Meds are making me fat(ter)

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I dont eat much but i still bloat like a balloon. I dont like it. I hope I don’t get diabetes from this

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I need to start exercising. My belly is getting bigger every day.

My dad told me exactly this: “are you supposed to be that fat?”. I mean wtf does it even mean??

My uncle told me I look like a pregnant woman. Those were his exact words. :frowning:

All my fat seems to build up around the belly area.

I want to start exercising but I need physio for my back. Also the gyms are really crowded where I live. I don’t want to be around people. It makes me paranoid.

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@Speedy thats horrible.
My belly has bloated but I don’t even eat that much and just went 4 days with very light meals but it didn’t have an impact on my bloated belly

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Maybe you could excersise at home. That’s what I do. I have a couple of dumbbells and a mat. That’s all I need really to train strenght anyways. Put on some music in my room and then go for about 30-45 minutes 2-3 times a week. It sounds little, but it makes a world of difference.

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What meds are you taking? Watching what you eat and doing some excersise should stabilize the weight usually.

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I’m on Invega 12 mg and I have a pregnant belly too. Had it on Zyprexa too.

When I was still trying to work part time, I did retail. NINE different customers at nine different times excitedly cooed over me asking when I was due.

Each time crushed me just a little bit more.

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I’ve been asked that too. It really sucks.

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@Mr_Hope im on clozapine and abilify and something else cant remember med names.

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I used to do yoga at home but my apartment started smelling like sweat so I had to quit.

I can’t take walks because the muscles in my lower back hip area are weak. I need physio for my back! It really hurts my knee and hip when I walk.

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I started to exercise. Doing some abs workout, squats and push ups. Hopefully it helps to the bloating

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Try tapering down your dose, I stopped my APs and lost 20 pounds in a month.

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To me the size of a woman doesn’t matter if she just have a beautiful face. I can tell you that I’m 20 pounds over weight, but I don’t care because I like my size. You know that it’s said that a real man weight over a 100 kilos.