Seriously, I’ve been trying to lose weight for a year now and fat doesn’t seem to want to burn off. Could this be a hormonal thing maybe? :/
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Since our emotions and feelings are controlled by hormones, antidepressants work by changing the amounts of specific hormones in your body. So one emotion or feeling changes into another.
Of course every human being differs a bit from others, thus there is no way to tell how will specific antidepressant affect you. Your doctor might make an educated guess based on his experience with people like you, but even if he is 90% sure it’s still a guess.
Changing crippling depression into hunger or slower metabolism is pretty benign side effect. If antidepressants fail hard they can increase someone’s will to act without increasing their willingness to live making the person more likely to act on their depression (and commit suicide) instead of crying in bed hopelessly.
TL;DR; Yes, it’s quite possible that antidepressants either increased your hunger or lowered your metabolism, but it cannot be certain unless you can compare those with values from last time you were at full health. Still – don’t worry. If it’s due to antidepressants then it’s one of less dangerous possible side effects.
Source: veterinarians in my country have to learn about a lot of drugs you don’t give to animals anyway
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