last couple of days I discoverd a disturbing way to get a hold of the mood swings...i.e stopping crying...I can cause myself pain and get over it...nothing major, just like scratching myself really hard...this is scaring me...has anyone else gone through this? Last night, my husband and I got into a fight, it scared the kids, they think we are getting divorced because we are fighting more lately....I actually had very calming thoughts about just calling life quits, you know? LIke what is the point? I don't want to be on meds all the time and without them I don't like myself....Help. Hubby doesn't want me going back on meds, I don't want to either, but I'm afriad of these new things I discovered....is this normal for coming off meds?

 HI everyone, its great to see everyone back writing again!  We've been down some different avenues since the last posts I wrote.  I still check the forum everyday and read everyones posts. 

My daughter is no longer taking the wellbutrin, the pdoc felt that her irritabilty may be coming from that.  They put her on Tomopax, a mood stabilzer, I read about this med previous to going, snickersmom, its also used in conjection to zoloft to help the weight gain part, its suppose to help supress the craving and your appitite, the starchy sugar cravings that zoloft creates. 

this medication like all has some side effects that I'm really not excited about!

Now I want to share a new avenue that I want to explore for my daughter.  I really hate these meds and the side effects I see and the  withdrawl symptoms!  Like everyone else!  I am looking into Quantum pysics, give it a shot look up the word and put helping depression.  I'm also looking into the candida (yeast infection) that contributes to depression and taking natural herbs and stuff for 6 months to get rid of the fungus growth.  Souonds crazy I know but sometimes what the meds do is drive my daughter crazy!!!

Also look up Carprylic acid and depression with it!  Interesting info, even thow your off zoloft this info may help you feel even better!!

Weight loss is neel to none here, eating normal with little working out, but hopefully that will get better!  At least all those craving are no longer their!!!  I did read that men do lose faster then women, lucky!!!!  Don't give up it will happen, you've all come this far being med free because your fighters and you can do it!!  As I've posted many times before, I really wish my daughter could be med free, I will keep searching in hopes to find the answers we need to get their!

Stay strong and remember your inner beauty, your all beautiful people!!!!!

Allybooboo did your weight go up a few pounds when you was around the six weeks Z free and how long did it take before you started to see movement ?????

I think the only real way to boost the metabolism once again is exercise, Mostly weight training. i have started an exercise routine and i am only on my second day, but i will keep everyone informed.

Even more important i think that it is important for you to remember that the process of losing weight is a very lengthy one. Patience is the key to success here. i have accepted this idea and i really do think this is the only way to stay sain in the process of losing the zoloft weight.