its not like how it was on zyprexa but its like my brain changed usually i dont really care about what im gonna eat but now i am seeing commercials of pizza and ■■■■ and im like i have pizza in the fridge maybe i should get a slice i have been eating 1800 calories instead of 1500 calories and a couple days ago i ate like 2100 calories,
this isnt that bad because it is still below my tdee so i dont think i will gain weight and i am not that worried about losing weight anymore because i am at a pretty good weight and i am only overweight by 7 pounds according to the bmi, so i think i am going to maybe up my calories to 1800 instead of 1500 because i have having more appetite, im going to lower my carbs as well and up my protein and fat so that i have less appetite
Abilify gave me absolutely starving hunger pangs. I started taking b complex vitamins and they stopped.
I started taking a b complex right when I started abilify because of everhopeful, I don’t get hunger pangs but I do notice I crave unhealthy food a bit more
maybe my appetite is just normal now because when I was on Geodon I had no appetite at all and no food really looked good to me, I used to eat only junk food all day before meds and somehow I was super slim
Hi @sigarino
Abilify med increased my appetite.
I gained like…30 pounds after i started abilify because of how hungry it made me
Me too. I’m obsessed with where the next meal is coming from and when, lol. My pdoc called it a compulsion to eat and that it is related to the gambling problem some people have with Abilify. I had only gained 3-4 lbs since starting a few months ago. But the new addition of Lithium has me gaining even more.
4 lbs isn’t too bad I’m hoping I wont gain any since I am tracking my calories still
Make sure to take your vitamin D too. Unless you get a lot of sunshine. But bear in mind if you are dark skinned or nearer the poles, you need more sun to make your own vitamin D.
You are still a young guy, and if I remember correctly you said you’re close to 6 feet. I’m a female and smaller and I can’t get by on 1500 calories. I think it is pretty reasonable to go up to 1800 calories or even 2000, and just exercise more. You do not want your body to become accustomed to starving, or it will be hard to maintain a normal weight when eating normally.
@sigarino the Abilify injections suppressd my appetite unlike the pill