Weight Gain On Pristiq? (Page 26)

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I have been on Pristiq now since November of 2008...not quite 5 months...and I have put on 15 lbs since starting it. DESPITE working out with a trainer at the gym twice a week weight training, 3 days a week of cardio AND counting calories. My doc assured me that I would also have a decreased appetite on Pristiq, which I have yet to find true...so he has now increased my dosage to 400 mg. Does anyone have anything to add to this?? I'm just frustrated!

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This has been my experience to a "T" but im scared to go cold turkey & completely unmedicated as I have a long history of being a bit of a basket case when taking nothing at all to aide in coping with my depression. They certainly need to re-visit the data on the side effects of Pristiq. SO many people have reported weight gain on Pristiqu that you cant ingnore so many cases of personal experience vs the standard issue data covering "side effects". Good Luck, hope you stay in control of mind and body and can remain drug free :)

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IM TAKING 50MG OF PRISTIQ AND I HAVE GAINED AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF WEIGHT. I AM NOW TAKING ONE EVERY OTHER DAY INSTEAD OF ONE EVERYDAY. I INTEND TO STOP TAKING IT ALTOGETHER WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.

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Stop taking it! Seen yourself off though I gained FIFTY POUNDS IN THREE MONTHS! I quit cold turkey. I would not suggest that though cause I did go through withdrawal. It messes with your metabolism. Its been a year and I've only managed to get twenty pounds off. Cant tell u what to do but this drug is horrible!

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Your Dr. should prescribe you 14 days worth of prozac to get you off of pristiq, it works, and you will not get dizzy!

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505

Omg! Wish I had known that! Lol

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I have had all the negative side effects as well. I have been on pristiq for about 7 months. Same as other people, I gained about 25 lbs- a ton of belly fat and I feel bloated all the time!!! I get out of breath so easily (which is troublesome since I already have asthma), my blood pressure has also increased (which is another problem since I have high blood pressure already), AND, I have the side effect of excessive sweating. It has been awful. And, you are correct about the withdrawal because if I am just one or two hours late in taking it, I feel like I have the worst hangover ever! I have already made an appt to get off of it next month. I ABSOLUTELY HATE IT!

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Sydney, i also experienced negative withdrawals after only one missed 100mg tab.The prescribing of anti depressants is I am afraid to admit very much a hit or miss affair,like all products they come in, and sometime out of fashion,
am continuing with this drug as I have lost weight after modifying my diet and increasing exercise.
Wether or not this drug effects ones metabolism am still not sure...hope you find the right medication for you own circumstances...

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What is it an do u need a dr to order a script for ot?

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I've been on just about every antidepressant on the market during the past 20 years and Pristiq is by far the WORST one. By some kind of miracle I've never gained weight on any of them...until Pristiq. It has to have some effect on your metabolism because nothing about my eating or exercise habits has changed (I keep a food and an exercise diary so I'd know. And Pristiq didn't make me hungrier.) I'm a personal trainer and a health editor so I know how to eat and work out to keep my weight down and NOTHING has helped. I've gained 10 pounds—not a ton of weight but I'm short and it really shows. And it's all in my midsection. I battled body image issues years ago and now they're back with a vengeance. Oh, and my LDL cholesterol level shot up. I'm getting off it and going back on Cymbalta.

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Yea I do. Get off this drug it is BAD NEWS!!!!

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I was on pristiq for 2 yrs. put on weight and made me agitated and loss of sleep. Now day 9 without it. I have had all the withdrawals. Starting to feel better today. Will not go on this again withdrawls shocking. Hopefully some weight will drop now. I did this under Dr supervision do not go cold turkey.

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I've been on Pristiq for about 2 months and have gained 15 pounds. I don't have an appetite so I don't understand. I feel horrible, bloated, every joint aches... And I still cry often...

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Have been on pristiq @2 yrs.. 4social anxiety... Lost appetite.. Yet hold water ..42 and up 15 lbs

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I am also happy/relieved to see that many others on PRISTIQ are experiencing weight gain. I have been on it for about 3 mths and I am so uncomfortable with weight gain I can't stand it. Have gained 15 pounds and its all around my waist like a spare tire. My doc also describes Pristiq as a "smart pill" good for weight loss and menapause. Not feeling any different with meanapause symptoms and the gain is making me feel worse about myself. I came online in desperation to research side effects and found this site. I am now going to proactively reduce my dose over a month and get off of it. Also i have found when i have forgotten to take it I experience vertigo with which nausea follows and also at times have experienced a flashing split second of a feeling that I want to end my life.Well newsflash!! I don't want to end my life (!)but this feeling streaks through my psych''e like a shaft of glass and my whole body feels the enormous 'drop' and then in the split of a second it's gone. Most the time I feel like a drone. Its an effort to get motivated to do anything even my favorite gift to me of taking a walk along the beach... Thank you to all on this site. You have helped me make a decision. I am getting off this stuff. It's scary. I am going to make God my antidepressant.

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I put on a lot of weight also. Suggest you go back to Dr and change yr meds. Terrible drug to come off. Side effects from withdrawls. Do not go cold turkey must come off them very slowly under medical supervision.

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For what's it worth, I'm having the same problem on Pristiq. Gaining weight, dieting, Weight Watchers, loose a little but then comes back. Belly fat that I have never had. So I'm done. Will start tapering off. This forum is important, especially considering that weight gain is "not a significant side effect" ha! the sleepiness was also intolerable to me.

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I have been on pristiq for quite sometime now too and I have had weight gain as well. In about 1 year I have gained about 20 pounds. I have not noticed any decreased appetite either. My PCP told me that she believes the weight gain is due to the pristiq and she is taking me off it because there is no other reason for weight gain. I exercise, eat healthy, and have a very active lifestyle. Hope that gives you some more input.

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I feel you pain, I've been on 100mg of pristiq for over a year now and I've gained about 50lbs the same weight I lost over 2 years ago it definitely sucks but I'm trying my best to get rid of it, keep on trucking and don't give up

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I am a 45 year old active female battling depression & anxiety. I have been on Pristiq for 5 wks. & have not stopped eating since. I'm not hungry or full but I feel out of control. I have always exercise but find it difficult to sleep then can't wake up. Depression is much better but feel awful about compulsive eating & lack of desire to exercise. My knees are starting to ache. Is any of this normal

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Very normal. Get off of it. Taper off though. I quit cold turkey and I would not recommend that. I was on it for three months and gained 50 pounds. Eating was uncontrollable. It was insane.

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