Dears,
I wonder if anyone here could manage to maintain weight or even to lose weight while on Sertraline or other SSRIs. Background: I take 75 mg Sertraline for just one year for my OCD (pure O) which led to panic attacks and depersonalisation disorder. Well it has helped dramatically good. No big side effects, only at times diarrhea in the beginning; after long 20 weeks I was totally symptom free and felt like a new born. It gave me my life and family life back.
Never felt better in my entire life, I felt no anxiety at all for the first time; how easy and sweet life can be. Even my libido has increased and my performance in my relationship has improved as well.
No comparison to the two times I was on citalopram, which killed of my libido, made me a zombie with no emotions at all and made me gain incredible 12 kg in just 3 month …
However, and here comes my problem, I’ve gained weight on Sertraline as well, very slowly, 7 kg in 12 month. Needless to say, that I do Sports every day for 30 minutes… I’m really a bit confused since the Sertraline does not make me lazy or inactive or tired (like Citalopram did in fact). My problem are sweets and sugar at night. At 2:00 h I get up and stuff in me all sweets I can find; I have had such attacks right before Sertraline too but not that strong! Even though I have bought a look for the kitchen now, to lock it up at night and give the key to my wife, I’d like to know if anybody can give me a real good advice how to lose the kilos again and / or stop gaining weight. Did anyone lose weight while taking Sertraline, and what did the magic?
The OCD and DP made me feel half dead and half alive, I don’t want to live like a fading shadow or ghost any more BUT as well I don’t like to get bigger and bigger with no end in sight with the Sertraline…
It’s a catch-22 situation…
Thanks
GF