Weight Gain And Antidepressant Drugs

Antidepressant drugs may be discrediting your weight loss program. It is indicated on the information sheet, provided by pharmaceutical companies that antidepressant drugs make you fat. There are people who know that obesity contributes to a continuous cycle of depression or serious illness such as diabetes and high blood pressure yet they continue to take antidepressant to cure clinical depression.

REPLACING MEDICATION WITH EXERCISE

Depression can be treated with exercise rather than drugs and it has been proven that just thirty minutes of walking can burn up to 150 calories, while lowering depression at the same time. It is possible, in some cases, to replace medication with exercise. 

Researchers at Duke University conducted a study on patients diagnosed with serious depression and after 16 weeks the statistics showed that patients who exercised and did not take antidepressant drug showed significant improvement when compared to those who took antidepressant medication as well as exercised. In many cases, for any condition of disease, there are natural cures that have been in use long before the advent of modern drugs.

OBESITY CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM IN AMERICA

Despite the billions of dollars expended on diet products, diet foods and diets, obesity continues to be a problem in America. The major factors in this obesity epidemic are overeating, compulsive dieting and sedentary lifestyles, but what else could be causing this rapid increase in the obesity epidemic in America? Over the last decade, there has been significant increase in the use of prescription medications to deal with depression and sleep disorders. 

Studies indicate that certain antidepressant prescription drugs are associated with weight gain and may impact your weight in several ways. They can increase or decrease basal metabolic rate without adjusting caloric intake. They can also influence hormonal changes and increase your appetite. Any weight gain that is not anticipated can worsen the challenges related to psychiatric illness by worsening mood swings and low self esteem. Some users of antidepressants report conditions such as weakness, headaches, dizziness and frequent hunger when they skip meals.

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RESEARCH RESULTS

In fact, research has found that some antidepressant drugs promote slowing down of the metabolism and increase cravings for carbohydrate. The yearning for carbohydrate usually manifest as a thirst for refined carbohydrates rather than the more healthy fiber-dense complex carbohydrates. 

Many person looking for help with obesity have been saddled with large amounts of weight gain once they embark on taking antidepressant drugs, yet very little or no attention is given to these drugs when experts search for causes of the national epidemic of obesity.