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Rizen

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10. Get on medicine.

Sat Mar 28, 2026, 06:05 PM

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I was chronically depressed for about 15 years. I got on a lot of medicine with weight gain as a side effect that made me balloon up to 280lbs and had 5 family members die including my mom who died of cancer. But things do eventually get better. I'm down to 210lbs now. A big part of that was getting on medicine. My advice though is if you start to gain weight talk to your doctor about getting on a different medicine immediately.

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