Will Effexor Make Me Gain Weight?!
Question: I recently recovered from an eating disorder and my doctor wants to put me on effexor for anxiety. Im affraid it will increase my appetite and i will over eat. Someone please tell me if it will because it i over eat i know i will relapse and throw up my food. Can anyone tell me if it has made then gain weight??
Answers: I recently recovered from an eating disorder and my doctor wants to put me on effexor for anxiety. Im affraid it will increase my appetite and i will over eat. Someone please tell me if it will because it i over eat i know i will relapse and throw up my food. Can anyone tell me if it has made then gain weight??
it will but you have to remnember to exercise and eat good while taking these meds. if you need help write back to me
Initially, it will make you loose weight. ..then you will level off. kjl
No, if anything you will probably lose weight.
did not make me gain weight.
Antidepressants effect all people in different ways. Keep in mind, as you get better, you will gain weight, with or without the medication.
As for me, I suffer from depression, as well as eating disorders and an anxiety disorder. While I was on Effexor, I did gain weight. The better I got, the less of an issue it became. The anxiety around gaining weight is not gone and probably never will be. It has gotten better. I think you just have to choose what is more important - being healthy or being in control to the point you are hurting yourself. You can be healthy and be in control.
Good luck to you.
I take effexor xr and it never caused me to gain weight. I take ativan for anxiety. It really works. I rarely have to take it at all.