NOW she tells me a side effect of this drug is weight gain!

[crim son]

It's such a joy to age and have your body fall apart organ system by organ system, and to take multiple drugs to control everything and endure all the bullshit side effects that would be worse than the original problem except they don't kill you. FUCK!

:rant:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

1. How much weight gain?

[crim son]

5. So far, nothing. Just a RAVENOUS appetite.

I've had the stuff in my system since Friday. Laughing... if you're hoping the gain would be all in the pectoral area, alas, no :cry:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

6. I'll take it where I can get it.

;)

[crim son]

8. If that's what it takes to get you,

then I'll ask for a booster shot! :bounce:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

9. Sweet!

:evilgrin:

[Iris]

2. what drug?

[crim son]

7. It's Depo Provera.

I have to take hormones because of bleeding cysts, but I've developed high BP so anything with estrogen in it is verboten. This is only progesterone and sounded like a reasonable alternative until I noticed that I am starving all the time. I mean, hungry enough to eat one of my children.

[Iris]

10. oh, man. That's rough.

I've heard DP has some nasty side effects - like severe headaches. I hope you are at least spared that.

Hang in there.

[Sanity Claws]

13. Isn't it like having PMS all the time?

Essentially the drug loads you up on progesterone, just as you are right before your period. Yuck. So not only do you have cravings, you also have water gain, a feeling of being bloated, etc.
I couldn't take any birth control pills because they made me feel so bad.

[crim son]

15. I've never had any problem with birth control pills before

except that they aggravated my GERD which at the moment is (barely) under control. I have to take something or else have my ovaries removed... I don't want to age any faster than I am already. Damn, I hope my body adapts.

[BarenakedLady]

3. Yup, me too

Sure I may not be depressed, but I'm getting fat and god forbid I forget even one. I found that out the hard way. Sorta wish a got a heads up on that little piece of information. :grr:

[crim son]

11. My sister's old doctor put her on something for depression but didn't

tell her that serious weight gain was one of the side effects, even though my sister asked her directly. When the pounds just piled on, she confronted the doctor who admitted she hadn't quite told the truth, because it was for Andrea's "own good." Andrea fired her. She's still on the same drug because it works, but she didn't like being lied to. Sorry BNL! It sucks, doesn't it?

[Parche]

4. WOW

I can see that.............:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :hi:

[crim son]

12. You laugh,

but talk to me in a couple months! :grr:

[no name no slogan]

14. I gained 80 lbs on Paxil

I went from 140 lbs to 220 lbs in the space of two years. This was back in the mid-90s, when it was first out, and they didn't think weight gain was a major side effect. So not only did I have the weight gain, I also had my doc telling me it wasn't the drugs and must've been my diet/activity level-- even though my activity level was up and my appetite was about the same.

So yeah, I feel your pain.

[crim son]

16. Jeepers. Eighty pounds?

Screw that - I'll stick with this for the requisite three months and see if I can handle it. So sorry about your experience, NNNS. That's rough.