Citalopram Weight Gain

[J90A]

I have been on 40mg a while now and I’m feeling better however I’ve put on A LOT of weight! So I’m coming off them in 10mg doses over a month. Has anyone else experienced this?

Yep, it's when my weight rocketed. I've been off them a year and am still struggling to lose it. My appetite was insatiable when medicated and I just cannot get out of the habit of eating for comfort.

I lost a lot of weight when I started on it but then it stabilised until lockdown when I gained a few pounds. I've been on it a couple of years and I'm not growing exponentially.

I've been on 40mg of it for at least a decade and can't say it's caused a weight gain. Week 3 of my menstrual cycle - now that causes me food craving issues, but not meds.

Weight went up and up and up :( Combine that with underactive thyroid, not good . And diets that worked amazingly in past rarely do now . It hasn't even helped my depression much (doctor switched me from Venlafaxine...their choice) and my anxiety has never been worse...been about 5 yrs on it, really don't want to be

Yeah I have pcos too so it’s definitely not helped ! I also feel like I can just eat and eat.

And yes! Diets that worked in the past not working or I can’t stick to them. Glad to know other people have experienced this and it is a side effect! X

Don’t come off it without medical supervision. I was on it and it took months to come off it slowly.

I was on it for 9yrs, it was a godsend and got me through some tough times. I lost 40kg when I came off it, I had to diet, but it came off in 12mths. I was also taking Propranolol, which is an absolute wonder drug that changed my life, not sure whether the weight gain was Citalopram, Propranolol or depression.

@SusannaSpider

I was on it for 9yrs, it was a godsend and got me through some tough times. I lost 40kg when I came off it, I had to diet, but it came off in 12mths. I was also taking Propranolol, which is an absolute wonder drug that changed my life, not sure whether the weight gain was Citalopram, Propranolol or depression.

Thank you. It’s defo the citalopram I didn’t find it with propanalol and had the same with fluoxtine. I’m coming off them see how I am! Xx