Will I lose weight after stopping clozapine or olanzapine?

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Or is my metabolism screwed for life ?

Have you lost weight after stopping olanzapine or clozapine ?

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I can’t lose weight. I lose one kg, then i take it back. I’m 120kgs

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I took 20mg Olanzapine for two years, and I put on 35 kilos.

That was 6 years ago now

I was 96 kilos in the end, but now I am 68 kilos but my pre-AP weight was 59 kilos.

My weight has fluctuated a few times, but this time I am doing a physical job, so that helps me lose weight

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Olanzapine screws your body for life. It shouldnt be legal. You will lose it but its 100 times harder than if you never had taken it !

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İ used to gain 25 kilo on clozapine.after quit clozapine i loose all 25 kilo inside of 1 and half month

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I had a really hard time with Seroquel because I gained 13 kg in 2 years. The last year I have lost 10 kg by avoiding sucker and by eating whole grains only and lots of veggies and a little meat.

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Yeah youll loose weight after stopping meds. But i got hospitalize when i stopped meds, relapse. And the problem is the doctor will give you higher dose because of relapse and gained more weight. So, one step ahead two step back. I was on Olanzapine.

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When I switched from Olanzapine to seroquel, I lost 5 lbs in less than two weeks. I just wasn’t hungry. But it also made my body ache, so much so that I returned to Olan. I’ve been on it for about 20 years now and I’ve gained 50 lbs total. putting on the weight is very easy, taking it off takes discipline.

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Im tapering down clozapine and will eventually stop it and increase amisulpride instead.

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Yeah this month ill get low dose of Abilify untill 10mg, then theyll slowly decrease my Olanzapine from 20mg.