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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See a lot of replies saying it only makes you hungrier or move less and hormones are nonsense etc. Now I’m no expert but don’t antidepressants have direct side-effects of higher blood sugar, raised triglycerides and an effect on cholesterol and insulin?
Sorry to question the calories in calories out hypothesis but I know model girls with type 1 diabetes who under-dose their insulin so they can eat what they want and not gain any weight. It seems to me that hormones, especially insulin, play a huge role in gaining weight. If they can literally eat what they want by manipulating their insulin levels because insulin decides if the body stores fat or not.. it definitely and massively effects weight gain.
I also recall antidepressants lower testosterone which also would effect weight gain. And if testosterone is lowered that would mean cortisol is higher since they are “hormone opposites”. Cortisol, the stress hormone, is famous for making it near impossible to lose weight.
So if antidepressants effect your hormones.. I think they could for sure make you gain weight. Now if you eat more and sleep less that obviously makes you gain weight too.
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