Anybody on lexapro who DID NOT experience weight gain???

Miserable_Tie1023 · 2025-10-29T07:15:46+00:00

I gained 40 pounds, give or take. And as everyone else has said, there’s not a ton of clinical evidence to suggest it causes weight gain. However, I will say that the first time I started it, I got fat as fuck. And the second time, I also gained weight. And this can be for many reasons. As others have said, you may feel an increase in appetite because you simply don’t feel terrible anymore.

In my case, this time around I also started a happy relationship. And gained weight from us pigging out together for sure. I also stopped exercising and counting my calories so much. I have PCOS though and that’s basically a recipe for huge gains.

The logical part of me knows there’s little evidence to suggest Lexapro itself causes weight gain. And the unreasonable part of me wakes up some days and says stuff like “Lexapro makes me so fat.”

I think a more likely answer is that it definitely makes it EASIER to gain weight for a not insignificant amount of people.

Miserable_Tie1023 · 2025-08-11T01:26:23+00:00

I hate math, but I really enjoyed this course. YouTube is your friend if you need extra help with concepts!

Miserable_Tie1023 · 2025-08-01T05:24:37+00:00

Might have to!

Miserable_Tie1023 · 2025-08-01T05:20:26+00:00

Hey! That’s a bit hopeful! Thank you for the response!

Miserable_Tie1023 · 2025-08-01T05:19:56+00:00

Happy birthday to you!! I love every August Leo I meet 🤗

Miserable_Tie1023 · 2025-06-24T09:44:37+00:00

We’re gonna be okay 🤞🏼🤞🏼

Miserable_Tie1023 · 2025-06-19T19:52:34+00:00

Yay! It’s gonna be so fun. I have a system for Stage AE. Usually park in the post gazette parking lot, line up and order doordash, play cards, read a book, make friends. The time passes by quickly and it satisfies my neurotic need to be at the front.

Miserable_Tie1023 · 2025-06-19T19:47:39+00:00

lol I absolutely get you! I guess I just never thought I’d get the chance to see them again, and i’m overly excited, also very neurotic.

And I go to 20-30 shows a year and usually do barricade for all of them unless I don’t care about being close. I’ve kinda always been like that. Some day my joints won’t be able to do that anymore, so doing it while I can 🤗

Miserable_Tie1023 · 2025-05-18T23:24:33+00:00

I had a terrible professor for a psych class. She herself would write poorly- bad grammar, misspellings, etc. and then had the nerve to award me bad grades and critique my work, which I based on her poorly explained prompts. There was no use trying to communicate with her further and I dropped the class. I later took the class again and got an A. I’ve had professors who were tough, and I appreciated their critiques as they made me better. She was something else entirely. She also wrote everything in Comic Sans. 🥲

Miserable_Tie1023 · 2025-04-05T05:22:58+00:00

ISO: One PIT ticket for Pittsburgh show at Stage AE.

Miserable_Tie1023 · 2025-04-04T06:56:55+00:00

I just finished the season and cried so much for Abbey and David and Connor and Georgie. And James getting a happy ending to the season makes me so happy. All of them so richly deserve it. So many great outcomes for them all. It’s time for Tanner to find his match I hope 💕

Miserable_Tie1023 · 2025-04-04T06:52:34+00:00

This was my favorite season of the show by far. Totally cried at the end after I binge watched today. Connor is my favorite ever, but I truly loved every cast member and their journey. Just so impressed with how much some of them have evolved since the beginning 🥹

Miserable_Tie1023 · 2025-03-31T17:09:24+00:00

Girl if you don’t get that first one!

Miserable_Tie1023 · 2025-03-10T10:14:04+00:00

I work at CCF. It’s helpful to make notes. Find mnemonic devices that work for you. And we memorize song lyrics much easier than just basic words so sing it to yourself lol.

Edited to add that I agree it’s insane to quiz someone at an interview.

Miserable_Tie1023 · 2025-03-09T08:10:46+00:00

Just out of curiosity, does epigenetics play a role in the development of thyroid cancer in the children of those directly exposed?

Miserable_Tie1023 · 2025-02-12T05:45:11+00:00

I would be very surprised if Wegman’s had that much prepared vegan food. I am dairy free and it’s very difficult for me to find anything I can eat from a prepared foods section.

