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Weight Gain taking Lexapro for Depression/Anxiety & Elavil for IBS

I have been taking lexapro and wellbutrin XL for a few years.  I didn't seem to gain weight.  About a year ago I was put on elavil to help with IBS.

I have gained a lot of weight in the last year. I don't have a scale so I don't know how many pounds, but, I have gone from about a 33 waist pant size to a 36 inch elastic waist being too small.

I understand that elavil can cause weight gain.  Would the lexapro also be adding to this?  

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Elavil is amitriptyline, an anti-depressant.  If the weight gain bothers you, you might ask if it could be changed to trazodone which doesn't make you gain weight and is an effective anti-depressant also.
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Yep!  I've been on Lexapro for several years and I gained a lot of weight, particularly soon after I began the drug.
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Elavil inhibits histamine action in the central nervous system and long term inhibition of histamine receptors in the brain causes deranged metabolism, which can lead to weight gain.



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