I used to be thin. I gained 100 pounds after I was put on SSRIs. Not one doctor told me weight gain might be a side effect. I'm bitter, all right.
Just call me the computer whisperer.
Willow ,'Lessons'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Zenkitty - Aug 06, 2012 8:03:13 am PDT #17091 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 06, 2012 8:03:20 am PDT #17092 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I SHOULD MAKE T-SHIRTS!
Yes. Yes you should.
Steph L. - Aug 06, 2012 8:05:50 am PDT #17093 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I gained 100 pounds after I was put on SSRIs.
I gained weight after going on SSRIs. But I also got older, and stopped exercising as much as I did in my 20s. So it's hard to say if I can attribute 5 pounds to SSRIs, or 50.
Amy - Aug 06, 2012 8:07:34 am PDT #17094 of 30001
Because books.
And in extremely rare instances, sometimes it can cause seizures. That you keep having for the rest of your life, unless you take meds. For the rest of your life.
Wow, seriously? That's awful. I had no idea.
I cut my dose in half because I was so jittery -- shaking hands, racing heart, sweating. Not pleasant. Tomorrow I get to tell the doctor I did, too.
Steph L. - Aug 06, 2012 8:09:27 am PDT #17095 of 30001
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I cut my dose in half because I was so jittery -- shaking hands, racing heart, sweating.
It made me feel like a huge speed freak. Plus I didn't sleep for, like, 5 months. So I stopped it, because I like sleep.
Amy - Aug 06, 2012 8:11:03 am PDT #17096 of 30001
Because books.
I'm still sleeping, but I have other ... aids to help with that. I was also beginning to feel Murderously Irritable all the time, which was not so pleasant.
Also? I saw it gets prescribed to help people quit smoking, and I don't know how that works, but I'm certainly not tempted to smoke any less.
Steph L. - Aug 06, 2012 8:13:03 am PDT #17097 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I was also beginning to feel Murderously Irritable all the time, which was not so pleasant.
Oh, yes. I had that, too.
meara - Aug 06, 2012 8:14:11 am PDT #17098 of 30001
Hah--whereas being murderously irritable about EVERYTHING was a sign to me that I needed some meds to start with. God forbid they'd made me WORSE! (I have not, however, had magic weightloss or new stronger focusing powers or anything. Sadly)
smonster - Aug 06, 2012 8:21:36 am PDT #17099 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Wellbutrin gave me a 24-hr mania/anxiety attack, so i wasn't on it long enough to judge if it was helping anything else.
Steph, what birthday is taxidermied frogs?
Steph L. - Aug 06, 2012 8:23:41 am PDT #17100 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Steph, what birthday is taxidermied frogs?
That would be 36. The creepy birthday. (I also got him a t-shirt with Cthulhu and H.P. Lovecraft on the front, so it really IS the creepy birthday. Not on purpose. But it's as good a theme as any, especially for him.