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Wed, Feb-04-04, 19:20

cat-magnet cat-magnet is offline

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Plan: "Toss-The-Scale"
Stats: 153/???/125 Female 64

BF:enough/to/share
Progress: 25%

Location: Philladelphia PA

Birth Control Pills and Anti Depressants?

Hello all.

I have lost 6lbs doing Atkins induction for the last 2 1/2 weeks, but lost it all in the first week. The last 10 days have been a yo-yo of +/-3lbs. I was frustrated!

So I have spent the last several days reading about two potential culprits that I have been taking for many years: Birth Control Pills and Anti-Depressants. It certainly isn't hard to find people who swear that these medications can slow down weight loss. As of yet, however, I haven't found much in the way of "hard evidence"

Does anyone have information

or personal experience

to share on either one of these? I am completely frustrated because the last time I did a lc diet i had exactly the same little taste of success followed by months of silent, maddening nothing

Last edited by cat-magnet : Wed, Feb-04-04 at 19:38.

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Thu, Feb-05-04, 11:05

Kristine Kristine is offline

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Plan: Primal/P:E
Stats: 171/145/145 Female 5'7"

BF:
Progress: 100%

Location: Southern Ontario, Canada

>>As of yet, however, I haven't found much in the way of "hard evidence"

Well, the hard evidence came from the clinical trials. It's part of the list of possible side effects. There are perfectly sound explanations for it. With antidepressants, the change in brain chemistry often affects appetite and probably glucose management and digestion. With BC hormones, it can cause a whole whack of side effects that lead to weight gain: increase in appetite, decreased glucose tolerance, hypoglycemia, increased fat storage... probably others.

Check the General Health forum for more info. You can search for older threads, too. There's almost always a current discussion of antidepressants and/or hormones and weight loss.

Last edited by Kristine : Thu, Feb-05-04 at 11:09.

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Thu, Feb-05-04, 15:48

cat-magnet cat-magnet is offline

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Posts: 118

Plan: "Toss-The-Scale"
Stats: 153/???/125 Female 64

BF:enough/to/share
Progress: 25%

Location: Philladelphia PA

Sorry! This was my first post on this site... I guess I posted my question in the wrong place. Will visit General Health as you suggested and search archives instead of re-posting the same old question.

Cheers!

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Thu, Feb-05-04, 15:52

latingirl

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Posts: 299

Plan: Atkins
Stats: 156/135/128 Female 5'6"

BF:
Progress: 75%

Location: Midwest, USA

There is also a forum for depression.