migraine
"My doctor swapped me onto this medicine because I was getting married and hoping to have a more "baby friendly" medicine in case I got pregnant in the near future. On cyproheptadine, I felt like the medicine took some of the edge off my chronic migraines.  The intensity lessened, but I saw no significant change in migraine frequency. I was taking 12mg per day.  But oh, the side effects! First, I felt this perpetual restless agitation. Second, I was hungry absolutely all the time.  I have a great deal of self-control and was able to keep things at bay for a while,  but my weight kept creeping up. In 6 months, I gained 15 lbs (my normal, very stable weight is 120lbs, so this was a lot for me). Eventually decided this one wasn't for me."