Has anybody experienced weight gain only after getting off medication? I was on Sertraline for anxiety and low mood for 3 years and my metabolism has ok. I tapered slowly and finally quit, no medication for 2.5 months now. All my anxious feelings and depression came back full force and now I find myself putting on a lot of weight. At least 6kg in the 2.5 months... I got my blood tests and everything is perfect but my cortisol is sky high. I am not bingeing, I think that I eat normally, having a pizza maybe 2x a month, usually cook at home, I don't eat before bed, I go on walks, jog or tend to my garden, I have a house to take care of (28F, married and just bought a house) but I feel like the stress is totally making me bigger and bigger. My job is sedentary but has always been so.

Has anyone experienced that? 

I suffer from bad panic attacks and ocd thoughts nowadays and find myself constantly in fight or flight state, I kind of blame this for the excessive weight gain. 

Has anyone got any experience with high cortisol? Is it possible that it can make my weight skyrocket without other changes in eating/exercise?