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Originally Posted by ADL Colin
Your prescription or hers?
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Hers, For some reason her regular doctor prescribed Zoloft. This was a beautiful girl that as far as I knew never had a need for antidepressants. Well soon she began to gain weight, a lot of weight. This is very common with Zoloft. Exercise just bulked her up more. This weight is not easy to lose as it's part of a metabolism change.
Within a year she was fat, sullen, depressed .... everything she wasn't before.
Here's the disturbing part ..... What qualifies a non-mental health doctor to prescribe a antidepressant? Depression for whatever reason is a mental issue that needs analyzed, discussed, treated with a goal in mind.
The drug is addictive, causes physical withdrawal symptoms, and severe depression of all things. The doctor keeps prescribing the drug and the original problem is forgotten.
Sad damn story .......
Observation: Is the weight gain associated with antidepressants part of our national obesity problem?