You can diet to lose ten pounds but it might be futile if you are on anti-depressants. The sad news is that weight loss is next to impossible if you are on antidepressants. It is no secret that all antidepressants cause people who take them to gain problems. In fact it is safe to conclude that antidepressants make natural weight loss an impossible dream. In fact anyone who diets to lose 10 pounds while taking them is often dismayed to find out they have gained 20 pounds instead.
The weight gain seems to kick in within a week or so of when you take this medication. The higher the dosage on the prescription the more weight you will gain. Some people gain up to fifty pounds a year on these drugs, which unfortunately may be absolutely necessary for them to take to feel well. Many people are completely dependent on them.
Another sad but true fact about antidepressants is that they put some people in the mood to exercise and then they are very frustrated when the pounds don’t just come off like they are supposed to. They simply don’t realize that it is a direct side-effect of the medication that they are taking to get enthusiastic about weight loss and other goals in the first place.
It is very atypical for the symptom of weight loss to occur in people. Yet another thing to note is that the few antidepressants that do boast extreme weight loss as a side effect almost always list “extreme weight gain” as well.
If you are overweight and on medication for moods talk to your doctor immediately about what the side effects might be. The problem may not be what you eat, how often you exercise or anything else. It may be that antidepressant that you are taking. This means that for some people that if you want to be thin you may have to quit being on an antidepressant.
Antidepressants are often prescribed to motivate an individual to do things like quit smoking, cure depression or give the person the energy they need to get up off the couch and start exercising. However this might all be for nothing if the side-effect of the drug is to pack on the pound.
Furthermore is type of medication can actually slow down your metabolism. All of the dieting and exercising will not jump start your metabolism again or repair the damage done to the thyroid as the result of taking them. This is why once someone has been on antidepressants they often stay fatter than they were when they were not on them.
Antidepressants can also increase the appetite. It is very common for many people to feel more relaxed snack more when they are on antidepressants. Some people also feel stoned and start craving high carb foods. They get lazy and lack motivation and become couch potatoes that are quite content to just lie around and watch television and snack. This of course is no way to lose weight.
