Interesting - I've also been very thankful for Lexapro this year, and, yes, have gone up a jeans size. But, probably because I'm male, if anyone's judging me for it they're keeping it to themselves.https://twitter.com/brosandprose/status/1051951831562297344 …
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Replying to @avibryant
Do you think your weight gain is a consequence of higher calories consumption or lower energy expenditure (or something else?) If you had to guess, what do you attribute it to?
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Replying to @spakhm
I'm really curious about this myself. I think it's plausible that I'm consuming more calories. I think if my energy expenditure is lower it's on a micro scale (less fidgeting? less... waste heat?) not from any gross muscle movements, and I wouldn't expect that to be so noticeable
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Replying to @avibryant
Do you exercise regularly? Have you ever learned to train yourself to reliably gain muscle/lose fat? (No judgement/moral axes here, I’m very curious how this works both for general and obvious personal reasons).
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Replying to @spakhm
Yes to regular aerobic exercise, no to training myself to gain muscle.
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Replying to @avibryant
Last q. How do you feel about philosophical qs of whether the medication makes you less you, or that we’ve constructed a society that reqs so many ppl to be on psychiatric medication to function? In your experience, are these even worth thinking about in personal context?
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Totally worth thinking about. In my case the thing I was trying to fix was a mental pattern that I was consciously self-aware was a "bug", so it's easy for me to view being on lexapro as a "better me" rather than "not me".
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Society-wise, I'm not convinced psychiatric medication is any different here than heart medication or cancer medication. I believe people have always struggled with this; the main thing that's changed is our ability to medicate it.
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Replying to @avibryant
1/4 US women are on antidepressants (!!). It’s difficult to believe that ppl have always struggled with depression/anxiety at this rate (it’s plausible but seems unlikely). Same with diabetes btw, (that one is def a new problem). Thanks for your answers!
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