frosty Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 (edited) Am I a freak of what?? I read everything I could about Seroquel.. I feel great, I am losing weight on this stuff... My lifestyle remains the same but I am sleeping better - that is it.. So I am up fewer hours, less active, because I am at rest more and less hyper but I am still losing weight. Anyone else ??? Frosty. Edited March 15, 2006 by frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peeej Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 yeah i was on seroquel and lost weight. i went off it a few weeks ago and i think i'm still losing. not that i weigh myself. just.. feel skinnier. like i need to be skinnier. pj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frosty Posted March 15, 2006 Author Share Posted March 15, 2006 yeah i was on seroquel and lost weight. i went off it a few weeks ago and i think i'm still losing. not that i weigh myself. just.. feel skinnier. like i need to be skinnier. pj <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Weird.... I live in Ontario as well and so far it's just you and me PJ. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 I'm losing weight. I mean, I was before Seroquel, the drug just slowed it down a bit. Makes it harder. But I've lost a few inches here and there, kept off the weight I lost before Seroquel. It can be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batou Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 I haven't gained any weight on Seroquel. I have lost some weight but that is probably due to the AP switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borzage Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Am I a freak of what?? I read everything I could about Seroquel.. I feel great, I am losing weight on this stuff... My lifestyle remains the same but I am sleeping better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robotlove29 Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 ummmm....this is one side effect I'd like to order pleasee!!! B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frosty Posted March 16, 2006 Author Share Posted March 16, 2006 ummmm....this is one side effect I'd like to order pleasee!!! B) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You know what though?? I gained 20 pounds on Lamictal at your dose real fast... But I had serious side effects and had to come off it.. (darn) So did the weight.. Frosty. The worse ever was Paxil... EEW. I bloated up like a dead fish... 40 pounds in one month. My stretch marks had stretch marks.. I told the doc if I am so depressed about myself by the sise effects of this pill, even if it pulls me out of the first depression, my self hatred is still going to keep me in a depressed state.. So what is the point... Got off that too.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Elvis Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 They should make a pill that's a combo of an AP and tapeworm larva. Just a thought. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frosty Posted March 17, 2006 Author Share Posted March 17, 2006 They should make a pill that's a combo of an AP and tapeworm larva. Just a thought. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Wouldn't work V E .. The tapeworm probably would end up either sleeping all day or getting manic and forgetting to eat anyway.. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realitytest Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 (edited) Just wrote on Seroquel in the "sleepies" thread but I thought I'd add a note here which I sure hope is wrong. Several studies (sorry no links) "show" that Seroquel tends to cause weight gain - and quite a bit (positive correlation in other words) - in those for whom it is most effective. Speaking as someone who has decided NEVER again to take a med which causes weight gain - having just barely removed forty killing lbs which trashed already fragile: back, knees, lipids, heart and morale. From Nardil (Not the reason I stopped it.) GREAT medicine, though - for them as it works for. I mean that. Giving up sausage etc, was nothing. But it WAS killling me. rt PS MUST we have this "edited by" note?? I'll be forced to add OCD to my dx list (was hoping to keep that. at least, under wraps. ) Edited March 23, 2006 by realitytest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synthetic Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 I've lost about 10 pounds since starting Seroquel about 2 months ago. I had been at the same weight for years and never could lose more than a couple of pounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peeej Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 I've lost about 10 pounds since starting Seroquel about 2 months ago. I had been at the same weight for years and never could lose more than a couple of pounds. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> i have to add, and i don't know if it's something that's similar for you synthetic? i didn't gain any weight from seroquel, but when i think about it carefully i am pretty sure i lost weight when i STARTED lithium, but i was still taking seroquel - or rather, restarted seroquel because i was flipping out. cause the s/e of starting lithium includes nausea, this makes sense. when i was first taking lithium (at 1500mg BID) i couldn't eat. too pukey. i'm not on seroquel anymore. but this thought occurred to me. pj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synthetic Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Well, the weight loss started within a week after I started Seroquel and it was several weeks before I started Lithium. Maybe it is all coincidence, but I am pretty sure it is the Seroquel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grousemouse Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 seroquel. gaahh. it's my wonder drug but it makes me fat. i'm getting my buddha belly again. crap. grouse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peeej Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 *ruuuuubs de belly* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frosty Posted March 24, 2006 Author Share Posted March 24, 2006 seroquel. gaahh. it's my wonder drug but it makes me fat. i'm getting my buddha belly again. crap. grouse. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> On one of my many research expeditions, I found out that Seroquel affects the Hypothalimus gland which is the control center for hunger in the body.. among other things. So what it does is mainly negate our satiety centre meaning no matter how much you eat , you still feel hungry because that mechanism is not working normaly as it should. Frosty.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robotlove29 Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 My thighs seem to be growing by the minute on this stuff, yep, I can't get enough food to keep me full for more than like 3-4 hours. Uggg. I just stared at myself in the bathroom here at work and told myself I'm a disgusting fat pig. FUUCK, I can't be fat because I get severely depressed when bigger than a size 2.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frosty Posted March 24, 2006 Author Share Posted March 24, 2006 My thighs seem to be growing by the minute on this stuff, yep, I can't get enough food to keep me full for more than like 3-4 hours. Uggg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest goldheir Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 My thighs seem to be growing by the minute on this stuff, yep, I can't get enough food to keep me full for more than like 3-4 hours. Uggg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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