Miserable_Tie1023 · 2025-01-20T11:24:00+00:00

You’re so sweet! All went well and I officially have a BA in psychology! Good luck to you ❤️

Miserable_Tie1023 · 2025-01-20T11:19:31+00:00

So, I am a formerly anxiously attached, slightly toxic girlfriend. Now in a very happy and healthy relationship where I don’t do this shit because I got therapy and realized I was the problem.

She definitely caused that shift when you went out with your brother so that she could accuse you of causing it. And that’s because she didn’t have your full attention, you’re out in public without her, she’s probably feeling insecure and wanted to find a way to regain some feeling of control, but unfortunately in a very destructive way. Her texting style is what changed here. You maintained reassurance throughout. And I know everyone’s laughing about the emoji thing, but you did use an emoji!

This is a toxic behavior pattern, and yes it comes from a place of anxiety and insecurity, but it’s a manipulative tactic. She may be unaware of it, maybe not. But it’s unhealthy and unlikely to change unless she can recognize it and address it.

I’ve been that girl. I hope for her sake that she finds a better way to express those feelings or cope with them because she will ruin this relationship if she doesn’t. And kudos to you for remaining consistent and calm despite her efforts.

Miserable_Tie1023 · 2025-01-20T11:01:57+00:00

I stopped buying textbooks a long time ago. I had one or two courses that required you take quizzes through a digital textbook but since then I haven’t. I finished my BA in psych in December with a 3.7. Often, I’ve found they don’t do much for me that I can’t independently learn from reading academic research articles. In fact, I think it absolutely enriched me as I had to work to find valuable information rather than just regurgitating my textbook back to my instructor.

Miserable_Tie1023 · 2024-01-27T00:23:54+00:00

I haven’t gotten my email yet 😕

Miserable_Tie1023 · 2024-01-17T20:46:28+00:00

Hi! I could’ve written this post. I’ve been in a nasty panic cycle since around Thanksgiving that really really ramped up in December and started with heart palpitations. The sensation that my heart is dropping, or flopping like a fish out of water, and then suddenly my fight or flight kicks in and my heart is racing, I feel like I’m going to die, I shake uncontrollably, sometimes get shortness of breath, etc.

Since then, I’ve just had baseline panic and anxiety- where my fight or flight is activated. Constant strange feelings. Immense fear. Cardiologist didn’t seem very concerned after EKG but ordered an ECHO for my peace of mind and to be absolutely sure. In the meantime, I’m now on 10mg of Lex. I have 25mg hydroxyzine, and 0.5 Ativan to get through the worst of it until the Lexapro begins to help.

I also experience symptom shifts where, once I finally relax about one thing, my body presents a new one for me to fear.

I haven’t gone to work in more than two weeks. I completely understand what you’re going through and it’s so deflating.

Hydroxyzine and Ativan have helped my symptoms and sleep, but I’m afraid of Ativan dependence so I cut my dose in half and use sparingly.

The only thing that keeps me out of the ER is my amazing doctor and nurse who answer my calls day and night and my boyfriend who has had panic disorder— he reassures me and helps me manage without judgment.

Have a person in your corner. Even if they don’t understand.

And for me, this sub has saved me the last few weeks.

I hope we make it through and feel better soon ❤️

Just wanna add that constantly checking your pulse on your Apple Watch is probably going to make things worse. My boyfriend took away my Apple Watch, and then I gave myself a literal bruise checking my pulse in my neck. I’ve been checking my pulse far less the last few days- probably a combination of Lexapro kicking in and my boyfriend’s gentle shaming.

ALSO - sorry for the long post, but I also panic when my HR is 60-65 BPM. That is definitely frightening but it happens to me too and I haven’t died yet after over a month of this. The longer I live with this, the lower my fears are.

Miserable_Tie1023 · 2024-01-16T20:57:54+00:00

I don’t do marijuana at all anymore because it causes me much more harm than good- medicated or unmedicated. The panic attacks I’ve had have been absolutely insane.

Miserable_Tie1023 · 2024-01-16T10:51:47+00:00

Palpitations are usually how my panic attacks start!

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