Major weight gain with mirtazapine
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I am a female in my early 20s living with anxiety, depression and OCD for a number of years. I have been on 40mg of fluoxetine for about 2 years now. Helps quite a bit with my OCD symptoms but depression was still a big issue, my psychiatrist and doctor then prescribed 30mg of mirtazapine in addition to the fluoxetin. Within a few months I gained 50lbs and with the weight gain came less self confidence, less self care and more depression. I am now off the mirtazapine and in my 9th week of weekly CBT but still feeling lost and feeling awful about the weight gain. Anyone else have any similar experiences or some advice?
Thank you.
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evergreen kate31294
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kate31294 evergreen
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I guess the main thing to focus on is looking forward in bettering myself rather than dreading the past and how much my body has changed.
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Ponyfeather kate31294
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Best thing I can say is try and get out do things that you enjoy, and make you feel better. I think the only reason I didn't gain even more weight is I have to get out and be active to take care of my horses (feed and clean up after them). But the sedating effect of the mirtazapine made me less active with them, I was doing the bare minimum with them. I'm still weaning off it and I'm still not riding them like I use to.
kate31294 Ponyfeather
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