Weight Gain

[jancross]

Oh no not only do we have to put up with constant pain and exhaustion. Gabapentin makes you gain weight even though I feel sick all the time and dont eat much.

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yes I am afraid that it does, cant win can we, get depressed because

we have got fat or depressed because we hurt what a problem, Harry

Hill would say only one way to decide FIGHT

[jancross]

Very true, we must fight all the time or who knows what would happen

[WoollyMamath]

Hugs hun - I know how you feel.

I've put on over a stone in the last year and hate the way my body is going. I'm currently having counselling to help with the depression and am hoping this is going to help.

[jancross]

Hugs back- woolly hope counselling helps.

[Gayns]

Ive been on slimming world now for 4 weeks and have lost no weight whats so ever. Infact i have followed the diet to the full stop and put weight on and i am getting more depressed and only thing lighter is the lighter grrrrrr

[kingkurt]

Hi all

Just joined and saw your post

I was on Gabapentin for over a year for pain relief a few years ago after a major back operation and I did not put on any additional weight

I have recently began to put on weight the last 6 months since this problem which i have now been told is Fibromalgia began

cheers

Kurtis

[Sammicat15]

Am really feeling for you. I'm very overweight but managed to lose a fair old bit while working. After I stopped working, it crept back on. I didnt go on HRT because of weight gain issues. I'm now on high doses of Gabapentin and Amitrip, as well as other stuff, and the weight has piled on at a fair old pace. It really sucks grrr. We can either choose to sit and starve, or eat and move but with horrid pain consequences - life really ain't fair!

[Aches_n_Pains_All_Over]

Me too everyone, weight it's such a pain as well as the physical pain we feel, I have a number of pills, gabapentin being 1 of them amitriptylene, mst, diazepam, efexor, simvastatin, singulaire, and over the last 13 months there has not been 1 month where I have not had steroids or antibiotics and steroids are well known for gaining weight so here it is, I have also stopped smoking, pills fill me up and I eat very little mostly a bar of chocolate and rich tea biscuits (shocking) I have gained 5 stones in the last 2 years due to above and inactivity due to severe all over pain. Waiting to go for medical for this new ESA and I also need to go ahead with DLA AGAIN as I keep getting refused, I'm worse now than ever and I'm sure it's the weight gain but no matter what I do it will not come off .

Advice welcome xx

[jancross]

Sound like there sould be a fat Fibro club, I wonder if there is any alternative to Gabapentin other than pain. I joined weight watechers last week and lost 3.5 pounds but it is much slower than others. Hey ho will carry on.