Thread: I hope I have the strength
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Old 11-06-2009, 04:21 PM
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Thanks for the input. I am on methadone 10 mg, BID, same as you. The neurontin will be 300 TID as I build up.

I am terrified of weight gain. Over the past 7 years I have been on and off neurontin, lyrica, Cymbalta, Paxil, Lexapro, amitriptyline, and a bunch of other stuff I can't remember at the moment. When I started in 1998, I weighed
150. Last winter I was over 230 - and I don't eat that much. Seems like every doggone drug added a few more pounds, except the methadone .

After dropping Paxil this summer, I lost 20 pounds - without changing diet or exercise - so I know these drugs are pound packers.

How do any of you deal with it? Live on chicken broth?
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