new....help please

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Registered: 05-16-2003
new....help please
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Tue, 03-02-2004 - 1:47pm
hi all,

i post on the anxiety board, but i am also having problems with depression since i had my baby. some days i don't know how i will make it through. my doctor gave me a prescription for zoloft, but i am worried about taking meds because when i tried paxil i felt so, so terrible on it. plus, i worry about the weight gain because i already have a lot to lose. are there ways i can cope with this without medication? are there other ssris that don't cause such bad weight gain? i just don't know what to do. worrying about the side effects stresses me out so much that i don't know what the better alternative is. does anyone have advice?

thanks,

lindsay

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Registered: 04-07-2003
Tue, 03-02-2004 - 2:02pm




Welcome to the board.

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Registered: 03-22-2003
Tue, 03-02-2004 - 3:08pm

Welcome Lindsay!


I just want to say as someone who took Zoloft for 2 years and didnt gain anything.. that it is worth a try hun.


I cant promise no weight gain as everyone is different but I do know that for most people and for me that the side effects of Zoloft are pretty low.

*hugs             

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Registered: 11-18-2003
Tue, 03-02-2004 - 3:18pm



I know that lexapro has little to no side effects and weight gain is not part of the side effects, I went on it and that is ahuge concern of mine was weight gane I have non to loose but I am recovering from or trying to recover from an obsession with my weight and diet pills, so I can relate to ot wanting extra weight you may want to talk with your doctor about it and see what he/she says.

I know that some are prescribed for people who say that they cant get out of bed cant work have no energy ect...is that how you are?

I know alot of them have stimulants in them which is what gives people energy to make it up and thru the day, I can not use a stimulant because I have enough energy and taking a stimulant would make me baunce off the walls all of the time...

I hope that I have been of some help to you, welcome to the board.

Erin

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Registered: 10-08-2003
Tue, 03-02-2004 - 3:54pm

Hello.

Dona

Mommy to CJ {03.21.03}& Chantel {08.10.95}  Step~Mom to Carrington {08.12.92}

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Registered: 01-26-2004
Tue, 03-02-2004 - 4:47pm

Hi, Lindsay!

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