KiaKaha
Sat, Mar-29-08, 19:49
I have been Lo-carbing for nearly 3 months. Weight loss about 10lbs. Trying everything to fiind out why it is not working for me (at my weight and with never going off plan - 10lbs is absolutely minimal, no inch loss either). I have tried the Candida cure, tried no dairy, no gluten - and have even consumed a lot more calories (helped a little) but still no real weight loss.
I am now eating 20 - 25C/day (was on 30C), 80 - 82% fat, 13 - 16% protein and 3 - 5% Carbs.
Racking my brains for what the problem could be?
Then had a lightbulb moment - and checked out Doxepin (Aponal) and found it is associated with massive weight gain. (Like mine, 70lbs in 20 months).
I had a major trauma when I was pregnant but wouldnt take medication because of the baby. Basically developed post traumatic stress syndrome.
After the baby was born, they tried me on all sorts of drugs and nothing agreed with me. Finally ended up on Doxepin (tricyclic antidepressant) which is anti-anxiety, has some ssri activity and crucially for me, overcomes insomnia. Anyway I was up to 120 mgs/ day but am pretty much ok now and have been cutting right down and am now on 20mgs/day which I hope to get down to 10 mgs in a few weeks. I am really only on them now as I have severe allergies and sleep apnoea so have real difficulty sleeping even when I dont have other issues.
So now I am thinking - if it was responsible for all the weight gain, could even this fairly low dose be what is stopping me from losing weight?
It is quite hard sticking with this level of lo-carbing when you arent really getting much feedback that its working. I am persevering with it because it has brought my diabetes under control but I am questioning whether I stop trying to lose weight (which I really want to do) and move up to a maintenance level of around 40/50 carbs- because I feel like I'm on a restrictive diet without the reinforcement of watching the lbs come off.
Does anyone have experience taking this drug? Particularly in conjunction with LoCarbing?
I am now eating 20 - 25C/day (was on 30C), 80 - 82% fat, 13 - 16% protein and 3 - 5% Carbs.
Racking my brains for what the problem could be?
Then had a lightbulb moment - and checked out Doxepin (Aponal) and found it is associated with massive weight gain. (Like mine, 70lbs in 20 months).
I had a major trauma when I was pregnant but wouldnt take medication because of the baby. Basically developed post traumatic stress syndrome.
After the baby was born, they tried me on all sorts of drugs and nothing agreed with me. Finally ended up on Doxepin (tricyclic antidepressant) which is anti-anxiety, has some ssri activity and crucially for me, overcomes insomnia. Anyway I was up to 120 mgs/ day but am pretty much ok now and have been cutting right down and am now on 20mgs/day which I hope to get down to 10 mgs in a few weeks. I am really only on them now as I have severe allergies and sleep apnoea so have real difficulty sleeping even when I dont have other issues.
So now I am thinking - if it was responsible for all the weight gain, could even this fairly low dose be what is stopping me from losing weight?
It is quite hard sticking with this level of lo-carbing when you arent really getting much feedback that its working. I am persevering with it because it has brought my diabetes under control but I am questioning whether I stop trying to lose weight (which I really want to do) and move up to a maintenance level of around 40/50 carbs- because I feel like I'm on a restrictive diet without the reinforcement of watching the lbs come off.
Does anyone have experience taking this drug? Particularly in conjunction with LoCarbing?