ryan93 wrote:
Hey, I've got a few questions about anti - depressants. I'm tired of hating life, and I was thinking about seeing a psychiatrist. I have a few questions about your own experience/knowledge with/of the drugs...
Are their any anti-depressants that don't make you gain weight? Or even loose weight?
Do anti - depressants affect you intellect in any way?
With drugs that impact pituitary hormone output you would expect there is potential for long-range impact on a developing brain as well as the rest of the body; but, in adolescence probably not nearly of the magnitude as in utero. I would expect dopamine/norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors would not have the same adverse physique impact as SSRIs/MAOIs; but, they do have their own acute toxicity risks.
You probably would do well to take charge of your health first to make sure nothing clinically significant is affecting your mood; even if someone would be glad to just prescribe a mood drug and be done with it.