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Jun 07, 2018 at 11:57 AM
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I need it for what I believe is borderline personality disorder, and was prescribed that along with Xanax by a GP. Unfortunately, I am about 20 pounds heavier than I would like to be at 5"5 and a half and 144 pounds. I want to LOSE weight...not gain it.
It's kept my appetite pretty mellow the last few days. I am not picking at snacks or over eating from my anxiety anymore. But has anyone gained weight on this medication and not over ate? I know there is another post on weight gain but i'm wondering if anyone has the experience with celexa. I can't gain! |
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Jun 07, 2018 at 01:38 PM
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Jun 07, 2018 at 02:02 PM
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Good that is what I am hoping for. I am hoping for weight loss really...I was with an abusive partner and was pregnant for a while and I ended up going from one meal to constantly eating all the time. I ballooned! I want my depression and symptoms gone but not if I am going to gain.
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Jun 07, 2018 at 02:03 PM
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10 years ago I was prescribed celexa at high doses as the first psychiatric medication I ever took. Unfortunately it flipped me into my first mania, and I've been ill ever since. They call it 'unmasking' bipolar but I see it as triggering an illness I might never have gotten. Anyway it was weight neutral.
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Jun 07, 2018 at 06:36 PM
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I am on it currently, experienced no weight gain while on the Celexa, now I'm on Zyprexa as well and now I'm gaining but I attribute all that to Zyprexa and now Celexa. When I was only on Celexa my appetite was actually way less than normal.
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Jun 07, 2018 at 08:37 PM
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I gained 37 pounds on Celexa in a year. I’m really not one to go by when it comes to meds and weight gain. I lost 80 pounds after getting off Buspar. And weight gain and increased hunger on Buspar is pretty much unheard of. I’m just really sensitive to the weight gain side effect.
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Jun 10, 2018 at 08:15 PM
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I had Celexa when Prozac stopped work, and Prozac when Celexa stopped working. I couldn't tell the difference.
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Jun 11, 2018 at 07:55 AM
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I've been on Celexa for years. No weight gain. Just watch out, at the higher doses, it can cause heart problems, which it has for me.
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Jun 15, 2018 at 01:06 AM
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In on it! No weight gain!
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Jun 16, 2018 at 10:57 AM
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I took Celexa after Zoloft and while taking an antipsychotic medication. I gained weight with all medications. I stopped taking Celexa after becoming diagnosed with mania. I was then started on Depakote which was really bad for me in terms of side effects. All in all, I started anti-depressants because of extreme depression after taking risperdal. Then, I started to get manic then was taken off them. I don't know which medication caused me the most weight gain but know that I gained much weight from taking medications in general.
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Jun 22, 2018 at 09:23 PM
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Took celexa with lithium and didn't work.
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