I take Paxil (an SSRI), a pretty good dose of it too. I have severe anxiety without it. I do think it slows my metabolism or something, but I think it's because it chills me out so much.
The same thing happens to me everytime I go full-blown Atkins. I lose the water weight and then a couple more lbs, then a dead stand still. This is the first time I've pushed through it, so I'll tell you what I did. At first, I was eating meat, veggies, low-carb treats I made at home, lc sauces, diet pop, splenda in my coffee and tea, and such. I initially lost about 8 lbs. including whatever water weight on that. After a couple of weeks not losing weight on that, I took out all the extra sauces, treats, and diet pops. Still had splenda in coffee and tea, and lc veggies, cheese, cream. I probably wasn't having more than 30 or 40 g. of carbs/day. This did NOTHING. I got stuck for 7 weeks and was not about to give up anything else. 2 weeks ago, I started eating only meat every other day and you know what? I've lost 5 lbs. (which is a lot to me).
I would say SSRI's might make it more difficult to lose weight, but not even close to impossible. Keep going this time and see what happens. Don't mess with your meds if you're feeling good. You might have to push a little harder than your fellow low-carbers in order to lose the weight, but I'd venture to say that if you weren't doing low-carb, you'd probably be gaining weight on the medication right now.
The thing that's different for me this time is that I changed the way I'm eating for my health. I quit smoking and gained some weight, and that was all it took. I figured as long as I was giving up the cigs, I would give up the snickers and cheetos. I haven't ate off plan for 3 months or so now, and I'm liking it more than ever. Hope this helps.
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