What They Don’t Tell You About Antidepressants and Weight

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Here’s why antidepressants often lead to weight gain and what you can do about it. As a psychiatrist and drug safety expert, Dr. Josef Witt-Doerring is going to break down the different types of antidepressants (SSRI, SNRI, mirtazapine, bupropion), how they affect your body, and why they cause weight gain. You’ll learn about factors like altered appetite regulation, metabolic changes, and hormone disruption, as well as the impact of antipsychotics like Seroquel and Abilify. Finally, Dr. Josef will share 5 strategies to manage and minimize weight gain, including medication adjustments, lifestyle changes, and surgical options for those who need it. Don’t settle for quick prescriptions-let’s explore safer, non-drug approaches to depression. Share your experiences with antidepressants and weight gain in the comments!
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@alicjap3482 3 дня назад

I was twice on Mirtazapine in the last 3 years. Each time for approx. 6 months. During those 3 years I gained 30 lbs and have hard time losing it. I'm 5.3 and was 118 lbs. Now I'm 148 lbs. When the specialist prescribed the medication for the first time she said the average weight gain is 5 lbs. The last time I took it was over a year ago.

@basketballfan5763 3 дня назад

Zismirt here in Ireland it’s called. I know he tried to help me sleep and be calm but my old doctor kept going with this and suggested this. He said it was a tiny dose at night as I had been the victim of a crime and tho I went on to not take it for this weight gain reason I often wonder would it have helped me as I also went on to have 2 mini strokes from the stress of it all I will always believe.. can I ask you did it do any good for you?? Also is 15mg every nite a very lo dose as this was promised to me as very lo dose??? Just looked at old packet(still untouched) and it says half a tablet at nite.. lo?? So 7.5 mg daily

@zak-a-roo264 3 дня назад

It's taken all my will to reenter the PHYSICALLY ACTIVE world I was a part of my whole life. Citalopram annihilated any desire I had to surf ,bike etc or be a part of those communities. Fortunately I'm thin, but a 20 lb gain is huge for a 155lb man.

@christianp3161 3 дня назад

I was 150lbs and gained 26 on Zoloft

@sbocaj22 2 дня назад

@@zak-a-roo264 my last ex was put on celexa and within a few months they completely deleted all social media and started isolating into their own inner world. They changed as a person and totally stopped caring about me and started treating me like an object. I broke up with them cuz of all of it. I do not care about them at all now nor do I have an desire to ever interact with them again. That said tho, I hope for the sake of all future people around them that they realize what the med pushed them to turn into. And another ex of mine from years prior was put on Prozac for basically just a month. Well the dude got super addicted to cigs, started dropping so much weight he was underweight, and become the most angry violent human I’ve ever been around personally. He would break my things and say he had to do it because I “pissed him off and he didn’t wanna actually hurt living creatures (tho he would literally hit my dog so that doesn’t even check out). Long story short: SSRIs (at least in people under 30) seem to usually cause more harm than good. (And I didn’t even explain the damage that Zoloft did to me personally lol). Edit: rereading your comment I realize you more meant physical things and not just isolating from all communities so my mistake for tangenting a little too hard. Oops)

@kathryn7739 3 дня назад

I was recommended by my psychiatrist to take metformin to lose some weight. I declined because I did not want to add on another drug. Gaining 10-50 lbs is staggering. I don’t think many people realize it’s that much until they weigh themselves or their clothes don’t fit anymore. It’s really not good.

@helenaquin1797 3 дня назад

It must feel like your body is betraying you.. I hope all is well with you now.

@chupamelamingadominga 2 дня назад

You made a very smart move. Shrinks just wat to add more and more drugs that will eventually ruin your life.

@NicoleMcGregor-w7y 3 дня назад

I developed Akathisia from Sertraline and actually lost a lot of weight as I was walking over 10km a day and couldn’t stop moving

@dianemcmahan5159 3 дня назад

It is a l o n g story, i am clean and sober, off all horrible man made drugs. Thank you very much for THE TRUTH ✅

@michellewilson1221 3 дня назад

On mirtazapine for 2 years, gained 40 lbs (that I had just lost) it happened so fast. Only way I got it to stop was to keep my macros as low as I could and be healthy and workout, but I haven't lost any of it. I am tapering down now... was on 45 mg and now 7.5..I really hope once I get off of it completely the weight will come off.

