I have noticed that when my SZ symptoms are worse that I not only eat horribly, but a lot. It’s like I can’t stop eating. I think food comforts me. December was a rough month and I gained 20 pounds; 174 lbs to 194 lbs. I’m 5’ 11" so I’m now considered overweight. I’m working to get it under control.
Does this happen to anyone else?
Sometimes I just won’t feel like eating for days. Ill have to force myself to eat but never eating too much.
I’m the opposite way, I forget to eat when my sz acts up.
Yes, I overeat and eat junk food when I get worse.
I comfort eat too…
When I’m getting a little out there… I tend not to eat. When the negative swing hits… I forget to eat.
Only problem I have is the Olanzapine made my appetite increase ten fold, I need around 7/8 full meals a day now. Sometimes the tremors stop me from eating properly as I can’t hold cutlery well enough when they get bad - Other than that I’m good
You went back on meds?
Nahhhh I stil get shakes though, and since my meds stopped my appetite is still the same - Crazy high
That’s weird. I have olanzapine for emergencies here… Took one a few weeks ago, was a zombie for days while it lasted.
What dosage? I was on 20MG a day for 11 months or so, but yeah apparently there’s nothing wrong with me re: the shaking it’s just a side effect I haven’t shook
5mg, the max I was on was 10mg, after my psychotic break when I was heavily deluded. Helps a lot with symptoms but the weight gain and the zombieness is not worth it for me. I’m going to ask my doc for a med change also, still a bunch of symptoms acting up here, even with more insight it bothers me a lot. I can’t go off meds, I hallucinate stuff others say and start having really ficked up false memories… The side effects here are becoming a bit of a problem, too high prolactin levels and the shakes, I took something for the shakes, they dissapeared but now I think they’re coming back. Sucks, the price to pay for sanity.
Not to go off topic, I don’t eat when I’m highly symptomatic. I have body image issues and was almost anorectic, my pdoc says I was but I think I just wasn’t hungry.
When I get psychotic I hardly eat anuything and lose weight fast
Well you’re beautiful now Minnie, like I said, super proud of all you’ve achieved so far.
Speaking of the topic I’m hungry 
Thank you honey 
Proud of you too. You’re corageous.
You’re telling me, I’m at work singing my heart out regardless of who else might be in the building 
Ahaha! That’s the spirit! I did that yesterday, my mom was trying to shut me up I just kept singing 
I seldom listen to melodic things but Ed Sheeran is being blasted out, I imagine it sounds like a bag of cats being strangled…
You can join my band. It’s called Minnii and The Benzos We can make duets
I comfort eat when Im depressed - Been eating lots of junk food lately.
This! All the time man