I am a 35 yo female who has recently started on sertraline 50 mg for the last two months. It has helped me tremendously and basically saved my life. The only downside to this is i have been eating way more and craving junk food. And its almost like i dont care but i really do if that makes sense. Can anyone shed some light and provide tips on how to keep ontop of this. My weight is something that has always bothered me i dont want this added stress!
Try eating healthy snacks or chewing gum or drinking a glass of water
Sounds like you are trafering your anxiety to your weight which has as you say always bothered you, I have to say I lost my appitite and lost weight initially.
Try walking or even join a gym class, I joined Zumba great laugh you are out away from food and with other people. execise is a great boost and helps with mood.
I started working out and filling my fridge with apples celery nectarines etc...
Somethimg that is quick to grab and eat when im hungry.
Now im fine.
You can do it.
Dee tee,
Hey glad the Zoloft is working for you. 50mg did nothing for me but, when I was bumped up to 100mg. Then things started happing. My trigger foods are sugar and diary. Not that it was directly related to the Zoloft. I am now on what some call "The Mean Green." It's kale, celery, cucumber, apples, lemon with a bit of ginger. It's a juice fast. I'm on my fourth day. I did this last December for two weeks. It completely took away my cravings for. carbs, sugar... I found myself craving raw vegetables. I started a gym membership and lost around 18 pounds. It was great! The thing is, if you reintroduce the trigger foods/comfort foods, you'll be back to square one. When I got off the fast, Last Dec., I was good for five months, but then I allowed a few of my trigger foods into my diet.
What I believe is much of our food is addictive, particularly sugar. And thinking you can have it from time will activate the cravings. It's like an alcoholic thinking they can have a few beers and not fall off the wagon.
Hey Dee tee
Hope the above post helps. 😊
hi get some sugar free mints or gum for when u get the cravings
I am in the same situation and after struggling to lose 2 stone in weight I really don't want to put it back on. Can anyone help me please?
There is nothing you can do. I have anxiety about my weight and was told this was a weight neutral drug, but I put on 12 kilos in a year. I am back on them and after 3 months I can feel it happening again. I purposely waited to lose extra weight before I went back on them. I have read allot of forums and scientific reasons about how our bodies process carbs differently. I am not an expert or scientist, but I have been on them twice and it must be will power from the g-ds that will stop it from happening. Do you want to be happy or slim? When they invent an anti-anxiety tablet that can do both Pfizer will be trillionaires not just the billionaires they are now.