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Emotional Eating (Expert Forum)
Meridia & Lexapro
Answered by
Roger Gould, M.D. - Mental Health, Wellness
Questions in the Emotional Eating forum are answered by Dr. Roger Gould. Topics covered include anger and eating, anxiety and eating, binge eating, depression and eating, eating to "fit in", emotional eating, fill the void eating, guilt and eating, loneliness and eating, social eating, and stress and eating.
Meridia & Lexapro
by ohern2009@lawnet.ucla.edu, Sep 20, 2007 11:02PM
Can I take both? If not, will the Meridia help with the depression? I really need help with my weight.
Doctor's Answer
by Roger Gould, M.D., Sep 21, 2007 06:55PM
, Sep 21, 2007 06:55PMTo: ohern
Since Meridia effects serotonin and epinephrine levels, and so does lexapro, you should not take both unless your physicians has other reasons for this combination. You should also not rely on medications for weight control, they don't work in the long run, and neither do diets. Depression and emotional eating are quite closely linked.