@hesterwright3674 2 дня назад

Hasn't changing your dietary habits+ exercise been shown to be as effective as antidepressants?

@Nina_Olivia 3 дня назад

Is Wellbutrin now prescribed as an antidepressant in Australia? It used to only be indicated for smoking cessation. Thank you!

@marilyn3711 3 дня назад

I was at the same weight most of my adult life. I ate when i was hungry. Quit when i was full. Cymbalta caused my appetite to go thru the roof. I was always hungry. I just couldn't get full. I gained 30 pounds! After a very difficult 2 year taper, i am off the Cymbalta and my appetite has returned to normal. And i have lost over 20 pounds so far without even trying.

@jasonsenator6144 3 дня назад

in rehab, they we called it stress eating. I went in for prescribed medication pain meds anxiety antidepressants... they made it a far worse mess. I quit the antidepressants halfway through but in benzo withdrawal I just wanted to rest all day. I asked over and over to talk to the psychiatrist again and it took two weeks and by the time I seen him he said he would have made the taper longer if I said it. I did say I needed a month long taper but the psychiatrist was more focused on putting me on a stimulate to get me more active. I gained about 60 pounds more than my usual weight. all there was to do was eat smoke and watch Netflix ( was during the peak of covid too, every other day someone was getting it in there.) I think they just wanted to make money and the Vyvanse they could charge my insurance.

@newkingdom6750 3 дня назад

I'm barely 5'4 and gained 50 lbs! I was on a myriad of psych meds so couldn't say which caused it.. but the weight came right off when I stopped them..

@georgiabessie 3 дня назад

Me too.

@mingo2024 3 дня назад

Yep. I'm 5'7 and went from 145 to 192! UGH! I've been off everything for 6 mos but no change yet. I eat healthy, only organic, very limited sugar.

@sbocaj22 3 дня назад

Same! I’m 5’2”. I started at like 135. Was put on a whole bunch of meds for 8 years. My top weight was 175. I’m now off of everything and my weight is down to 115-120 (I’m 25 for reference and I was put on all the meds at 17)

@georgiabessie 3 дня назад

@@newkingdom6750 I lost 32 pounds when I weaned off Effexor. Beat myself up for years because I couldn’t lose the weight. Nobody mentioned it could be the medication. 😡

@janinehoare2266 3 дня назад

@@sbocaj22how did you manage to get off the medications? I weighed 55kg (I’m in Australia)but after years of duloxetine (Cymbalta) & Seroquel I’m now up to 110 kg!!

@anteg9084 День назад

Lara Briden (ND - e.g. certified naturopath, she also has a degree on Biology) I think says that magnesium helps for metabolic syndrome. (Though we know that for people in withdrawal magnesium can be destabilising, plus one has to find the right formula, e.g. glycinate can be great, but 1/5 people have adverse effects with it because of genetics, oxide messes with the stomach and is also not absorbed well, malate and citrate can be good choices, but no more than 100mg elemental in each capsule, tablet, because otherwise it has hidden oxide in it). I think she also addresses metabolic problems because of psychiatric drugs in her new book about Metabolism (I haven't read it yet, I intend to).

@drannamd 3 дня назад

Antipsychotics are being marketed for depression … weight gain, metabolic syndrome, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and 4x type 2 diabetes

@kathryn7739 2 дня назад

Stay away from psychiatry. Everything it offers is bad for you, but they will never be honest and tell you that. They believe in their pseudoscience that they are helping people by saving lives.

@kmkeenan 3 дня назад

I have gained weight with almost every psych drug I've ever taken except for wellbutrin and a few others. While not used so much for depression, I think the drug that caused me the most rapid weight gain was risperdal but I didn't stay on it for long. The one that caused me to gain the most weight was lithium because I was on it for longer and it screwed up my metabolism.

