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From:	VeganLover (c-67-180-148-236.hsd1.ca.comcast.net)
Subject:	Re: YES! It DOES cause weight gain!!
Date:	July 14, 2006 at 9:25 am PST

In Reply to: YES! It DOES cause weight gain!! posted by Nadia on November 24, 2003 at 12:31 pm:

Thank you all so much! I was just on this board yesterday asking how I could be gaining weight with a strict vegan diet and regular excercize. I have been freaking out because I have just gain almost 20 lbs in 4 monthes!!! I am 5'6 and typically about 140lbs but I've sky rocketed up to 160lbs! Which is offically over weight according to my BMI.
In the last 4 monthes I've also been dealing with a number of other weird health issues like serious hot flashes (and I'm only 24!), decreased estrogen, and rectal and vagnial bleeding (yikes!!!). I've gone to the Dr. for all of this and gone through countless tests and painful procedures and I even ended up in the emergency room. But no one could explain anything to me!
I woke up this morning and ran a google search for the side effects of Celexa which I have been on for about 5 monthes and it explained EVERYTHING! I only wish my doctors were as good as google.
But I am stopping taking it today! One of the comman side effects is even increased depression and suicide attempts!
I am going to keep track of my weight loss progress and report back to here.
Thank you all for sharing your experiences. I've been so down on myself for the weight gain but now I understand it wasn't something I was doing wrong.

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