Posted by Phil on November 27, 2001, at 6:58:15
In reply to Ritalin for a.d. weight??Rant/gals please read :-), posted by jay on November 27, 2001, at 5:50:01
I think diet more than anything else can help. I've taken Ritalin for years and it's not a good weight loss option. Especially if you don't need it in the first place.
I wonder if there will ever be an AD that doesn't kill your sex life and make us gain weight?
> Oyyy oyy....after so many years of a.d. use, the pounds have layered on, and I am at the point if I gain more, I will be quite unhealthy.
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> So, is Ritalin a good alternative to help lose some weight, along with diet and exercise changes? I just don't want it to mess up my anxiety, my biggest fear!
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> I have read of a number of people who have now used many of the newer a.d.'s (and older of course too) gain a MASSIVE amount of weight over a long period of time, and the risks outweigh the benefits, since I was only getting a possibly 20 or percent benefit from Effexor. That includes very nasty mood swings while on the drug. And no, I won't add an antipsychotic, as especially the new ones, they pile on the weight even further.
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> Depression is horrid...and Effexor and the antipsychotics did little for both. (Including most other meds.) I use my benzos, and I find now I laugh much more, am not irritable, not apathetic, etc. Heck..I LOVE to laugh...and have a wonderful sense of humour. I've also got 'alota love to give too...and the changes from the a.d's over many, many years make it time NOW to change.
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> Being very overweight, sluggish, and impotent is *depressing* in itself, and the drug industry BETTER start addressing these things asap...and I mean, like, TODAY! Life is too f'ing short.
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> One guy I know had to go off his a.d. just to get his wife pregnant, and that is damn sad. In the short run, yes, it is tolerable, but I want a life where I do enjoy sex (who doesn't???), look great in a nice pair of designer jeans...show off a nice ass:-) .damn...sex and health HAVE to be in good shape to have good mental health. Having a gal look at me and think...Hmmmmm..yummm...that is an antidepressant in itself! I am not into vanity, but girls, don't you like a guy (nice personality too..:-) who dresses really nice, wears really nice classy cologne!!! When I put on the weight with the a.d's, I thought...what is the use. Man, that made me feel MAJOR depressed in itself. I am 32 (Dec 22, actually..:-)...and after with weight loss, I am a pretty fine looking guy who carries himself well. Tall...smart (well...humbly..:-)..sensitive...nice..FARRRR from vanity....though.
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> Anyhow....suggestions...comments please..:-) Thanks...
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> Jay
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