I am so glad I found this website. I have been on SSRIs for 3 years for anxiety and panic disorder. I started on
Zoloft, but the extreme weight gain (60lbs in one year while dieting and exercise)I was switched to
Lexapro. I must admit it helped my anxiety very much. However the weight gain and inability to lose weight still remains a problem on the Lexapro, so I have decided to see if I really need this medication and if I can lose this weight. I have weaned myself off Lexapro, and the withdrawl symptoms have been unbeleivable!! The irritability, the what I like to call "brain zaps", the dizzines, the emotional outbreaks....I feel like I'm going crazy. But hearing that other people are going through the same thing is so comforting. I would like to know, has anyone lost weight they gained on an SSRI anfter discontinuing it and will the withdrawl symptoms finally go away, I have been dealing with them for a week now, I want to hang in there, but it's hard!!