I used Effexor for over a year. I didn’t experience most of the negative consequences but the two things I noticed were that it actually fixed my premature ejaculation and made me fat with cellulite around the belly. Now, I’ve always been a very thin guy, my wrists were as big as a girls wrist and all of a sudden, over the course of just 1 years, I’m fat. Obviously it messed up with my metabolism big time, the question is how?
To this date I’m baffled that not much information on the matter is available! The things I’ve come across were that it is known that SSRIs alter carbohydrate metabolism but even pharmacists or other medical personnel don’t actually get the relation. How is it possible to sell something and don’t know the actual metabolic pathways it can alter? It’s just a disgrace!
Do you guys have any idea what is actually going on? Any sources? Anything to get a more clearer idea of how is affecting our metabolism and how we should fix it? I must tell you I can’t seem to lose the weight even though I stopped using the drug. It’s like it has altered my metabolism completely..
Any opinion would be much appreciated!
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I suppose it’s not easy to follow the biochemical processes after you’ve completely derailed certain organism. That’s what happens when to the dudes that take SSRIs, they have their whole biochemistry so completely off that even the specialists that made the drug can’t really tell what’s going on with the thousands of metabolic pathways.
That is true but what can you do? I need to know what happened in order to reverse it and there is just no information on the matter!
Could you please advise your eating habits and exercise routines? This might be helpful information to those who are trying to help you.
These pharmaceutical companies can sell anything but they do have guidelines to how much of what to put in it. It’s like food with dangerous ingredients in it but that ingredient is low enough to be approved by the FDA.
You can build your metabolism back up by eating right and doing exercise…
Loyal has a point here. So you’ve had your metabolism altered with those damn medications.. time to get going and try to alter it back yourself. It’s what I’ve seen this site refer to as altering your negative neuroplasticity to a positive one.
Don’t be lazy brother.. your life hangs in the balance.