I need to start watching what I eat. I feel like I’m eating more and gaining since I quit clozapine. Maybe it is because I sleep less and feel more hungry.
I was expecting the opposite. To be less hungry. But it is what it is.
Anyone had a similar experience when quitting an AP?
i lose my appetite and lose weight when i quit medicine. maybe since its a more time eating kind of thing u could try intermitant fasting. i did that forever and recently quit and its making it harder to not gain weight. so im going back to it
When I was off my AP I wasn’t eating that much.
I was too busy being manic lol.
When i quit olanzapine i was still eating alot. It took about 25 days being off of it for my appetite to change. The amount of time of these meds in system is frighteningly long. I lost about 40 lbs when i switched from olanzapine to invega but im kinda disappointed because after losing 40 in a couple months my weight has stalled and appetite increased again
That’s a good point. Maybe it takes longer for clozapine to get out of my system.
I’ve only been off for 10 days (and still take Invega).
I was sleeping 12 hours on Clozapine. So, I was awake only 12 hours. When I was on a weight-neutral medication Amisulpride, I gained more weight, I ate more on it.
I think the shortened day helps to eat less with Clozapine, but if you are off medications, you should be eating lesser than with Clozapine.
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