Started taking weight loss tablets

Simonw · February 23, 2018, 7:32pm

I have started taking weight loss tablets to reverse the weight gain caused by my antipsychotic medication, I am taking a fat binder type which has the same ingredient as the one you can get prescribed by a doctor.
Has anyone had much success with this type of tablet?

anon35453467 · February 23, 2018, 7:37pm

Can you not exercise and eat healthy to maintain your weight?

anon10421204 · February 23, 2018, 7:37pm

I wouldn’t take those things. Sorry I know that’s not the answer you want.

everhopeful · February 23, 2018, 8:31pm

I wouldn’t take stuff like that either

Haldol · February 23, 2018, 10:39pm

Be careful, I heard if you eat too much fat while on them you will poop out orange slimy stuff as it blocks fat absorption so the fat will go right through you!

labratmat · February 23, 2018, 10:45pm

If it is a fat binder then it attracts the fat you eat. It is not changing your metabolism, but literally taking the fat you eat and clogging it up to defecate. I don’t see anything wrong with that personally.

The drugs that change your metabolism have been proven to be physically dangerous. I would avoid those though.

LED · March 4, 2018, 4:58pm

Anal leakage is a common side effect of that drug. If that’s not enough of a turn off I don’t know what would be!

anon20318121 · March 4, 2018, 4:59pm

wow that is horrid thinking about it !!!

shellys12 · March 4, 2018, 5:07pm

With weight loss tablets they only work alongside a healthy diet that’s what I heard

LED · March 4, 2018, 5:09pm

I’ve heard really good things about vivslim, and I kind of want to try it, but it has the potential to make psychosis worse. There’s a mom’s group I’m in on FB, though, and a bunch of them have tried it and rave about it, so I’m curious. Can’t take it while breastfeeding, though, so I’ll have to wait.

Simonw · March 4, 2018, 6:53pm

I am thinking of asking my doctor if I can have a Beta-blocker so I can reduce the dose of Chlorpromazine that I need to take, as it is the Chlorpromazine that is making me fat.
I am not sure what Beta-blocker I should take, I guess it would be Propranolol as it seems the most common one for the physical symptoms of anxiety.
The weight loss tablets do cause the poo to be very oily, and I haven’t taken any today.

Goodnight_Moon · March 4, 2018, 8:04pm

I’m sorry to tell you this, but weight loss pills are just a cash grab.
They are usually just caffeine pills, and sometimes they have extracts from herbs and things that claim to reduce appetite.
The only way to successfully lose weight is to eat less and move more.
Try eating healthy, and simply going for a walk, every day. That’s a good place to start.
Good luck with your weight loss.

Gnash · March 4, 2018, 8:13pm

It’s borderline negligent to not tell people that Alpha Lipoic Acid can prevent weight gain from antipsychotic.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Adjunctive α-lipoic acid reduces weight gain compared with placebo at 12 weeks in schizophrenic patients treated with atypical antipsychotics: a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled study.

NW Kim, YM Song, E Kim, HS Cho, KA Cheon, SJ Kim and JY Park, International clinical psychopharmacology, 2016 09

α-Lipoic acid (ALA) has been reported to be effective in reducing body weight in rodents and obese patients. Our previous open trial showed that ALA may play a role in reducing weight gain in patients with schizophrenia on atypical antipsychotics. The present study evaluated the efficacy of ALA in reducing weight and BMI in patients with schizophrenia who had experienced significant weight gain since taking atypical antipsychotics. In a 12-week, double-blind randomized placebo-controlled study, 22 overweight and clinically stable patients with schizophrenia were randomly assigned to receive ALA or placebo. ALA was administered at 600-1800 mg, as tolerated. Weight, BMI, abdomen fat area measured by computed tomography, and metabolic values were determined. Adverse effects were also assessed to examine safety. Overall, 15 patients completed 12 weeks of treatment. There was significant weight loss and decreased visceral fat levels in the ALA group compared with the placebo group. There were no instances of psychopathologic aggravation or severe ALA-associated adverse effects. ALA was effective in reducing weight and abdominal obesity in patients with schizophrenia who had experienced significant weight gain since beginning an atypical antipsychotic regimen. Moreover, ALA was well tolerated throughout this study. ALA might play an important role as an adjunctive treatment in decreasing obesity in patients who take atypical antipsychotics.

I use Doctors Best R-ALA 100 mg, it works way better than regular ALA for me.

anon20742722 · March 10, 2018, 1:27am

Hey @Gnash this is news to me, I can’t thank u enough for posting this. Weight gain for me was like 70 lbs. so far I’ve lost 50 of it but I’ve had to diet extremely and literally run 10 miles every other day just to lose 1-2 lbs a week. Can u tell me more about it? I read the article and I’m going to order what u use currently. In the article it said 600-800 mg but u only use 100, what should I do? The only way I can avoid weight gain is by keeping a ketogenic diet which is really lame. When do U take it and what effects have u noticed?

Gnash · March 10, 2018, 1:54am

Hello @anon20742722

I never took R-ALA for fat loss, I read an article saying that a combination of ALA and ALCAR improved the negative symptoms of schizophrenia. The article was actually from this site, in the vitamin section.

At the time I was taking 600-1200 mg of ALA, but I ended up getting thiamin deficiency. It happens to some people who take ALA. So R-ALA requires a smaller dose: 100mg is equivalent to 300mg of the regular stuff.

I can only recommend Stabalized R-ALA because of my personal experience.

Also, the way that ALA prevents weight gain is that it works on the receptor that the anti-psychotics mess with. It directly reverses this. It’s in some article, if you’re willing to search for it. Just read the introduction. The other thing it does is help regulate blood sugar.

Best of look @anon20742722

anon20742722 · March 10, 2018, 2:08am

Thanks so much. U have no idea how much this helps I’ve been dreading the new med I have to start soon just in fear my life is gunna be over bc of weight gain and maybe diabetes. If it wasn’t for this site idk what I’d do. And on top of that docs NEVER mention supplements or anything. Same thing goes with b vitamins for the increased appetite!

anon62973308 · March 10, 2018, 2:13am

I tried this and it was a bad idea!! Let’s just put it that way… And it didn’t work. Only dieting and exercising worked.

Gnash · March 10, 2018, 3:25am

Did you try R-ALA, or something else? What was your dosage? What medication? Maybe it’s a different receptor?

system · June 13, 2018, 3:25am

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