Ep. 154: Causes of Midlife Weight Gain from Anxiety Meds & Easy Coping Skills to Reverse It

Creating Midlife Calm: Coping Skills for Stress & Anxiety in Family, Work & Relationships

Are you concerned about weight gain after starting anxiety medication?

You don’t have to choose between your mental health and your physical health.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

1. The key reasons why some anxiety medications lead to weight gain and how to identify if it's affecting you.
2. Four effective strategies to prevent and manage medication-related weight changes.
3. How to work with your doctor to find the right medication for you

Press play now to gain the knowledge and tools to manage medication-related weight changes so you can feel your best—mentally and physically.

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About the Host:
MJ Murray Vachon LCSW is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with more than 48,000 hours of therapy sessions and 31 years of experience teaching her Mental Wellness curriculum, Inner Challenge. Four years ago she overcame her fear of technology to create a podcast that integrated her vast clinical experience and practical wisdom of cultivating mental wellness using the latest information from neuroscience. MJ was Social Worker of the Year in 2011 for Region 2/IN.
Creating Midlife Calm is a podcast designed to guide you through the challenges of midlife, tackling issues like anxiety, low self-esteem, feeling unworthy, procrastination, and isolation, while offering strategies for improving relationships, family support, emotional wellbeing, mental wellness, and parenting, with a focus on mindfulness, stress management, coping skills, and personal growth to stop rumination, overthinking, and increase confidence through self-care, emotional healing, and mental health support.