I cannot escape from the weight gaining effects of these meds!

My doctor and I decided to keep me off of the Depakote because it’s such a big weight gaining med for me.
I gained 40 pounds in 4 months!

So my doctor decided to raise the Risperdal dose to 5mg instead and now I’m still constantly hungry and craving carbs!

I can’t win!

Most of my meds are weight gainers!

I don’t know what to do?

I’m trying to eat less but my enormous appetite makes losing weight so difficult!

I’m going to bring it to my doctors attention, I see her next week.

■■■■ these meds, seriously.

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Whats worse for weight gain, risperdal or depakote? Maybe reduce or stop the worse of the 2.

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I have gained many kgs on meds.

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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 can’t win @Aziz

Are you gaining weight on Risperdal?

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Honestly I didn’t gain weight by going from 3 to 6mg Risperdal. My weight is stable, about 285lb.

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Well that’s good.

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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.

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No but my appetite is really hard to control now.
It’s the meds I know it.

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I mean I was eating even more on Abilify but was 100lb less because I exercised everyday for 1-2hrs.

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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.

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Do you exercise?

@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.

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