steves Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 i was 170lbs before meds now im 260lbs, i can't take it. im torn between quiting meds all together and staying on them . last summer i stopped all meds and lost 75lbs in a couple of months, but it ended badly. so i got back on them and boom fat again. I switched my meds to weight neutral meds such as trileptal and geodon i eat better but it just isn't enough... I need hardcore excercise daily im affraid. yes this is full of typos sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kittyloaf Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 I am too. I'm 5'9" and 280 mainly due to seroquel and suicidal depressions where I wouldn't care. I'm trying to turn it around with geodon rather than seroquel but my obesity causes joint pain and shortness of breath. I realize I would be dead without the meds so that makes me hate myself a little less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exl2398 Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 I gained 82lbs on risperdal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissaw72 Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 I gained a lot of weight also after the clozaril. But even going off clozaril my appetite still was big and I continued to gain weight. So pdoc put me on naltrexone, which is an addiction med, usually used for smokers and alcholics. It helps resist temptations. Has worked for me. I still have weight on me, but not as much as I did have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrankyMe Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 Being fat isn't the end of the world. You can be fat AND healthy. I am. Overweight is a risk factor (just like gender or race) for several diseases, but it is only a factor -- it doesn't mean you'll get those diseases. It's not a death sentence. Be gentle with yourselves and try to focus on your health, not your weight. That's the best advice I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpladybug Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 I gained weight from several different meds. And now I am fat. However, I prefer stability to slenderness. We have gone back to the Y and I hope to get below 200 lbs for a first goal. I miss my young body. No one in my family is overweight so I feel self conscious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wj74 Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 Me too. I was overweight to begin with when I started with the meds but I have gained some more. In my immediate family I am the only really overweight one. I have been overworked and depressed so that doesn't help plus the Seroquel. I am trying to get my ass in gear and eat better (I am the worst with skipping the veggies just because I prefer salad but hate making it) and taking the dog for walks. Of course then I go and eat freaking cookies afterwards. Sucks. I don't want to even show myself some days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizmo Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 Ive gained about 40 lbs over the past 7 years on mental meds. I was already overweight to begin with. What is hard to deal with is that I don't eat completely unhealthy. I rarely snack, I rarely eat sweets. I rarely eat outside the house. But I'm always hungry. And I eat a very healthy dinner. Lots of pasta, lots of rice in my dinners. And I don't exercise much due to some health issues. So for the past several months I've been weight stable and ok with it. I really, really wish I could lose weight, because I'm 5'4" and 215. But stability is more important to me than the way I look. I don't have to look in a mirror very often, but I do have to live with my thoughts and actions every second of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissaw72 Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Ive gained about 40 lbs over the past 7 years on mental meds. I was already overweight to begin with. What is hard to deal with is that I don't eat completely unhealthy. I rarely snack, I rarely eat sweets. I rarely eat outside the house. But I'm always hungry. And I eat a very healthy dinner. Lots of pasta, lots of rice in my dinners. And I don't exercise much due to some health issues. So for the past several months I've been weight stable and ok with it. I really, really wish I could lose weight, because I'm 5'4" and 215. But stability is more important to me than the way I look. I don't have to look in a mirror very often, but I do have to live with my thoughts and actions every second of the day. For what it is worth, if you are eating plain pasta (as opposed to whole wheat), and white rice (as opposed to brown rice), that *might* be part of the problem .. plain pasta and rice and white bread turn directly into sugar in your system after ingesting. I dont know the science behind it, but after I switched to whole wheat stuff from encouragement of many many people, I noticed a difference. Still put on weight but definitely not as fast. Plus, for me, any kind of pasta and rice put on pounds. No matter how it is cooked/ie lasagna, spaghetti etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g8orgirl Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 I'm overweight too but I can't blame the meds 100%. About ten years ago I got down to about 114lbs and I'm 5'8 so I was actually underweight. I've done nothing but gain weight over the last 10 years. I'd say 70% of me being overweight is my fault and 30% is the meds. I like to think that if I was able to lose weight before I should be able to do it again. I don't eat a lot, it's just that what I do eat isn't always good healthy food. I'm currently trying to eat better and I'm even thinking about joining a gym close to my house. It sucks being overweight, I know what people think when they look at me and my self esteem has never been lower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
error_message Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 i gained more than 40 pounds on zyprexa and risperdal and could never, ever be or feel ok with that. topamax helped me lose 10 pounds, but thats all i could get off until i started dropping meds (7 pounds with remeron, and now hopefully eventually the rest of it now that i dont take cymbalta or risperdal anymore). people continually take the opportunity of my gaining weight to tell me that they think i looked even uglier before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coconuts Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 I gained weight on celexa I started buying lots of raw food a few weeks ago very rarely eat meat now and mostly salads I've dropped seven pounds but I'm still so bloated from a cyst that I still look huge. I find it helps to only keep raw food around if there's a bag of chips here it's in the mouth then I pay after Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 When I quit smoking I gained a lot of weight, I'm at about 240 now and trying to exercise. I'd still rather be a little overweight than be depressed though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koa Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I was a healthy weight before going on zyprexa. I quickly went from being 6' and 170 pounds to going to being around 240 pounds (or possibly more, these days I am afraid to even check the scales.) I was able to drop 15 pounds at one point with regular heavy exercise and a low carb diet, but I found the routine unsustainable and gained it all back. I feel kind of depressed lately because I feel like I have basically given up on my physical health. I know this thought is incorrect, but I feel like nothing is going to work to help me lose weight, so I might as well just stop exercising and eat whatever I want. I find it difficult to exercise as heavily as I used to, partially because of my weight and partially because of depression. I feel so horrible about the way I look. My fatness has really deteriorated what little confidence I once had. I really resent the doctor who prescribed me zyprexa, and kept me on it for months after I was stable, when other meds would probably have worked well enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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