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Prozac and lorazepam made me gain 25 lbs. how do I lose the weight?

I've gained 25 lbs in less than a year. I'm taking Prozac and lorazepam for OCD and anxiety. I know I can't get off the medicine yet but how do I lose the weight? I initially lost weight until I gained all and more weight back. Has anyone experienced this and have you done to help in losing weight?
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I gained 50 pounds while on Paxil without changing my diet at all and I exercise a lot.  I didn't lose any of it until I stopped taking that drug.  That being said, there is a book called The Anti-Depressant Survival Guide that might help, though the diet suggested in it doesn't sound like a very good or healthful one to me.  It might give you some ideas, though.  Prozac isn't usually one of the big weight gainers, though, so you might not have a very good diet, but any of these drugs can cause weight gain in some people and you apparently are one of them.  But the suggestions are really no different than for anyone else who needs to lose weight -- the drugs slow down our metabolism, and sometimes cause cravings for sugar and simple carbs.  So you need to speed up your metabolism through exercise and cut out those foods that metabolize most quickly into sugar that, if not burned off immediately, store as fat.  It's harder when you're on these meds, but hopefully you can find a program that works for you.
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