Being offered meds for the first time

Medications
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i’m nervous about side effects! the doctor recommended abilify because i’m VERY scared about ballooning and abilify is meant to be not so bad for weight gain (i have a long history of EDs). but i also want to get my life back on track and go back to work.
any words of reassurance? :slight_smile:

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ED = Eating disorder

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My bad! I just hate it when people use erectile dysfunction as a means of not taking meds

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I’m on abilify 15mg. It’s kept me out of hospital for 7 years.

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:joy_cat: haha i don’t have a penis so no difference to me!

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You want this formula:

Calories burned > calories consumed

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if they give me 5mg i will immediately think of your subheading/signature thing :joy_cat::joy_cat::joy_cat:

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Hah sorry.

You’ll be fine on the meds, I haven’t gained any weight on risperidone but I dont overeat, sometimes I do but it takes a surplus of 3500 kcal to gain 1lb of fat in a day

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Lol. They might actually give you 5mg and then work up to 10mg. But make sure you get to 10mg eventually.

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Abilify was a good med for me until it caused shopping addiction. I had debts etc No spending issues now on Risperdal. Its a rare side effect though.

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Good luck! I think you should be ok on Abilify.

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i already love to shop :flushed: someone take my card off me please :woozy_face:

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I take Risperdal 4mg and gained about 40 pounds. I used to have an ED also and it has been a daily struggle after gaining that much weight.
I hope you have good luck starting your meds

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Ask your doctor for the lowest possible dose that would still be effective for your situation. Trust me !!!

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Abilify is supposed to be a bit better for weight gain. Geodon, latuda, and caplyta are all the best statistically as far as not causing weight gain. But every person reacts differently to every med.

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Yeah I had to think about that one and figured out it was eating disorders

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Yeah. I was really confused for a minute (EDs means what for a woman?)

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hahahahaha. i suppose the female equivalent would be staying as dry as ghandi’s flip flop. got that on sertaline :joy_cat:

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i’m not sure how many of these are in the UK! can’t say i’ve seen them very often in my patients. maybe only latuda?

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i think that’s their plan. fingers crossed it’s not too much trial and error.