does anyone remember when(med question)
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does anyone remember when(med question)
| Tue, 11-01-2005 - 5:31pm |
prozac was considered a weight loss drug?
i know it was prescribed to bulimics for controlling purging but i had a gp who i swear used to give it patients who wanted to lose weight.
of course this was a long time ago.
my new & incredibly overpriced(lol)doc has adjusted my meds & i've stopped gaining but i'm actually surprised that i haven't lost either.i didn't question it today but when he made further adjustments on meds that i'm completely stable on i asked him why.
he said he was helping work toward losing the weight i had gained.
oh!good!
but i was surprised that the FIRST med that he cut out was the prozac!
arent you?
he increased my cymbalta & decreased my seroquel & eventually will decrease my lithobid.
maybe i'll only be taking cymbalta & topamax.
arent you surprised he cut the prozac?
is it no longer famous for cutting the appetite?
i know it was prescribed to bulimics for controlling purging but i had a gp who i swear used to give it patients who wanted to lose weight.
of course this was a long time ago.
my new & incredibly overpriced(lol)doc has adjusted my meds & i've stopped gaining but i'm actually surprised that i haven't lost either.i didn't question it today but when he made further adjustments on meds that i'm completely stable on i asked him why.
he said he was helping work toward losing the weight i had gained.
oh!good!
but i was surprised that the FIRST med that he cut out was the prozac!
arent you?
he increased my cymbalta & decreased my seroquel & eventually will decrease my lithobid.
maybe i'll only be taking cymbalta & topamax.
arent you surprised he cut the prozac?
is it no longer famous for cutting the appetite?

My internist put me on Prozac FOR WEIGHT LOSS in 1989. I gained 20 lbs in no time -- I felt so good, all I wanted to do was eat - lol.
Now, though, with the other bi-polar meds i am on, and my Prozac is up to 60 mg a day, I have lost 45 lbs since March. Of course, I'm going through a divorce, so that probably has a little to do with it too - lol
I'm on only 20 mgs of Prozac and I haven't lost an ounce...in fact, if anything, I'm gaining weight on it...
It used to be good for cutting the appetite, or so they said, years ago, maybe its the dosage level??? I'm only on 20 mgs...
Who knows with these meds???
If you're stable, be very careful about changing things! Remember you are in control of your meds...if you feel at all like you're slipping, tell your pdoc...too much or too little can make a HUGE difference in how you feel.
Love and Hugs,
Keli