Posts by jasmin3w4

I took Effexor XR about 2 years ago and yes I did gain weight (30lbs) despite dieting and excerising, made me tired and sleepy all the time. There were times I was getting shin splints just from walking. I finally decided to get off of them when I fell asleep studying for an exam which was at 3pm and almost missed!!!

I was prescribed Effexor for anxiety. I think for some it makes them lose and some gain. I was one of the gainers.

I would have your ferritin levels checked because it sounds like you could be iron deficient. Same thing has happened to me (hair kept falling out) twice due to iron deficiency. It can also make you feel tired, and dizzy when it gets really bad.

I was on a low dose (75mg) of Effexor back in 2006 for GAD. Cymbalta is supposedly known as the sister drug to Effexor I intially lost and then started gaining. I gained 10lbs with diet and excerise with in a month (I think the 10 was water weight) and then went up another 20lbs. While it did control my anxiety, I couldn't lose the weight (the most I would lose would be 5lbs) not too mention that it was causing me problems with walking even.

I was tired but forced myself to excerise and finally decided to get off of the meds when I fell asleep studying for an exam and almost missed it (exam was at 3pm).  I lost 10lbs without effort after getting off the meds (why I think it was water weight) and lost another 10lbs through excerising and counting calories.

I am in the process of losing the last 10lbs. I really do think it has slowed down my metabolism permanently. I have never worked so hard to get this weight off. I do think what I was taking caused my cholesterol levels to spike as well and went down when I got off the meds.

This is my experience. I know some people won't gain weight-the lucky ones lose.I found my weight would not budge till I got off the meds. Maybe you could ask your doctor to switch you to something which may be less likely for you to gain weight.

my mother was on prozac for anxiety and she lost weight. It really varies from person to person when it comes to AD's. I was placed on Effexor and gained about 30lbs in a few months. You should ask your doctor if you can switch to something else that won't cause weight gain. Keep trying till you find one that is weight neutral for you.

I had a corneal ulcer for the same reason and it got pretty bad. I thought it was pink eye till I went to a walk in clinic to find out what it was. I had to go to emergency to see an opthamologist and was prescribed 3 different types of drops for my eye which I had to put in every 3 hours! I had to get up in the middle of the night to put these drops in my eye and needed to put the 3 drops in my eye with a certain sequence. It was aweful! To top that off my eyes are pretty bad so even with thin lenses my glasses look like bottom of coke bottles and wasn't allowed to wear my contacts for about 3 months and constantly had to follow up with the eye doctor to make sure it was healing properly. When the drops were finished I still had to put synthetic tears in my eyes along with another topical that protects it.

Not fun but I am happy to say I still have my vision and will never neglect my vision again. I hope your case is not as bad as mine was =)

I just ate 1/2 a thick crust pizza myself on Tuesday. I have been craving pizza for a while now. I didn't lose anything this week because of it. I think we all have slip ups so don't worry about it and start fresh the next day.

Best thing you can do is learn from it and use strategies for the next time you decide to eat pizza. I know for next time not to order a whole pizza but go to a place that sells individual servings for instance or have a slice or 2 and give the rest away. I gave what I had left to a friend so it was out of reach and out of site.

I get sick of sandwiches too so once in a while I buy multi-grain bagels and make sandwiches out of those.

My favourite is a BLT bagel with cheese. I usually toast the bagel with the cheese and it's really good. I also put peanut butter on them, buy fat free cream cheese and have it like that or just butter. I'm a bagel freak =)

Who really knows what's considered average these days. Sizes in bras can also vary along with measurements. I am a 38C/40B based on my measurements and calculating them on websites so this makes me feel kinda of more closer to average which is nice but one site gave me an A-cup???? I am no where near an A-cup. Under my bust I am 35" and my bust is 40".

I do believe they make me look so much larger than I really am and thanks to having an apple shape, they don't go down at all  so it really sucks-even at 120 they are about the same size. I weigh 130lbs and am 5'3"......while it does make my waist look a little thinner, I wouldn't mind having them slightly smaller so in some instances I think it's the way the body has been built and not an accumulation of fat because of being overweight.

that is so rude. i find a lot of people do stuff like that to make themselves feel better or others feel inferior. don't let her get to you. i have had many rude comments said to me-to the point where i wear hoodies in 60+ ferenheit weather because all those comments have really stuck with me. I am trying to work on it and challenge this anger and energy with excerise.

Here is a link of things that have been said to me when I was at my lowest point and it just got to me. this site and other peoples comments on here sort of helped me in over coming some of the things that have been said to me

http://caloriecount.about.com/forums/post/107 554.html

I don't think this link works but please check my profile for the last thread I started

I have had the same thing happen to me. She was really sweet to send me emails to see how I was doing and what was new with me. It was sort of odd but she also asked how I was doing with my program. Next thing you know she was trying to book a bunch of sessions to train me. I only booked one because I don't have the cash to pay for it and pretty much told her that. she left me alone after that

I saw this yesterday. Variety of things that are causing obesity. I was reading the comments to this article and lots are blaming others (gov't, healthcare, schools, fast food) which is nothing more than a scape goat in MOST cases.

I wish they had broken it down further by cities. I live in Alberta and our winters are pretty harsh, and the city is not very well connected with our transit system so people drive everywhere including myself.

Made me think about my lifestyle though as I do tend to sit in front of the computer quite a bit instead of using my time more productively.

I would find a way to confront what makes you over eat and triggers and face them. This is the longest I have consistently stayed on CC because I finally realized that if I let these emotions and feelings over take me, I just keep getting defeated and lose focus. I would have met my goal by now had I learned how to confront my problems earlier.

Wow, I just looked at your pictures and you look great! How much did you lose? I'm 12 pounds away from my goal right now

First time I gained weight was when I was about 6-7yrs old when my parents were having problems. I lost the weight in gr 9 and was super skinny. I slowly gained a little in high school and went up to 130 which was ok.College made me lose some again.

This last gain has been because of an anti-depressant for anxiety and ballooned up to 150 last summer! The same time I gained weight I was also on CC and didn't understand why I was suddenly gaining so I stopped CC. I am off of  this anxiety med now and  lost 10 pounds with in a month of getting off of it and been consistently losing with the help of this site

definetly. if not that goal maybe a little less. for people who have a lot of weight to lose might lose a lot more than 2 lbs a week from what I have seen. so you might lose 20 in the first 2 weeks just from counting calories. welcome to CC