These meds have destroyed me.
I always get fatter and I don’t eat a lot.
My pdoc weighs me every month
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Mate. It’s a curse and negative symptoms bite. Still. You need to be proactive. You need to watch what you eat but eat well. You need to exercise which can be very hard. Baby steps. You draw a line in the sand and you start to do exercise. It works when you burn off your eating.
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I have energy lately and I walk. That’s good, right?
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Walking activates metabolism
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Everything helps but walk briskly. Raise heartrate is good but talk to regular gp and check that stuff out. Walking fast enough is good weight bearing exercise.
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“Every time I meet my pdoc, I am a kilogram fatter”
This reminds me of the joke where they say every time I click my fingers another child dies.
Well, stop clicking your fingers then!
Well stop seeing the pdoc then. 
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Haha that’s good
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Lol, that was my first thought too. But a simpler, smarter plan is to break every scale on Earth because if you can’t see your weight, then you can’t gain any. It’s simple logic.
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I used to be on 30mg of m Olanzapine, 4 mg od Haldol, 100 mg of trazadone, and benadryl
I went from 212 to 295 I kept gaining weight I lowered my calories and started light exercise and I lost 35 lbs. I plateauedon 270, so I switched meds and now am 235 so in conclusion. It is hard to lose weight on heavy medication but possible, so I had to accept I won’t be totally skinny and I was okay but I switched medication and lost more pounds. So accepting the extra pounds is better than having schizophrenia worsen.
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I lost a lot of weight but I gained some of it back.
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unfortunately weight gain seems to be a side effect all of us have to deal with here @Om_Sadasiva . I only get weighed every 6 months at the doctor so it makes me anxious not knowing if I’ve gained weight for months. I’ve managed to maintain a stable, healthy weight for the last 6 months. But I have worked really hard for that, I eat really healthy and exercise every day.
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Yes, weight gain seems inevitable
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Well, considering dopamine is constantly being depleted then yes, it’s like fighting water with fire.
Are you still on heavy doses of APs @Om_Sadasiva ?
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No, my friend. We lowered doses. Now I am on normal doses. Thank God
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Everyone says “you must lose weight”.
Even the lady in the pharmacy. I told her “it’s the meds”, she replied as if she didn’t hear a word i said, repeating the same “you need to lose weight”. What the hell?
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what kind of diet do you follow these days?
Nothing special, just eating many small meals