I have to accept the fact I will always be overweight

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Used an appetite suppressant to lose a bunch of weight 30 lbs(13.6 kg) . Went off of it for about a month and gained 12 lbs(5.4 kgs). Tried using it again my symptoms were pretty bad, started to hear voices.

I don’t do much and Risperidone makes me really hungry. I guess I will just be around 290 lbs(131 kg).

My problem is that I have a fatty liver when I’m around 290 lbs. Risperidone does really help my positive symptoms. I hate being extremely overweight. It is court ordered and the state really thinks I should be on it.

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How can you accept that you aren’t strong enough to change on your own? You’re a friend so I hate to see you admit defeat

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I don’t want to change. I just want to be less hungry.

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I care I really do, and hate to see you not fight. You are a friend and wish I could help you, but I don’t think I can be of any help…prolly make it worse

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I feel what you are going through. I keep gaining 2-3lbs a month and can’t loose weight. I am on invega sustenna injections. I am 198lbs. But it keeps climbing. I tried exercising 2 hours a day walking on the treadmill and I still gained weight. I have given up also.

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I hear you. I have no experience with Risperdal, but I gained large amounts of weight on Zyprexa, Geodon, and Abilify and still haven’t lost all of it. i feel like this is just my new normal. I’ve maintained my weight for the past 16 months, problem is, it’s still too high. I stick to Haldol because it’s weight neutral for me.

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Christ, I look like I swallowed two whole watermelons.
My stomach is huge!

I can’t lose the weight!

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I am overwheight too. I am 100kg

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This is what my solution is

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Im there with you. At first this week i lost 5lbs in 5 days but now its almost back. I walk, cut out sugary drinks and snacks, and eat about 1200 calories a day and im still gaining. Im not going back to walking 9 to 12 miles a day cause i lose motivation eventually so idk what to do. Im on invega sustenna as well

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I was the same way on either Clozapine or Zyprexa at different times. Maybe some drug that can help you and not cause weight gain will become affordable over time.

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It’s so frustrating. I just want to stop gaining. I think the medication is the problem but I can’t go off it or I will end up in the hospital again.i was on pills before and kept going off them and ending up in the hospital, so that’s why I am on the injection. They won’t trust me with pills now. So basically I’m stuck.

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Thanks everyone. Threw away all my junk food and bought a bunch of whole grains and beans. Hopefully it works out.

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Good luck @TheBest.

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@TheBest What happened to your walks and calorie reduction plan? Last time I remember, you were on a roll losing weight.

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It was the metamucil that made me lose weight. I just get too hungry now.

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Damn dude… maybe get back to metamucil? Suppress your hunger somehow…

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I tried getting back on it. I don’t like the way I feel though.

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Hey, it must be similar to working out. No pain, no gain.

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What puts you in the hospital? Your behaviour? Hallucinations?

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