I gained 80 pounds thanks to Invega I now weigh 240 pounds 
gained 40 from seroquel and geodon, currently have lost 30 of that 40
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Good job losing it!
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Gained 80lb by switching from Abilify to Latuda then Risperdal. I am 290lb now.
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I weigh 230 and was 170 before Latuda but I don’t look that much bigger. I am over 6 feet tall. Just have a little belly and still wear the same sized blue jeans.
Had to buy bigger dress pants and shorts though and now wear XXL shirts instead of XL.
It’s only a number.
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I’ve gained 165 pounds inside a year and a half since starting my medication. I was a skinny kid before, now I’m 300 pounds. But I hope to lose some weight still with dieting and exercising even more so.
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I gained a lot of weight, but I think it has to do with multiple things for me. Med changes, quitting smoking and other harmful habits, and a sedentary lifestyle have been factors in me getting up to 351 lbs. I’ve lost six of those pounds, but man it sucks. I speed walked 1.82 miles today, and I was exhausted after that. I used to be able to run a sub 19 minute 5k, and now I can barely finish a 5k.
Oh well, comparison is the death of happiness and I believe that also counts for comparing your current self to your old self. I’m training for a 5k that is the last week of July, but I don’t plan to run the whole thing, meaning there will be a lot of walking. I plan on finishing, and after that I’ll finish the next one and then the next one. I have aspirations to run in a half marathon some day, and if all goes well completing a full marathon.
One day I might even take on the Spartan challenges, but that’ll be a ways down the road.
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I have to ask- which medications Are you on ND FOR HOW LONG AT WHICH DOSES???
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thats sounds very bad for the heart man, thats like more than 9 pounds gained every month for 18 months. hope you can get a handle on it. you gotta do some sorta long term caloric restriction diet or something.
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I gained like 70 pounds after being put on antipsychotics, but before that I gained 40 from Zoloft and Lithium. I wasn’t skinny but I was a healthy weight. I’m doing diet and exercise now to start losing.
I gained 25kg or more
I was on abilify, 15-22.5mg, for about a year. This was the worst one. Then we switched to risperdal, which I’m still on, but hopefully can find a better one. We tried vraylar, but it wasn’t quite strong enough. I’m on 4mg of risperdal.
Standing at 5’10 or 178cm, I was 195lbs or 89kg but when I started being injected with anti-psychotic medication I have gained over 100lbs of weight over 10 years. I was fit and muscular before taking anti-psychotic medication and could run 5km or 3.1 miles in 25 minutes.
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I gained 75 lbs. seemingly overnight on Zyprexa. And kept it on for many years. Then, I started on Risperdal Consta shots, and quit drinking nonstop Diet Coke, and l lost 50 lbs. over a year and a half with calorie counting and restriction on MyFitnessPal.com I kept it off for two years and then regained 10 lbs. I am now at a stable weight over the past three years with no weight loss or gain using calorie counting and restriction. My BMI is currently 24 which is within normal.
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Yeah iam over 300 pounds cuz the medicine it started as soon as I took it
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