If I could chime in on the depression and weight gain... So I've been on some sort of antidepressant or mood stabilizer since I was 12 because of my depression. And I used to think it was the drugs that made me gain weight. But now that I'm not a stupid teenager anymore and I actually know better, I can confirm it's the food. I would always eat WAY more when I was on antidepressants as a teenager. Whether it was because I was feeling less depressed and therefore had my appetite back, or whether the drugs themselves made me more hungry is unknown, but it was my fault I gained weight because I ate all that crap. I actually weigh less now than I did in highschool, even though I'm on 3 different antidepressants right now.