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Mental Health (Expert Forum)
Comming off of Wellbutrin
Answered by
Roger Gould, M.D. - Mental Health, Wellness
Questions posted in the Mental Health forum are being answered by Dr. Roger L. Gould, author of the Mastering Stress and Depression program and affiliated with the UCLA. Department of Psychiatry. Topics covered include anger, attention deficit disorder (ADD), bipolar disorder, dementia, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), learning disabilities, memory, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), panic, personality disorders, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), schizophrenia, stress, transitions, and work problems.
Doctor's Answer
by Roger Gould, M.D., Oct 15, 2003 12:00AM
, Oct 15, 2003 12:00AM
The weight gain problem should not be a problems as soon as you are off of the medication, and not having any withdrawals. It will take some effort to lose, it is not automatic. People eat for emotional reasons as well as real hunger...if you want to go to a site that helps you work on that, go to www.masteringfood.com
It sounds like you are burning a lot of extra calories with the exercise that you are doing. Wellbutrin doesnt contain many calories per serving. If you are not losing weight, you must be making up the calories somewhere else. I say that "tongue in cheek", because I have a hard time losing weight through exercise. The reason is that exercise stimulates my appetite.
It doesnt seem fair, but I can spend 45 minutes on the treadmill, and regain the lost calories in a minute with a snickers bar.