The question of the ages
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I’ve gone the combo route - olanzapine and aripiprazole - fat and anxious
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I would take Quetiapine and be fat, anxiety is horrible.
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Good question,
I ask myself this a lot.
When I was on Seroquel, the weight bothered me so much,
But on Abilify, I’m so anxious that I’m miserable anyway.
Right now I’m still on the Abilify, but may have to make a change soon,
I’m starting to think that its best to be a little fatter than have crippling anxiety,
Surly, I’ll change my mind soon as I gain ten pounds…
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That’s a tough one.
I was on Abilify for years and finally had to make a switch because of the crippling anxiety!
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It is a very tough choice. I tend to pick anxiety over fat, but I have problems with eating disorders so my choice would be more like anxiety vs fat and anxiety 
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I take topiramate for weight loss. I’m on fluphenazine
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Sometimes I wish for the days when I was on Zyprexa, and I could sleep a lot. Then I remember that I was always mildly depressed while on Zyprexa. Abilify really amp’ed me up. I gained a lot of pounds on my bench press when the put me on Abilify. I was generally happy, too. But there were some nights when I desperately wanted to sleep and I couldn’t. It was like a mania I was in. Geodon seems to be the drug that does me best.
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I actually had a great reduction in anxiety on abilify but had other problems
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Fat as there is always diet and exercise. But you may be surprised and not gain weight on qutiapine. Abilify made me extremely anxious it was hell.
What “sort” of anxiety are we talking about on Abilify?
I’m on Latuda and Clonazepam. Clona is getting rid of most of the anxiety caused by paranoia but doesn’t do much for social anxiety.
I’m considering switching from Latuda to Abilify.
Abilify gave me very bad anxiety to the point I couldn’t even walk into a store without shaking from head to toe. I was afraid of going into eating places and social situations. That was the type of anxiety I was experiencing. Not sure what others got. In the end I was anxious about getting anxious because I knew what was coming. It was a complete nightmare. I am so glad I am not on that medication.
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I was very paranoid on Abilify. Abilify just didn’t work for me. Seoquel is a good drug for me except that it’s hard to keep weight off. For instance, I just put on 5 lbs. recently despite counting calories everyday. Keeping weight off is a daily battle.
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I’ve chosen fat.
Not ideal but anxiety is distressing, so I’ll be round and sane.
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I chose ability as it makes me alert (Or at best edgy) which sort of helps me work better than when I am on sedating meds.
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On Latuda and Clozaril.
I’m tired and fat 
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Jeez I’ve wondered the same. With antipsychotics you can either be fat and sleepy or constantly dying of anxiety. Or in geodon’s case, sleepy and high out of your dang mind for some reason.
Unfortunately none of the ones that aren’t supposed to cause weight gain work for my symptoms at all. I need more heavy duty stuff but w the heavy duty stuff you’re pretty much sacrificing physical health for mental health.
Get mentally the best you can do then work on the fat. It’s not an easy path but one thing leads to another!
It’s a no brainer that most of our meds add weight but we are also mostly sedated. Up the exercise and just take the meds that work better for you!
It’s not easy. Don’t get me wrong but it is, in my opinion , the course you should take!
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I take aripiprazole and seldom, when the anxiety is crippling, I add a diazepam (benzo) to the mix. Seldom, and as soon as I figure out the anxiety attack can’t be handled otherwise. Haven’t taken a benzo in a month, though, so yay for me.
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Why not try the combination Latuda and Abilify. It seems to be working for me. Please consult your doctor and don’t try it on your own.
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