Re: To Pam - Effexor question (was -> I just need to vent!!!)

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Like any other SSRI, Effexor may slow down the metabolism and thus

may cause someone to gain weight. However, I haven't seen anything

about *dramatic* weight changes on Effexor. I am recently off of

Effexor (within the last week and moving to Lexapro) because it

stopped being effective, which is typical. I was on it for about 2

years. I gained about 15 pounds in those two years. BUT, I also

moved into my 40s which does account for a slower metabolism. BUT, I

exercise pretty heavily, which would account for a *loss* in weight.

BUT, I can also attribute my new " tummy area " (as my family calls

it), not to 75mg of Effexor, but multiple bags of salty snack foods

every night - probably to relieve stress. Hmmm, I wonder what could

be causing all this stress?

Bottom line is that it might, but I don't think there's alarms in

weight gain as you might see with other meds.

FD

> > > > Thanks for the tip about wellbutrin.....I dont know, I just

got

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> > > the phone with my sister....Her daughter 24 yrs...also has

anxiety

> > > along with depression...she was on something (cant remember the

> > name,

> > > it was an old medicine) for years....they just recently took

her

> > off

> > > of it and put her on wellbutrin....now my sister is seeing

major

> > > signs off OCD, which was probably always there but never showed

> > > because of her medicine...

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