Question:
Did you switch from Celexa to either Lexapro or Wellbutrin and experience

reduction in your levels of hunger? Earlier this week I met with my surgeon, regarding my excessive levels of hunger, for fear that I had an SLD. He reassured me that I didn't but suggested that the SSRI Celexa, which I'm on, may be altering my senses of hunger and fullness and I might benefit from switching to another anti-depressant. I looked in the library and didn't find anything specific to my particular 2-part question/concern which is: 1) Did you experience increased levels of hunger on Celexa , and 2) if you did experience increased hunger on Celexa, and then were changed to either Lexapro or Wellbutrin, did you actually experience a decrease in hunger? The issue of whether or not you lost weight on Lexapro or Wellbutrin is not important to me, because I'm post-op RNY and know, in spite of my feelings of hunger, I'm not going to get that next bite in once my pouch is full, and Im' not a grazer, so I'm not worried of gaining or losing. I'm just wanting to manage this ever present feeling of hunger so I can focus on more than that gnawing distracting feeling in the pit of my stomach. Please forgive me for this rather long ramble to get my question out, but I really want some lived experience like mine and don't know how else to ask this question.    — rebalspirit (posted on May 29, 2003)

May 29, 2003
Hello, I was switched from Zoloft to Lexapro and have had not had any appetite at all since the switch. I eat enough to keep getting protein, but I am really not usually hungry. The Lexapro gives me a lot of energy where the Zoloft made me want to sleep all the time.
   — Jacquelin W.

May 29, 2003
I was on celexa when i had my surgery. i switched jobs and was without insurance for a few months and the dr put me on lexapro because he could give me samples. i was a raving lunatic on lexapro. i only took it for 5 days and i was like a zombie...i then switched to wellbutrin and all i wanted to do was eat...i just went back to celexa a few weeks ago. it was hard getting back on them. i was so tired from them until my body got adjusted. i don't really notice much difference in my appetite now. personally i prefer the celexa to the other two. i work in a nursing home and see the effects that lexapro has on the elderly, and then i read the side effects and i had a ton of them. good luck
   — candymom64

May 29, 2003
I'm not a Doctor and please do not interpret this as medical advise*** However in my opinion, I've worked in psychiatry for several years and Wellbutrin usually curbs the appetite. It is also used to help people quit smoking by many psychiatrists. It has the same active ingredient as Zyban. I am not familiar with Lexapro since it's relatively new and I've been a Stay at home mom for the last 2 years. Talk with your Doc and see what they think. Good luck to you, it's just trial and error to see what works best for YOU. Take care :-)
   — Robin V.

May 29, 2003
Wellbutrin didn't help curb my hunger...but I wasn't aking it for that anyways. I have been on lexapro for three months and feel I am doing well on it. I tapered off the Wellbutrin about a week and a half post op. Good luck to you...just keep trying meds until you find one that works for you.
   — Linda B.

May 29, 2003
I've never been on anything but Lexapro, but I have definitely noticed a decrease in my interest in food. Now I have to remind myself to eat, because I simply do not think about food at all. Lexapro makes me kind of tired, but I'm managing.
   — Angie M.