Weight loss query

Hi Philip,

I know exactly how you feel but have had to accept for me to gain the benefit of being on these meds I am really struggling with my weight.

Prior to starting taking 30 mg Mirtazapine a day I was on a diet and managed to lose 3 1/2 stone because I was so depressed and did not eat.

The mirtazapine has made me feel brand new but with it has come a voracious appetite and I quickly put on a stone before I realised what was happening.

I am currently maintaining by doing the 5-2 diet and whilst I have not gained anymore neither have I lost the extra stone.

I am just glad to be feeling so well and know I will have to lose the extra stone at some stage but for me its not the meds that are making me eat those pesky calories its me because I feel so good and food tastes so nice and if I choose to follow the diet I was on before I will also lose the stone I have put on.

 

MIRTAZAPINE  is the worst offender for weight gain , apart from antiphycotic meds . i went up 2 jean sizes in 1 month . I stopped the med  i didnt want THAT. paxil is near has bad. they all give weight gain if on long enough , its usually the start where you loose wheight the bbbbbbbbbooooooommmmmmmmm

Since I started taking this I gained over 30 pounds and that was a little scary. I was under weight about 20 so I guess it was fine. But kept gaining so is great as the drug worked I have since stopped taking. In the last 30 days I have lost 15 pounds and I'm reaching my goal.

yes, its not a med for me

Thanks everyone but will cutting the dose in half help lose weight or do you have to stop completely?

when in hospital zoo  a girl came in, she was in a bad way and was put on mert  , she was in for 4 weeks the med worked great , but she begged the shrinks to change her med  has she was getting married  and was now way over weight , they did and she slimmed down for her wedding, with a new med and a exsercise routine

most wil make you put on weight  , just paxil and mertizipine  are the worst

What I have read online is that actually lower dosages result in higher weight gain, while higher doses will eventually stop the weight gain and keep you steady (if you keep to a healthy lifestyle).

So, to your question: I don't think reducing mirt will make a difference for your weight gain. 

Since I've been on mirt (on and off for 4 weeks now) I've been on a very low calorie diet (1300-1500 cal per day, which is little because I am tall and heavy). I've been maintaining my weight so far. But I think only because I stopped mirt for a week in between (feeling effing miserable again) taking it for 3 days, stopping for 2 days, now taking 15 mg every 2-3 days.

I am my own little medical science project... It's insane (pun intended)

I was wondering, do you guys find its and increase in appetite therefore making you eat more that puts they weight on or is it the mirt itself?