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i cant be mentally healthy and physically healthy at the same time,

only med i have access to that works is olanzapine which makes me gain a ■■■■ ton of weight and raised my cholesterol,

why the ■■■■ do i have to hear voices i am so tired of everything i dont even know why i am alive, i am too pussy to kill myself but i feel like if i hurt enough other people maybe the police will kill me and i will no longer have to suffer, this is just a crazy thought.

hearing voices and constantly being watched and listened to and judged by everyone no matter where i am or what i am doing is getting to me and no one understands my suffering, to you your probably just like oh u should go back on meds and u wont feel like that, but no one really understand how much i hate not being in control of myself

, why the ■■■■ should i take meds that i know will make me obese and so hungry that i cannot resist the urge to eat everything in sight. i am pissed i am really cursed if i had a gun right now i wouldnt have to worry about any of this it would all be over and i know what i am feeling is not normal

i am ■■■■■■ either way if i go on meds i gain a ton of weight and want to eat everything and if i dont go on meds i am angry and psychotic and want to kill myself
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I would try a different medication, not all of them cause weight gain. I don’t know which meds you’ve tried besides olanzapine, though. I’m on high dose Abilify Maintena and low dose Haldol, and they have not caused weight gain while keeping my psychotic symptoms in check. There is hope for you, there is hope for all of us. Sorry if that comes across as annoying, but it’s true.

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my pdoc wont let me try any of the older meds i have been on almost every atypical he says he will stop seeing me if i dont take the meds he prescribes basically i can either be on olanzapine or nothing because the other ones didnt work for me

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i am doomed to become fat, unhealthy and have my brain messed up to make me want to eat everything in sight i ■■■■■■■ hate life

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It gets better. Stay on the olanzapine and Work on developing mentally hethy habits. The weight can be next.

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After one year mirtazapine doesn’t make me hungry anymore, is it possible that also olanzapine lose that effect with time?

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when i first got on meds i ate everything in sight, but in time i have been able to control my eating and i am not gaining weight.

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This is advice I struggle with myself, but try to remember, you don’t know the future.

Maybe you will not gain much weight. Although you may be on meds for life, you will have other doctors in the future. They may be more open to other meds, plus eventually there will be better meds. All you can do is the best you can.

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are you kidding me? Did you listen to yourself? You set your choices up basically so you could be fat or kill yourself. Come on think about this…Please take your meds, then when you can think straight you can work on a plan to deal with your weight. I know you can think this through if you try. Please, please, please follow your pdocs orders. I’m pulling for you.

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There was a post here made about a med that stops weight gain from antipsychotics. Does anyone remember the name?

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This is exactly how I am feeling right now…be off an AP and mentally/emotionally suffer…be on an AP and physically suffer…

Depakote doesn’t really give me any side effects of note but it barely does anything except maybe somewhat reduce my anxiety.

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lorcaserin? i would try it but idk if my insurance covers it and i feel like my pdoc wouldnt prescribe it

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i think i am going to go on the ap i cant take the mental suffering anymore i was freaking out earlier when i made this post i cant even go to the store without wanting to die i just feel so uncomfortable and the voices are driving me crazy

i saw a study saying berberine prevented 39% of the body weight gain and 74% of white adipose tissue accumulation and metformin prevented 35% of the body weight gain and 96% of white adipose tissue accumulation from olanzapine,

also i know that lorcaserin prevents all weight gain from ap’s. so i think im gonna take berberine since it is a supplement and doesnt require prescription. idk if im ever gonna try lorcaserin because im kinda worried about side effects and its expensive only a few insurances cover it

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That’s my pattern, I can’t take dealing with the psychosis anymore so I go back on an AP until I can’t deal with the side effects anymore and go off.

Good luck with the supplements. Most of the APs I’ve been on did not make me gain weight, only Risperidone did. Abilify & Latuda I did not gain any weight and geodon made me lose weight.

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@sigarino, olanzapine makes people gain a ton of weight. I gained 75 lbs. on it. I could not stop eating on it. You don’t have to take olanzapine if you don’t want to. Nobody is forcing you to. There are tons of other meds out there for you to choose from that work just as well as olanzapine, if not better. Just talk to your pdoc about it. I’m sure something can be worked out.
Try combination therapy of two, or three AP’s at once. It works for me. I’m on Risperdal Consta, Geodon and Seroquel and my weight is within normal limits. I don’t have the terrible urge to overeat anymore like I did on Olanzapine. And I am pretty much symptom free. I watch my calories everyday on www.MyFitnessPal.com and exercise everyday though.

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This is true zyprexa is the AP most notorious for weight gain along with clozapine.

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It seems that psychiatrists like Zyprexa a lot as an effective medication to solve symptoms quickly in urgent situations. But on the long term, I’m not sure this is a good medication.

I’m taking Saphris and it almost doesn’t cause any weight gain at all. And for me it is very effective. If such medications exist, why still prescribing Zyprexa?

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really saphris is one of the only atypicals i havent tried i wonder if i would gain weight on it

also i havent tried latuda but i think its similar to geodon which was horrible for me

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