Hmm. Yeah, health and recovery… Doesn’t feel too healthy to break previous weight record thanks to Olanzapine back in 2013-15…
Thanks a lot Clozapine.
115kg’s now… My previous record was 95kgs.
Is it really worth continuing on a treatment like this?
Seems like I am opening up a lot of other health issues in future if things carry on this way
FYI - I was 68kgs in January 2022
That is quite a number. Having heavy dosage and continuous medication does have impact on weight. It takes lot of time to get back to shape and be normal. Patience is the key I guess.
i couldnt handle clozapine…i went from 110 pounds to 170 in just 6 months, and it gave me tachycardia.ive still only lost half the weight i gained
Mate. Your not fat. And even if you was, who cares? Stop beating yourself up. You got to change your outlook on life and stop worrying about silly crap.
115kg is overweight and it can lead to diabetes. my blood sugar went up to 160 when i was on clozapine and i never had a blood sugar problem before or after
Can you lower your stress? Maybe if you can, you can be stable on a different med.
I take 12 mg Invega and 25 mg clozapine. I only need such a low dose of clozapine because I live a very tranquil life and only use it as a sedative.
It’s hard. Only learning now that diet is so important on our meds.
I gave up a lot of things last year or so but still like my food. Trouble is I can’t eat like I have been and expect good health. It just doesn’t work unfortunately. I’m learning you just have to be aggressive with eating and exercise…It’s not easy for me but I’m winning but it’s slow going.
I’m at my heaviest, too. However, I’m also doing better than I have in years. To me (and assuming I don’t go up another size, which might change my opinion), that makes it worth it.
I was at my heaviest, 125kg.
Now I’m 120
I understand weight gain completely. People say “diet, exercise” but I never found that worked, I would walk two hours a day or more and I was never able to eat enough to cure my appetite.
Yeah, Clozapine can really make you gain the pounds. I went from 240 lbs to 303 lbs in 8 months. I had to get off it because of the tachycardia.
Why are you on clozapine joker? What symptoms did you have?
Im also thinking of trying it, im 93kg now
You should really consider other medications than clozapine if you’re gaining weight to that degree I have said before I gained 100 pounds from clozapine it’s not not a good drug
I gained twenty pounds because of remeron an antidepressant. I’ve been struggling to lose a few pounds. I lost three pounds. I’m sure I gained it back having a damn can of soda. Yeah clozapine is powerful. It dropped my blood pressure. I fainted a bit.
Try not to worry too much. Maybe your pdoc can help.
They want us fat and incapacitated and docile dont you realise that
I have tried most other APs available in the UK, the only real choices left are combinations and the Typicals
They have been trying to treat psychosis now for a long time and been failing. For as long as I can remember I have been refusing Clozapine. I know why now…
A lot of positive symptoms. Paranoia, anxiety (Driven by psychosis), mind reading, suicidal behaviours, voices, inner commentary no control and intrusive, flashbacks, visions, reincarnation, commands and that’s all I can think of.
A lot of these are still sort of there but one thing I have noticed is the Clozapine makes me much calmer, and I am not as easily led or freaked out as I was before I was on this drug
Have u thought about haldol, like a low dose?
