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What Causes Rapid Weight Gain While On Medication For Depression?
My daughter is 29 rears old. She has problems with depression and takes medication for that. She had always been very small and petite (4 9 and about 115 lbs. over the past 18 months she has gained approximately 60 lbs. she is artful about what she. Eats and has a fairly physical job. She has little energy and bruises easily. What could cause such rapid weight gain?
Wed, 12 Oct 2016
certain antidepressant drugs are known to cause weight gain.
her weight gain can be due to her medications.
please see her psychiatrist for more information or tell us the name of the drug she is taking.
you can check weight gain by diet exercise and lifestyle modification
her weight gain can be due to her medications.
please see her psychiatrist for more information or tell us the name of the drug she is taking.
you can check weight gain by diet exercise and lifestyle modification
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