Fat experiences

I’m on a couple different psych meds. It’s in everyone’s best interest for me to take them as prescribed, and my life is far better without the extreme highs and lows of bipolar disorder. So trust me when I say that you do NOT want to take this stuff unless you have to. The side effects are no joke. I can go into detail if you really want, but honestly it’s kind of depressing when I let myself think about it too much. You should only take mood stabilizers or antipsychotics (the usual suspects in medication induced weight gain) if your mental illness is making you miserable and/or impacting your ability to perform activities of daily living.

Well-said 👍

Nearly every woman I know who went on psych meds for any length of time has packed on weight.

One very dear to me gained well over 100 lbs on a 5'1 frame from this. It also made her incredibly lazy.

I’ve been on insulin for 3 months. Don’t know if it’s causing the gain but I’m up 20 pounds. Also not eating super healthy.

As a pharmacist I can confirm insulin makes you gain weight

That’s good maybe I’ll round out more. Wonder how much weight people have put on with insulin?

I've known a few fatties over the years who have greatly packed on the pounds after starting SSRI's.

One of my exes however piled on the pounds after settling into wellburtin, she had an everlasting appetite and started to form a doughy ball belly. To my dismay, however, she wasn't a fan and lost the weight pretty quickly after.

I gained roughly 60 - 70 lbs on psych medicine. I'm at my highest weight. It wasn't intentional, but I do have the kink so just thinking I might accept that I'm fat now because I have to stay on the medicine.

I was using Mirtazapin on low dosage for helping to sleep. Dosage was7- 15mg in the evening about a year. I gained 45 pounds during that time. It made me really hungry, lazy and sedate. My appetite got really strong and I eat so much that it streched my belly out.

Also most of the weight went my belly, butt, thighs & moobs. My moobs really swelled up.

Problem with the medication was that it made me too sedate and hard to function. Perfect medicine if you want to gain weight, not do anything, eating untill you are stuffed and lay on bed all day.

My best gaining meds are just beer and food, but my wife also recently went on sleep meds and has gained about 10-20 pounds. Course, she’s been over 300 pounds for a long time now, so it’s difficult to really see it.