Weight gain on Lexapro, or just stress?

Brandi Menifee · Post by **Brandi Menifee** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 1:10 pm

Ok, when I first started Lexapro, I had already lost about 15lbs from having anxiety so bad. Well after i had been on Lexapro for awhile, and I started to feel better, and mt appetite came back, I noticed that my appetite not only came back, it REALLY CAME BACK if you know what I mean. Has anyone that is on Lexapro, or ever been on Lexapro had weight gain? Or could it be my nerves and stress that had made me pick up weight? I have stopped exercising, plan to start again very soon, and I did get laid off from my job at the end of July. So I do take those situations into consideration too. However, I am 6ft tall, and I weighed about 198, when I started Lexapro, now I'm a wooping 217!!!! I know it's just probably my bad habits, but I just need to know could the meds be contributing to my huge weight gain???

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 12:45 pm

I am on pristiq. I have been on it for a year and a lot of weight from it. I am 5'1 and weighed 95 pounds. now i weigh 126. i am really depressed about it. i think that this could be because of the meds for sure.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 8:12 am

Good to hear from you Holly!
Yes, all the antidepressants I ever took caused me to gain weight rapidly.

I'm not taking any now. But I used to.

I have known folks that took them without so much weight gain.
But my daughter gained a lot on zoloft.
It is just the way those meds seem to work on some people.

Hope i'm not discouraging anyone.

MJ

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 4:51 pm

I first started lexapro about 6 or 7 years ago when i was 16, i am now 22. When i was 16 i weighed about 110 pounds then I gained like 25 pounds when i started taking meds i started off with paxil than changed to lexapro I have gained weight every year since I have gained a total of about 40 pounds from antidepresants i mean some of it could be from habits but i know its not all from bad habits