Comment · Wed, June 1, 2016
Do SSRI drugs work in severely underweight people?
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cameronhook · 2 points
Hi, I have been on Zoloft, Lexapro, Luvox, Mirtazipine and on and on. All terrible drugs but the Zoloft worked the best for my panic disorder, OCD and eating issues. Right now I am severely underweight and all the doctors (2 of them) in my tiny town are honestly terrible doctors.
So I am wondering that if I start Zoloft again, first of all, are SSRI drugs as effective as the first time you take them? would their efficacy go down since I have been on them in the past? and most importantly, will they work on someone severely underweight? I only ask this because I read this
http://eatingdisorders.ucsd.edu/research/pdf_papers/1999/ferguson1999ssri.pdf
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cameronhook · 1 points
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u/MisterYouAreSoDumb
No, your weight should not make an SSRI ineffective. That study was saying SSRIs did not improve symptoms of anorexia nervosa, not that being underweight affected the efficacy of the drug.
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