Has anyone gained signifigant weight on Lexapro?

[Guest guest]

Hi, I posed this question in my first post along with some other

stuff, but have not received any replies. My main concern on Lexapro

is the weight gain. The Lexapro is working well to alleviate my

symptoms of depression and anxiety but it seems to increase my

appetite. However, I have been watching what I eat now and exercising

at least 30 minutes a day and I am still gaining weight. To date I

have gained 15 lbs since July. I was 155 now I am 170. This is a

huge issue for me. Please, any input would be of help. Thank you.

[Guest guest]

I actually lost about 10 pounds on Lexapro.

Colleen

lovestoboogieboard <bewaves@...> wrote:

Hi, I posed this question in my first post along with some other

stuff, but have not received any replies. My main concern on Lexapro

is the weight gain. The Lexapro is working well to alleviate my

symptoms of depression and anxiety but it seems to increase my

appetite. However, I have been watching what I eat now and exercising

at least 30 minutes a day and I am still gaining weight. To date I

have gained 15 lbs since July. I was 155 now I am 170. This is a

huge issue for me. Please, any input would be of help. Thank you.

[Guest guest]

>

> Hi, I posed this question in my first post along with some other

> stuff, but have not received any replies. My main concern on Lexapro

> is the weight gain. The Lexapro is working well to alleviate my

> symptoms of depression and anxiety but it seems to increase my

> appetite. However, I have been watching what I eat now and exercising

> at least 30 minutes a day and I am still gaining weight. To date I

> have gained 15 lbs since July. I was 155 now I am 170. This is a

> huge issue for me. Please, any input would be of help. Thank you.

I gained about 12lbs in 2 months!! I was horrified to say the least.

I don't have the best diet, but in no way should I have gained this

kind of weight. I actually decided to quit Lexapro because of it..

>

[Guest guest]

I took Celexa, the parent drug and main component in Lexapro. I gained over 50

lbs in about 14 months on this drug. I was hungry all the time and could never

get full. Many people had that with Celexa. We called it, " Empty Stomach

Syndrome " . Supposedly, when they created Lex by splitting the Celexa Isomer that

was supposed to no longer be an issue with Lex. That has been proven to not be

the case.

For woman that gained weight on Celexa it seemed the weight was significant in

the breast and belly area. Wonderful, huh? The breasts I could handle..the

belly....sigh. It was horrible. I looked like I was about 8 months pregnant!

Barbara

Has anyone gained signifigant weight on Lexapro?

Hi, I posed this question in my first post along with some other

stuff, but have not received any replies. My main concern on Lexapro

is the weight gain. The Lexapro is working well to alleviate my

symptoms of depression and anxiety but it seems to increase my

appetite. However, I have been watching what I eat now and exercising

at least 30 minutes a day and I am still gaining weight. To date I

have gained 15 lbs since July. I was 155 now I am 170. This is a

huge issue for me. Please, any input would be of help. Thank you.