Posted by MoparFan91 on August 20, 2005, at 15:22:47
In reply to Re: Weight gain from regimen changes, posted by bart on August 20, 2005, at 13:27:35
> that's cool that you mention the fish oil solution. I've never heard it used in that fashion. Mostly what I've heard is the overall brain health and mood stabilizing effects it has.
>I take Fish Oil right now. The brands I use are Nordic Naturals High EPA and Walmart Brand. What I do is mix the two together. I take 1 High EPA cap and 4 Regular caps three times a day. This gives a total of a little over 5,000mg of EPA/DHA combined in a 2:1 EPA:DHA ratio.
> It's also interesting you mention that lack of ability to lose the weight so long as some people are on ssri's because that has been my experience. I've been cutting calories, eating whole grains and fiber, and exercising on top of it (I like to jog a lot anyway because it's so good for my mental health) and I've had the hardest time dropping some of this weight.
>I never seemed to have that problem myself from SSRI's. I think all weight gain I had from meds was from eating alot more. I think the reason behind part of the SSRI weight gain is something to do with liver enzymes that they effect. I read that Fish Oil overcomes that.
The reason I was put on Luvox in the 1st place was that I was having major depression plus carb cravings and binge eating. I thought SSRI's were supposed to help w/ binge eating, but Luvox seems to actually be working against me in that area. Basically it's doing the OPPOSITE of what it should be doing. I may see about a switch to like Topamax for the intrusive thoughts, guilt feelings, OCD and binge eating.
> What about adding Topomax? I know it's known to help folks lose weight, but what about on top of continuing to take the ssri at the same time?
>Good idea. I've always had problems with a large appetite. I binge eat a good bit at times, and I have body image issues as well. I get anxious about my weight/body a lot. This aggravates my bipolar ultra rapid cycling into deep depression a bit.
I was going to ask about adding Topamax back and replacing the Luvox with it because I seem to still be having Ultradian cycling, and some sites and studies say that Topamax is the best med for Ultradian (hourly) bipolar cycling. Also, I'm still having a lot of problems with guilt feelings and negative intrusive thoughts. I read on here that Topamax helped someone a lot with those.
Lamictal overall doesn't seem to take care of Ultradian cycling that, though it's good for regular rapid cycling. I took Topamax one time, and I got benefit from Ultradian cycling at 200mg. I was calmer. We bumped down on the dose because I never gave my body enough time to adjust to the 200mg. I still got benefit at 150mg, though. 100mg/day didn't seem to do much. Another great benefit of Topamax was that it helped a lot with my binge eating, body image issues, guilt feelings, and intrusive thoughts. I had no problems w/ large appetite while I was on it. I think it fixed the chemical imbalance in my brain that was causing the appetite problems, intrusive thoughts, and binge eating.
For the appetite problem, Wellbutrin seems like another good choice, though it doesn't seem to have the other benefits of Topamax. I took it one time. But. dose was too high (300mg) and I had agitation, anxiety, and I was mad as a hornet. On 150mg, there seemed to be no problem.
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