Substantial weight symptoms and conditions

Addendum to success story:

The longer I do not have my period, the better for the endo, as it does not grow without a period. My doctor and I have decided to think about inserting an IUD w/hormones in the 12th month. I need to research that first.

Forgot to add a couple of things to the side effects--I have had a substantial weight gain and short-term memory loss. The depression comes and goes (I suspect that some of my personal circumstances have a lot to do with that rather than the shot)

I am 26 years old and my husband and I have 4 common children and we are currently raising his son from his first marriage so I have 5 children at home. after the birth fo my first child in 1998, I suffered a severe panic attack that came out of nowhere, I rushed to the emergency room thinking i was dying, and for 5 years after that i suffered and lived with major deppression and severe anxiety. I literaly thought i was dying everyday of my life, my file at the doctors office was really getting thick from all my visits. Finally in 2004 for the sake fo my children I agreed to take medication and my doctor put me on zoloft I started at 100mg. and slowly increased to 200mg. I was on it for a year and for the first time in 5 years I felt good, I didnt' think about dying , my patience with my children increased I was a new person, unfortunatley I had a substantial weight gain so I requested to try a different medication so they switched me to wellbutrin 400mg my appetite has decreased but my anxiety has increased not to the point it was before i had any help but it definatley isn't as controlled as when i was on the zoloft.
I think zoloft is excellent for anxiety but it didn't work for my severe p.m.s.

I have been taking dilantin as a stabilizer for bipolar disorder. I was told that it would cause me to feel sleepy, which is fine with me because that really helpful with the whole insomnia thing. I just take it before bed. I noticed that at first I felt like I was walking through a perpetual fog. But that seems to have stopped now. It seems to be working ok. My problem is it seems to have increased my appetite and caused me to gain weight.
I was wondering if anyone else had noticed substantial weight gain (3-10 lbs in 2 weeks!! :( ) . I've read that a lot of people experience weight loss with dilantin, i was wondering if the opposite could be true as well.