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SSRIs and Eating a Cake

LisaLoo2
LisaLoo2
Okay...so ever since I started taking the SSRI Luvox 3 months ago, I have gained 10 lbs on my small frame. This isn't water weight, it is pure fat. I can't stop thinking about cake, cookies, and ice cream. I try not bringing that stuff into the house, but my mind plays tricks on me to "compromise" by buying just one half gallon of ice cream, and then the whole half gallon will be gone in 24 hours. Cake is even worse. I brought 2 huge slices (so it was more like 4 or more slices) of cake into the house a couple weeks ago, thinking I would give one slice to my friend. Well, I ate all the cake that same day. This also happened when I was on Lexapro. Not with Prozac, however.

I was wondering if anyone else noticed that they have been binging or at least eating a ton of food since starting on an SSRI, especially if you have been on either Lexapro or Luvox. Anyone else?
Community LeaderWanderingVet
WanderingVet
A very good question. The problem is .. the answer is complicated .. some may say yes, but it had nothing to do with medication and others .....

If you get my meaning, .. then I suggest you ask the question to your doctor.
survivor69
survivor69
WHEN ONE FEELS BETTER, ONE EATS MORE AND WEIGHT GAIN IS A POSSIBILITY.....................................
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Cindy264
Cindy264
I eat more when i am depressed. I use food to deal with pain.
LisaLoo2
LisaLoo2
Survivor, yeah, I was thinking that might be it - since I feel better, I've been eating more and out to buy food more often. Also, the weather is a lot nicer than it was a few months ago, when I couldn't leave the house for days because of sub-zero temps, so that also allows me to go get food more often, too.

Cindy, I know how you feel - we all need comfort when we're down or depressed, and some of us find that comfort in food. Although that's not the best thing to find comfort in, at least it's not street drugs, right? I find comfort in both food and shopping when I'm depressed, both bad habits. But...I have to say that I think I've finally found something that might be able to replace those things - watching my favorite comedians on YouTube. If I'm feeling really crappy, I pull the curtains down, get into my jammies, get into bed, and turn on some Louis C.K. :)