Meds are making me hungry
I see my psychiatrist on Thursday. I plan to tell him I want off both the Abilify and the Nortryptyline. I don't think either are helping my depression, and the Nortryptyline is also causing unpleasant side effects, including constipation and the worst cotton mouth ever.
So I just gotta get through until then. I hesitant to just quit taking them without my doctor's knowledge. Plus, I know with Notryptyline, you have to cut back gradually. But I really want off these. They are not helping and the side effects are making me even more miserable.
Any tips for dealing with the hunger until then, though? It's like I am starving less than an hour after eating a meal. I've been drinking like crazy and sucking on sugar free candy and chewing sugar free gum to try to put off eating. I'm not drinking with meals and I'm eating lots of protein, at least most of my meals.
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
Also, I find that chewing gum makes me more hungry, like I want to swallow it. I only chew it now if I need to for breath reasons. Protein makes your breath stink.
I just got diagnosed with depression. I hate this feeling. Now everyone is telling me NOT to take the meds my doctor gave me. But when I look up the other meds I see just as many people who hate them too. I don't know what to do either. I just want to feel better. I want to WANT to live again, get out of my house, look forward to things again. I fear I will revert to eating my feelings again if I don't get this under control.
I would try the meds your doc gave you. If you have problems with them, you don't have to take them forever. Just don't quit any meds for depression without talking to your doc first - some you need to decrease gradually or you can have withdrawal symptoms.
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
Sandy
HW 225, SW 219, GW 140, CW 124
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me!
The good thing about both of these is that I haven't had any problem with weight gain from them. Now my depression caused weight gain. Stuffing my feelings down with food will do that. Food was my drug of choice. The only negative I will add about the Welbutrin is that it does cause cotton mouth, but that's the only side effect I've had.
I'm at 12 weeks out, and my hunger is back. It's really kind of scary. I'm trying to stick to an eating schedule to keep me from getting too hungry, but it's been difficult to stick to lately. I also try to keep my hands busy. I knit so that's a good diversion. I also like puzzles, sudoku, solitaire on my iPhone (I'm embarrassed about how much I do that)... basically anything I can get absorbed in that will take my mind off the hunger.
I know these aren't earth-shaking ideas or even very original, but I thought I'd throw them out there. I really hate that you are going through this. I've learned a lot from you on this board, and only hope I can return the favor by at least offering support.