Depakote is making me always Hungry!
I’m craving lot of unhealthy carbs.
Yesterday had lots of Mac and Cheese!
Today it’s Pizza!
When are these cravings going to stop?!?
Any one else constantly Hungry on their Meds?
I’m hungry because I’ve already walked 6.5 miles today! I’ve been going for walks to pass the time. Till the mail gets here. And oh damn we’re the next house!
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Aye I see why they use mirtazapine for treating anorexia…
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Me too. Its the Abilify and Lithium combo that seems to be doing me in. Plus my sleep is all ■■■■■■ up.
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I was constantly on the move with Abilify.
Had lots of Akathisia.
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I’m starting to get that too. Burning more calories so I need to eat a little extra, then I can’t stop when I get started eating. I gorged myself last night whilst home alone.
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I’ve been on Seroquel for about 3-4 years and during that time period it’s made me gain about 43 pounds just because of the cravings side effect. Especially the sugar/carbs cravings. 
Trying to get on a healthier path but I’m having a really hard time with doing that.
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I’m also having a hard time lately. 
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It’s something that is difficult to deal with alright. Apparently dealing with one bad issue tends to bring up another. I often find that I’m telling myself to do the right thing food wise and doing the opposite in reality. And there are certain foods I overeat on which i try to avoid but find the cravings overcome me after a while of being good. One sad reality of dealing with this illness is that the doctors concentrate a lot more on the symptoms of our illness and do very little for the obesity side effects. I have repeatedly asked for help with my obesity and usually received a reply of something like exercise more. If i give in to my cravings all the exercise in the World won’t do a thing for me. It’s also difficult to get up the motivation to exercise. Diet after diet have failed and I have just about reached the point where I just accept having a terrible psyche as part of my life.
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If i give in to my cravings all the exercise in the World won’t do a thing for me.
How true this is. I’ve been exercising but it isn’t enough to balance out my eating.
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Yeah, I understand that. I hope you figure out a plan that will work well for you to combat this!
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My meds make me hungry too. Especially the olanzapine. When I tried to quit it I lost my appetite a bit, but as soon as i resumed olanzapine my appetite came back ferociously. I picked up weight and have a fat tummy which I can’t stand looking at. I was never so fat around the belly before! I am quite slender but then I look a bit pregnant with my abdominal bulge. aaaaaarrrrggggghhhhh!!! But I guess its better than feeling dead all the time! (the olanzapine helps me with deadness).
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The meds that made me to want to eat a lot were olanzapine and mirtazapine. And both made me want to eat bad food, like the ones high in fat or sugar.
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Sometimes i am hungry
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I have had to deal with nearly impossible to resist sugar cravings for over a year. I was so out of it I let myself gain like 75 pounds before I asked for help. Now my family interferes with the binging and I hardly get any sugar at all.
I’m really working hard and I’ve lost almost 20 pounds. Still lots to go but it’s a start. And I added Topamax to my cocktail which actually makes the cravings less often.
Be careful not to give into those cravings all the time or you’ll wind up like me… obese and miserable
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