# Medications and Weight Loss **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 4, 2013, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medications-and-weight-loss/652017 "2013-03-04T17:58:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gestalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/90ced4/32.png) [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medications-and-weight-loss/652017/1 "2013-03-04T17:58:21Z")
I recently restarted an antidepressant that I have been taking on and off for a while–Wellbutrin. Each time I take it I lose weight, but I have never truly paid attention to how/why until this time. Some background: I have always had a bit of an unhealthy relationship with food–I used to binge a lot, and even now I eat for comfort and out of a sense of habit (for example, if I come home and don’t have a snack, I get really anxious and don’t calm down till I eat). I vacillate between normal and overweight, depending on how much exercise I do (as I get older, I more often find myself overweight than not). So today is day 2 of Wellbutrin, I have noticed the following: 1. I don’t think about food as often, and can very easily ignore my physiological “hunger” signals 2. Food doesn’t taste as good 3. Food doesn’t give me a global calming effect anymore So I have a couple of questions for y’all 1. Overweight people (or people who think they have a poor relationship with food)–how much time per day do you spend thinking about food? Does eating calm you down or otherwise soothe you? Does it give you a “happy” feeling? 2. Normal/underweight people, or people who think they have a good relationship with food–Do you enjoy eating? Does it make you feel happy (not just in the “I satisfied a basic biologic need” sense but in a wholistic sense, perhaps a bit like orgasm does?)? If so, do you think it is the greatest source of pleasure in your life? How much time do you spend thinking about food?