LOSING WEIGHT

[[je...]]

Has anyone else lost weight due to being on a benzo? I have been on xanax for a year now and I can not put on a healthy weight! I eat sooooo much crap just to try to gain weight and look my healthy self again and I just cant get there.... I look my best on my period because atleast i look filled out then.  I am down to .25mg of xanax now feel like I gained a little more weight but still too skinney for the amount of food I eat! Does anyone else have this problem?

[[Re...]]

Yes!

 

I started my taper in late July and the last 2 months I have lost about 5 pounds. Not wanted weigh loss! With the taper, I have stomachaches and chest heaviness especially at night and upon awakening and sometimes throughout the whole day. I notice that I just don't have the apetite that I previously had before the taper. Also, I am not able to keep  up with any aerobic intensity and losing muscle mass( I get extreme fatigue with aerobic workouts and full body achniness that will last well over a week after I exercise.). Trying to eat small more frequent meals and supplementing with fruit protein shakes.

 

Recover

[[to...]]

Everytime I make a cut I lose some pounds.  I have always been thin so even a few pounds makes a difference. 

[[re...]]

I lost a lot of weight in my taper and after my jump. I am finally putting it back on and feel like I look healthy again.

You will gain it back. Just eat healthy. Don't eat garbage, as your body and brain really need nourishment now.

 

I was doing the GAPS diet then moved to a mostly vegan with fish or chicken only twice a week. No dairy. My skin is glowing again. Yeah!

[[je...]]

you lose as you taper!?!? oh god im in trouble.....thought it was bad enough that i was losing it while i was on the drug regularly!!!

[[Sc...]]

I never lost WHILE on them...but lost a lot during my taper.  I have put on 5 lbs now, and that alone has made a difference.  I look more healthy.  Benzos can cause weight loss for some and weight gain for others...but once off and healed, things seem to fall into place for everyone.  Try not to worry about it...I was becoming obsessed with it earlier in the game (worried i was malnourished, or that people would think I was starving myself intentionally) but eventually "let it go" when I realized it was just another reaction to the meds and that eventually things would go back to "normal".

 

Hang in there! 

 

Hugs,

Schatje

[[JO...]]

I have seen both ends of the scale no pun intended. When I was on Kolonpin i gained 50 lbs Since my taper I have lost the weight and built up muscle . It is very important to eat a clean diet and get plenty of exercise . We are in distress coming of these drugs and we need to give our brains and bodies all the help we can.

[[Pe...]]

After almost 20 years of benzos my weight got down to 84 lbs...and I am 5'6".  I was accused of being anorexic when my doctors couldn't figure it out.  After I stopped the benzos, about a month later the weight began to come back.  I am now nearing my 14 month benzo free anniversary, and I weigh 120 lbs.

 

[[sh...]]

yeah I lost 65# over a year and have had the hardest time getting my appetite back- I seem to have plateaued at 96#s- Taking biotin and omega3 fish oil, after seeing GI dr and saying all tests are normal and I don't have celiac- just IBS ( Iwas stressed over what I could'nt eat if I had celiac) from the med.s, taking probiotic so Im regular. Trying to eat a lot of small meals- healthy fattening foods like cashews etc. but am so BORED w/ food- can't believe how hard it is to eat healthy!

[[je...]]

Thanks for all the posts....very helpful....perserverance that is very reassuring to hear that you gained it back!

[[pa...]]

Hi, my hubby's weight loss began 3 weeks before end of taper.  Two weeks after being off benzo, he began to slightly put wgt back on, then got hit at 2nd months off with GI and Benzo Belly.  Weight loss began again, he has lost close to 30 lbs to date.  He began slightly putting it back on in Oct last year, then bang got hit with the excessive urination, weight loss began again.  Its the pitts, he is skin and bones!  Pattylu

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i have lost about 22 lbs so far.  i lost it while I was taking it and then I have been losing it since I stopped c/t 3 weeks ago.  Just can't seem to put it back on.  Hopefully in time.  Some days are good for eating, some days not so good.  Just make sure you make yourself eat something and I have been drinking ensure too to help.  good luck!