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People taking SSRIs like Lexapro can complain about weight gain; and there are many that complain about weight loss. Remember, that anxiety can often leadLead poisoning to depression which in itself can cause weight gain for a viarity of reasons. I actually lost weight while taking an SSRI, but I think it had to do a lot more with a normalNormal saline flush exercise routineRoutine sputum culture and watching what I ate.
Gained 50 pounds on PaxilPaxil Paxil cr, but it worked sorta. Didn't gain on Lexapro until they recently increased it to 30mg because it isn't working. My theory is, the better a drug works, the worse the side effects -- it means you're metabolizing it well. But everyone is different, some people complain about weight loss on these drugs. They're weird.