Stopped taking antidepressants due to weight gain

If you're like me, you may need to use alternative therapies instead of medication. You definitely still need to treat the depression but there are other ways. For me, the weight gain makes me lose my mind to the point I will start self-harming severely and want to cut off my legs and belly (fortunately so far I have resisted this urge when weight gain has occurred) or even try to kill myself so it's NOT worth it for me to keep taking the meds (I'm not self harming or suicidal without them, even though I still have episodes of depression).

I would look into trying a different medication,,

Learning to meditate and eliminating gluten has helped with my depression and anxiety

A lot of the meds does that I wish it didn’t but it did maybe ask you doc to try and find something that won’t be so harsh on weight but it’s kinda hard to find the right one that won’t cause weight probs some days may not be bad without taking meds then some days may be worse I wouldn’t recommend staying off them just ask your doc to see what can be changed

i’m on lamictal and I notice no side effects, it’s a mood stabilizer and it’s been very helpful for me in that sense (not so much the seizure sense unfortunately 😅)

I also stopped my depression meds back in august of last year now the only thing I do is smoke my pot and to tell u the truth u only get the munchies if u keep thinking about it if u over come that ur golden but besides that I really think weed helped me from my depression

Talk to your prescriber about Wellbutrin or other weight neutrals

Yeah you may just need to try a different medication

This is super common with antidepressants and I actually had this exact experience. If you’re gaining clinically significant weight this is a side effect you should definitely talk to your psych about!