Thank you @Schztuna , I always feel and sound like a misery guts on here because the weight gain makes me so depressed. I really do appreciate your kind words, maybe another med change is in order.
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No way, youāre fine 
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Weight gain can be a really crappy thing to go through, and I feel like a lot of the psychiatric community donāt fully see it as a valid concern amongst people with SZ.
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I am going from 118 kg towards 100 kg. Itās between 100 kg and 105 kg. I am on the right track. Still, I am an emotional eater and I canāt handle the slightest feel of hunger.
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For fear of being fat I was anorexic/bulimic until I was like 18. I just kinda grew out of it. Now Iām obese and Iād rather be fat than throw up again. Those were horrible days. I donāt ever want to do that again.
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I was exactly the same @Loke , except I was 18 when I developed an eating disorder. I think this is why I find it so hard to handle the weight gain now.
I used to take laxatives by the handful to the point where I pooped my pants in my car on the way to work one day. Talk about gross.
I love the fact that you always sound so positive and upbeat in spite of your weight gain.
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Thanks for the compliment! I mean the weightās not going to disappear overnight. Should make the best of it.
But trust me Eating Disorders are no joke. Just like any other addiction. I was addicted to purging.
I used to throw up into sandwich bags and hide them in my room. Just nasty. Thank goodness I havenāt done that in more than 20 years.
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Overweight but not really fat, just flabby. bmi 26 6ā1 200lbs
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26 is just a little above normal I think. I think 18-25 bmi is considered healthy. Might want to double check
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I have often wondered whether my eating disorder contributed to my late onset Schizoaffective diagnosis. Throwing up, taking laxatives and starving yourself surely must do some long term damage.
Do you have any idea what brought on your eating disorder?
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Im overweight by a little bit, almost normal weight. but im not by any means in good shape.
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I was 13 and my mother became terminally ill from I think kidney failure. She was a Type 1 diabetic. She was in the hospital for 8 months before she died and was just skin and bones. I watched her die over those months.
She had to write things down cos she couldnāt talk. She had a hole in her throat.
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Oh man Iām sorry @Loke
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Thanks. Time passing does honestly help.
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OMG @Loke thatās so sad and must have been really traumatic for you and your family. I can see how that would drive you to an eating disorder.
I really should get a grip on reality and stop feeling so sorry for myself. Others have suffered just as much, if not more, than I ever have.
Thank you for sharing.
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I doubt your Eating Disorder came out of nowhere. I had a counselor tell me that when we canāt control whatās going on in our life we at least can control what we put in our mouth. Thereās not a human on this planet who hasnāt experienced some kind of pain.
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My bmi is 28. I am overweight. But I was obese one year agoā¦ I developed dysphagia and anxiety from swallowing a food, so I ate less and I lost 10 kilos.
I am 82 kilos now, for 1,70 cm. The calculator shows, that my healthy weight range is to 72 kilos maxā¦ but well, I am on zyprexa, itās hell for the weightā¦ Iāll try to like my body even like that now
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Whatever you do, stay away from Orlistat. My doc prescribed that to me for weight loss and it was an embarrasing nightmare for about 3 months before I gave up on it. Google it and you wonāt be dissappointed.
I recently lost 10kg dieting on low carb, but I stopped and have put some back on. I seem to have lost my drive to do things, which is weird as I havenāt changed my meds in 12 months.
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Iām obese but working on getting back to overweight. Goal is healthy and Iām on the way. Itās bloody hard work moving weight on apās but Iāve restructured most of my life to accomadate more healthy eating and much more exercise. I donāt look too bad as Iām tall but Iām in that catagory.
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Someone posted a thing about APs and the supplement berberine awhile ago. I ordered some that day and have been taking it since. Let me see if I can find the thread try give a better picture, but Iāve steadily lost weight without any change in daily calories.
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Looks like a month and a half, and Iāve lost about 10 pounds.
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