That may be true for SSRIs, but I have bipolar, and I’m on an antipsychotic that also has antidepressant properties. It made me gain hella weight.
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snowdriftissue@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Tbf the weight gain attributable to sris is tiny, like 0.5 kg over 6 months
ickplant@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
SethTaylor@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
“Keep your mind light and your booty heavy. Ask your doctor for our antidepressant today!”
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Bye bye bad moody, hello phat booty! Thanks, medicine name!
snowdriftissue@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Yeah other meds are different. I assumed OOP was referring to sris because of the cum thing
ickplant@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
A totally fair assumption.
jdr@lemmy.ml 17 hours ago
Idk, after I went on antidepressants only a couple of years later I put on loads of weight
snowdriftissue@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Unfortunately it’s pretty hard to tease these things apart because depression itself causes weight gain and there are medication adherence issues especially with longer term studies, but the most well-controlled data suggests that sris don’t play much of a role in weight gain for most people
jdr@lemmy.ml 17 hours ago
Ya, I was being silly, my weight gain has other sensible explanations
ChexMax@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
I mean what does “cause weight gain” even mean because mine didn’t cause weight gain, at least one of mine caused me to feel a black hole in my stomach. I was perpetually hungry, a hunger that I couldn’t satisfy. It also increased suicidal ideation and action and also did not help my depression. Hope this helps!
sit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 hours ago
I don’t heve experience but would think that’s different from individual to individual
snowdriftissue@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
It’s true that differences between how individuals react to sris is pretty large and that <0.5kg number is a population wide average