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Locut0s

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7. Yeah I definitely noticed weight gain on Paxil..
Mon Dec 30, 2013, 07:27 PM
Dec 2013

And a few other meds. Unfortunately I turn to food to sooth my depression and anxiety. The meds never did a huge amount for me besides preventing me from dropping off a cliff, so I still ate to I'll the emotional emptiness. Now that I'm off my meds and my emotions are more varied I still find myself eating a lot, perhaps more, as my depressed episodes are lower. But I don't think I've gained weight as fast as when I was on them.

Time will tell if I stay off my meds or not. I'm going to ask my psych if he thinks going back on a small dose might be prudent. Recently these lows I've been having have been destroying me by and large bough I agree with him now that they weren't helping me as a whole. But if I need them to stay sane, fuck it I'm taking them, just maybe at a low dose.

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