My meds make me hungry, and makes me feel tired. Someone else have this problem?
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Yup. I’m like 265 lbs. My smoking and energy drink addiction is giving me dry, wrinkled skin. This illness is a bitch.
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Do you need to add on an antidepressant maybe? That changed it for me.
Also, exercise.
I’ve always been ugly. I try to do the best with what I’ve got by dressing nice when I bother to get dressed. And I always make a point to dress up if I go out of the house. That makes me feel better about myself. You should try it; it does wonders for self esteem.
As for fat, I used to weigh 250 lbs. I weighed in at 168.9 this morning. I have gained weight since this summer, and I am really struggling not to overeat. I want to get back down to 155 by May. If I keep eating like this, I’ll never make it. I may not be fat anymore, but I am certainly not fit and probably never will be. The best I can do is look good in clothes. Out of them is another story!
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Hunger pains are the worst. You just have to find something that makes you feel full.
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I have been put on weight recently. I just came back from a trip. It’s hard to control your diet when your are traveling. This winter I got an extra weight of 4 kilos.
I was at 205 in August and it was horrible. I’m decent looking when I’m at 145 (currently 156) so I’m glad I got back into exercising but Im scared I might gain weight again on the new med im soon switching to. It’s latuda tho and I specifically switched to it bc of the weight gain not usually being an issue. Maybe u should switch?
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at this point i think the weight gain is just me and not the antipsychotics. its in my genes, there are a lot of big people on both my mom and dads side of the family.
big people can be attractive too, it just matters which lens youre looking at them through
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I’m in the same boat with my meds. Sleepy and eat is all I do now. I want to be well but I can’t stand these meds. And for other reasons too.
im fat and ugly too… i gained 40 kg and i have acne from risperidone. the only excercise i do is yoga. cant run.
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Many here have this problem, there are also some meds like Abilify that should be less sedating and weight neutral.
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