I think Depakote is worse but I also need to be on Risperdal.
If I’m not on a mood stabilizer like Depakote then she has to increase the Risperdal dose a little.
I think negative symptoms contribute more to weight gain than meds. I was about the same weight on Latuda 80mg eventhough Latuda is weight neutral. On Abilify I didn’t have negative symptons so I was exercising daily and was 100lb less.
On Abilify I ate Mcdonalds almost everyday and when I didn’t I still ate junk foods at other places. I ate junk foods everyday, chocolate from the dollarstore daily etc Now I eat much less junk food.
@Wave I am just talking about my own experience but surely your case seems different than mine so meds are making you gain weight. My appetite was always high even off meds when I stopped my meds for 2yrs.