Zoloft and weight gain part 4!!

Hey Puzzlemom,  Welcome to Healing Well forum.  We are glad to have you.  I can understand what you are going through.  I was once on Zoloft for a few years at a dosage of 200 mg.  It worked well for me until I got sick with heart problems this past summer and it quit working.  I dont know if I became resistant to it or what but I ended up changing meds.  I also gained some weight on Zoloft but then I have with most of my meds too.

http://www.zoloft.com/pdf/ZoloftUSPI.pdf

This is the prescribing information for Zoloft off of their own website.  I dont think a lot of doctors are aware that weight gain is a problem as Zoloft has not put it on their Adverse Events Table which is located toward the end of the pdf file.  Anorexia is though.  Something interesting about it is that under Gastrointestinal Disorders: Frequent - Appetite increased is listed.  These studies were conducted on 4000 adults in Feb 2000.  I think Zoloft needs to update their information.

puzzlemom, welcome, and HI to everyone, haven't heard from some for awhile, hope this means great news!!  I'm still on my search to find answers for my daughter and everyone else that suffers from the after math of zoloft!!!  I stumbled on a web site during one of my jurneys one day. www.womentowomen.com  After reading through this web site I picked up a book that I had ordered awhile back off the web for cheep.  It was called Weight Loss for your Teen. after reading through this book and getting the same information as I basicaly did off the web site I listed above, I called and I'm going to give it a try, I know its expensive, but if she dosent see results we can get our money back.  It all makes since about the hormones and all.  For amonth ago a doctor told my daughter that weight gain is hormonal, not really hearing all of what we said about the calorie watching and excersing twice aday and gaining the weight so fast while on the zoloft and b/c and not being able to budge a scale for nothing.  I encourage everyone to read the sight and see what you think.  I have done alot reading about different weight loss plans and deits and they all basically talk about the different reasons we gain the wieght and they relate back to the hormones and etc.  This is the weight that is gained  very quickly and easily and with deits and excersise will not come off or budge a scale.  After all we know that zoloft has effected the metabolism and our metabolism is influenced by our hormones.  I will keep everyone up to date on the progress, I am very opened minded and optimistic about this, she will start after we get back from vacation on April 5th.  I have also heard a person from town that I feel is very repected and is very knowledgeable talk about the yam cream (natural hormone cream) how it has helped her.  Take care everyone and I will look forward to seeing and reading everyones posts when I get back!  My best to everyone, I won't be leaving until Wednesday so I will be around until then if anyone wants to ask my anything about the reading I have done on the book and this web site!!

Hi nivram, I had also stumbled upon that website and did the profile. It does look pricey for the program, so I hesitated and also wanted to wait until I get the test results back from my physical in a couple of weeks before making a decision. will be very interested to see if it works for your daughter, so pls keep us updated!