How much did you lose and when did the weight loss stared? I gained 40lbs but my doc said I’ll be off invega this year so I’m just wondering how long does it take to return youre weight to normal?
Depends on your diet and exercise routine. The weight won’t magically fall off, but it’ll be easier to lose with diet and exercise.
If you diet, you could lose that in a year. But you’ll have to go on a calorie controlled diet probably.
I never go off meds, 5 minutes off meds and I relapse.
My doctor tapered me off amitriptyline around Thanksgiving. I also started calorie counting at the same time. Since then, I’ve lost twenty pounds. Every time I tapered down to a lower dose, I would lose another five pounds right away.
It’s different for everyone, though. My sister-in-law has been off Depakote for over ten years, and hasn’t lost a single pound.
When I quit my meds a few years ago and wasn’t taking anything. I dropped 40lbs or 4pant sizes in about 2-3 months. I wasn’t a zombie anymore and became very active again. It was a wonderful time. But then the illness hit me again and ended up back on more weight neutral meds.
I could probably lose a lot of weight if I was off my med’s, but hard experience has taught me that I can’t do that. In some ways I would be stronger, leaner, and faster but I’ve learned that by far the best survival mechanism for me is to keep a level head. It’s that way with everyone.
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