• sit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      18 hours ago

      I don’t heve experience but would think that’s different from individual to individual

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        It’s true that differences between how individuals react to sris is pretty large and that <0.5kg number is a population wide average

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      That may be true for SSRIs, but I have bipolar, and I’m on an antipsychotic that also has antidepressant properties. It made me gain hella weight.

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      I gained like 70lbs then lost it all after getting off of them. Losing that much weight while depressed was a bitch and a half.

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        There is no way that amount of weight gain was caused by an sri. Maybe you were on something else like an atypical/tricyclic antidepressant? Or maybe you were just depressed?

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      17 hours ago

      Idk, after I went on antidepressants only a couple of years later I put on loads of weight

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        Unfortunately it’s pretty hard to tease these things apart because depression itself causes weight gain and there are medication adherence issues especially with longer term studies, but the most well-controlled data suggests that sris don’t play much of a role in weight gain for most people

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          I mean what does “cause weight gain” even mean because mine didn’t cause weight gain, at least one of mine caused me to feel a black hole in my stomach. I was perpetually hungry, a hunger that I couldn’t satisfy. It also increased suicidal ideation and action and also did not help my depression. Hope this helps!

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          Ya, I was being silly, my weight gain has other sensible explanations