I was a size 14 til I was 15 and went on depression medication and eventually was a size 18. I honestly didn't even mind that much because I'm around 6 feet tall but I had big boobs, wide hips and no weight in my face, so I didn't look huge all over. My medication for bipolar not only caused me to gain 45lbs in 6 months, it also eventually fucked with my thyroid, making it EXTRA hard to loose the weight I put on and keep it off. I lost 10lbs in two months and then gained 30lbs back in the following 6 months just from increase in dosage. It's such a pain because I was already like 35lbs overweight when I started taking it, and now I'm well over 100lbs overweight. And my mom is one of the people who thinks that just exercising more and eating properly will totally counteract the effects of the medication, because my doctor said to do those things to keep the side effects minimal, but not that it would totally keep me from gaining this weight. /rant
My medication for bipolar not only caused me to gain 45lbs in 6 months, it also eventually fucked with my thyroid, making it EXTRA hard to loose the weight I put on and keep it off. I lost 10lbs in two months and then gained 30lbs back in the following 6 months just from increase in dosage. It's such a pain because I was already like 35lbs overweight when I started taking it, and now I'm well over 100lbs overweight.
And my mom is one of the people who thinks that just exercising more and eating properly will totally counteract the effects of the medication, because my doctor said to do those things to keep the side effects minimal, but not that it would totally keep me from gaining this weight.
/rant