I am about 5 pounds away from 200 ! It’s mostly forced dieting from poverty but I’ll take it !! It has me feeling very happy even though I’d rather just diet on a budget that doesn’t entail eating twice a day…next month will be better.
4 lbs since last Monday eating mostly starch. Mind is officially blown.
When I was on geodon it basically completely took away my appetite, the only reason I ate was because you had to take it with a certain amount of calories for it to work. I had to force food down. I lost a chunk of weight.
I gained 35lbs on risperidone. I lost 18 by eating 900 calories a day, no exercise.
I’m slowly losing weight been on clozapine coming from that shiit med olanzapine
Seriously. That med didn’t help nearly enough for it to be causing me to gain all that weight (15lbs in two weeks eating the exact same diet). Really it’s just a glorified antidepressant.
edit: That’s not an educated opinion, just my own grievances.
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I gained alot on Respiridone and am now losing on Amisulpride
I lost my 53 pounds of Abilify weight when I was switched to Haldol, with no change in diet. Abilify was just a big weight gainer for me.
Now that I am on Zyprexa, I am consistently following a 1200-1400 calorie diet and I am down 12 pounds since mid-March. I am determined not to fall prey to Zyprexa weight gain, and in fact, I am determined to lose a total of 49 pounds to get me to my pre-Geodon weight. I gained on Geodon too.
Zyprexa is reducing my appetite, so that helps a lot. I love Zyprexa! I have shown that it’s possible to lose weight on an antipsychotic.
It’s really incredibly hard to lose weight on abilify. Especially when you’ve got PCOS and can’t excercise. Excercise helps to regulate my appetite. I tried my routine jog yesterday and I just can’t do it anymore
Its frkkn sad.