@tamashiinoshinka 3 дня назад

Thank you very much! I always want to eat on abilify and zoloft. My face became rounder and rounder and rounder, I gained 15 kg or so over 3 years, I wonder if I'll be able to gain back my original weight after tapering off

@ClaireCopeland-n6y 2 дня назад

Lexapro in my early 20s took me from 128 to 170. I am 5 foot 3 and was never big. Stopped it and was 130 to 145 in a year

@anteg9084 День назад

Please also do a video on how often and through which mechanism antipsychotics and some antidepressants cause cycle irregularities for women and AFAB individuals. I lost my period while on just a a couple of months of olanzapine (this was about 15 years ago and my psychiatrist wouldn't believe me, until, after I insisted a lot, he looked it up and said 'Oh, okay, you are 1 in 2000.' . I looked it up now and it seems like 48% of women get that?? Same doctor decided I had a very 'idiosyncratic' organism for getting many side effects from psychiatric drugs.) and I seem to be at risk of losing it again if I exercise much, eat less or have more stress, while on perphenazine and amitriptyline. (It may happen anyway, I think, if I keep taking them, even without these cofactors). Thank you!!

@kevk741 3 дня назад

My partner gained 150lbs on Mirtazapine. She tried to cut the dose in half and her akathisia popped back off. She said it made her crave sugar, drink warm Ben & Jerry’s on your night stand kind of thing.

@pattyjeannyc 3 дня назад

I've been on nearly every antidepressant (or so it seems) for the past 10 years and I feel like my bipolar depression just keeps getting worse. I don't take care of myself in terms of diet and exercise due to the depression. I am about 100 pounds overweight right now. It fluctuates some. This is about my heaviest. I'm currently tapering off duloxetine. And I do see a psychologist.

@newjerseydevil6115 3 дня назад

I gained 20lbs. Could Doxepin cause this weight gain?

@Lacking_something 3 дня назад

Audio is a bit up and down

@kazzz2765 3 дня назад

i ate half as much as i usually do on cymbalta. The only drug that annihilated my appetite

@iwonab5150 7 часов назад

I gained 100 pounds od antipsychotic, total withdrawal, end of life

@basketballfan5763 3 дня назад

So he thought I was too skinny the doctor and deliberately put me on an antidepressant that was actually going to put more weight on me than any other one when I spoke to him about the weight risk. Yes I was thin but I didn’t wanna put on weight. Not that I need a reason But I had fibromyalgia and had a neck injury and I didn’t want to be carrying around extra weight when I was all out of alignment with my spine. I can’t believe he gave me the worst possible one ..I never swallowed it ..I still have the pills

@stefaniapanfili 3 дня назад

If you are on a very small dose of Seroquel for sleep, can you still gain weight?

@phillipbenoit5179 3 дня назад

Yeahhh

@janinehoare2266 3 дня назад

Definitely! Don’t go near it . Try meditation, melatonin etc. Seroquel has taken all the joy in my life and motivation away

@FronteirWolf 2 дня назад

Well it could, but sleep is also important. And if you are sleeping well you aren't getting midnight snacks. And you have more energy during the day. A lower dose would be less likely to cause it in my layman's opinion. Watch what you eat, but you could be fine and not experience weight gain.

@FronteirWolf 2 дня назад

@@janinehoare2266Yes, but maybe you're talking about a larger dose. I'm on 100mg of quetiapine and I've no complaints. But I'd be having different effects if I was on a higher dose.

@stormchaser419 День назад

Yes. You can gain fat on low dose Seroquel. Guaranteed fat gain.

@iamthefiremanjj 3 дня назад

St jhons wort is just as bad the drug also numbs you out

@eumilafajardo7924 3 дня назад

I gained 10 pounds from ssri in 10 months

@Crazydoglady. 3 дня назад

I lost 30 pounds my first year on prozac without even trying. All my cravings went away, I wasn't obsessed with food anymore. It was great😊

@stormchaser419 День назад

Fat gain is weight gain. You arent packing on muscle.

@amiinia 2 дня назад

Toxic psychiatric drugs..

@basketballfan5763 3 дня назад

Deliberate skewed data..

@minepolz320 2 дня назад

There is something going on around finasteride, it seems like maybe they heard us, but will it change? eg.. Finasteride- and dutasteride-containing medicinal products - referral

@stormchaser419 День назад

Nothing packs on fat faster than Zyprexa or Seroquel. You can gain 20 to 125 lbs on that stuff.