Which antidepressant has the least side effects?

[JanaeAshley]

Hi. I have been on antidepressants for years. Im getting older though and so the whole gaining weight and just changing as a whole is starting to take place. Im 23 years old almost and I am concerned that with my metobolism slowing down I am more likely to gain weight than before. Which medications used to treat anxiety have the least chance of causing weight gain as a side effect? More importantly what medication has the least reported side effects. The idea of having side effects from medicine makes me want to stop them completely.

I have taken Zoloft to have nothing but bad side effects and now Im on Sinequan now but I have read weight gain is a side effect of it :(

Anyone with any help would be great. Yes i know every person is different and gets different side effects.

[Paxiled]

Probably Prozac or Lexapro.  But you answered your own question -- everyone is different.  Prozac does seem to have the least chance of the ssris for weight gain.  With the tricyclics weight gain is rarer, though it can happen, but then there are other side effects such as dry mouth and constipation.  Look, these meds are affecting your brain, they're all going to have some side effects.  The question is whether they do more for you than against you.  And you're only 23, you're metabolism isn't slowing down that much yet unless you don't exercise.  I'm 56, and my metabolism is still fine because I exercise a lot, but I still gained 50 pounds on Paxil.  You're not going to get a good answer.  But I will ask, are you in therapy?  If you can make that work, you might be able to get off the medication carousel.  

[JanaeAshley]

Yea I am just so scared of any "strange" feeling in my body that I want to be on a medication that will not make me tingly or feel strange. And the last thing i want to do is get really fat. I do exercise and I walk a whole lot because I am a college student so I walk through campus all day. I read that tricyclics actually cause weight gain more than SSRI's ... i was on Zoloft for years and didn't gain a pound, stopped all medication all together for a year came back to it and gained weight on it...

im just growing up and changing, things work differently sadly.
I have tried therapy but besides my worry "what if"  mind . I have been taught ways to challenge my worrying thoughts and i still use them. It is hard to be convinced you are ok when you are putting a foreign substance into your body everyday though.

I think on friday when i go to the doctor im going to request i be taken off sinequan due to the fact that i experience nothing buy sleepiness from it... no relief from the anxiety or depression and i have had side effects such as urine retention and hypoglycemia. All within 3 weeks of use.

The xanax works like a charm but i have only taken 3 in over a week. I wish they could just give me xanax xr and that be it. :/

thank you for always reading and trying to assist me.
btw i start therapy yet again whenever there is an opening at the counseling center on campus.