FUNNY THE ADVWERTISEMENT NEXT TO MY COMMENTS..I HATE MY BEELY FAT. if you think your fat...you should be in my shoes lost 100 lbs after gastric bypass...looked and felt soo good.Now after 3 back surgeries and fibro attacking me I have gainged about 50 lbs back..I am so depressed all the time. Cymbalta is helping the depression but nothing helps the weight gain. Can't walk but short distances and sure can't exercise..I to wonder if the pain meds are worth it!

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I lost weight, about 30 lbs when I was so sick and did not have a diagnosis yet. I was put on Lyrica and I have gained it back. I would love to lose about 20 lbs but it's hard, even with exercising regularly. I also crave carbs, not sweets, and it makes it difficult. Also the fatigue doesn't help.
My thyroid medication was just increased so maybe it will help.

Hugs, Pam

When I was on paxil I gained 60 pounds and I was walking 2 miles a day, eating apples, almonds and a light dinner. Now I take nothing but pain pills and still have to battle my weight with diet because I'm not as active most the time. Hoodia helps alot to keep u from eating too much. Good luck hon!

Yes...I've gained 25 lbs during this year. Part of it is inactivity, but the rest has to be the drugs. I take Cymbalta, Klonapin, Lexapro, Tramadol, Prednisone, Paquinil.....
I dont know why I gain weight....I take more pills than I eat food!!!!

have lost quite a bit this year without trying . i was on lycria . then went back to neurotin .no weight gain takeamatripline for years no gain.i am heavy but was before the meds.gg

Well I gained 80 lbs so i think yes.

I gaines weight the short time I was on Lyrica. I started Cymbalta & it took my appetite away but the med did me no good. I went back on Paxil after about 1 1/2 years and I am gaining again. I don't fibro causes weight gain. I think all the meds do have a big part in it...IMO

I weighed 135 pounds (or less) all my life. I am 5'3. Size 4-6 was a great fit for me and my bone structure. Menopause hit me at 30, but I believe I have had fibro since childhood. Anyhow, since hitting menopause I have gained so much weight. Highest was 193 back in February. I have since went down to 171 and still working so hard to lose what I have. So I don't know if it's fibro, menopauses and/or age or just a combination of all 3, but I hate it. If anyone knows any secrets to lose, please do tell :)

BTW...I am not on any meds except the Xyrem. A side effect was supposed to be weight loss, but I am still waiting on that...LOL.

I personally think for me it's lack of exercise. I am so stiff and sore in the morning that I can't exercise and by the end of the day I am wiped out and exhausted.

UGH.....

Hugs,
Bobbi

OH YES!!! Have been on Elavil, neurontin, many others & have "blossomed". I was on Prednisone for several months & put on about 45 LBS in that time. I maxed out in 11/06 & have managed to lose 30 LBS so far since then, with another 75-80 LBS to go.

I don't have enough consistently good days to get on a decent workout regimen. Just a matter of doing anything I can to be off my butt.

Yes fibro has made me fat. so has the meds., but most of all, sitting about doing nothing has made me the fattest

I am postive that the meds have made me gain alot of weight. 1st one was lexapro, I gained about 18lbs, then they put me on lyrica I gained another 20lbs and now I have about 40lbs to lose. Seems impossible even if I dont eat I gain weight on these meds. I think the other lady was right it seems you have to chose between your weight or your pain...

In 20 years this is the first time I have ever put on weight that I cannot get off. Neither fibro itself nor Amitriptyline ever caused weight gain. Inactivity (and the constant sugar craving) causes weight gain.

In the past few years, the weight gain is of a new type: belly fat. My sleep doctor is fairly confident that this weight gain is a result of lack of sleep and disruption in adrenaline/insulin/cortisol metabolism.

Oh yes! A combination of fibro and Paxil, along with sedentary work and menopause has made me blossom. I gained about 50 lbs. after starting Paxil; lost 25 last year on WW and have gained about 8 back. Seems evey time i get back into walking a get a flare and take a week off and eat too many comfort foods. Yep, that's it...way too many comforting foods for the amount of movement I get.

Not yet, but I'm fatter than I used to be and I can't seem to lose weight when I try. I don't take meds that cause weight gain, so I'm convinced it has more to do with metabolism changes.