Thu, Feb-21-02, 04:18
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Posts: 98
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Plan: Protein Power
Stats: 235/193/128
BF:
Progress: 39%
Location: Victoria, Australia
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Sertraline/Paroxetine
Hi Trish
I have been on an SSRI antidepressant for the past two or so years (I can't remember exactly when I started on them). I take Paroxetine which very closely related to Sertraline. The brand names are Aropax (Paroxetine) or Zoloft (Sertraline) here in Australia.
I take Aropax and I can't say what a difference it has made to my general health and wellbeing. After many years of what I call "anxiety eating", by which I mean eating to relieve the nervous "gnawing" sense of anxiety in the pit of my stomach, I am now free of this horrible feeling!
I did not gain any appreciable weight on Aropax, and have been now on LC WOE for 19 weeks and have lost 24 lbs.
If you need to treat your depression/anxiety it is important to do so. You will probably find that when feeling better psychologically, you will also feel better physically and be better able to deal with the demands of daily life.
This WOE is not a miracle cure for being overweight, but it is by far the simplest, easiest and best way of losing weight gradually that I have ever tried (in more than 30 years of weighing more than I should). I believe it is also one of the healthiest ways of addressing the problem of weighing more than is comfortable
Go for it Trish!!!
Regards and good luck
Gemma
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