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Medications for bipolar that don't cause weight gain?
Mental Health | Last Active: Dec 25, 2023 | Replies (17)Comment receiving replies
Lamictal helps with the mood shifts..I take it for yrs now.
Stay far far away from atypical antipsychotics that have the warning causes increased blood sugar...especially Zyprexa and seroquil. I put on 100 lbs from Zyprexa and developed so many health problems...when my Dr told me 2 Mos ago I was getting diabetes....I told myself...idk what I have 2 go through to get off this garbage...I tried 10x and was hospitalized...this was #11.... and I did it!!!....
Lost 30 lbs so far...lost all sugar cravings and overeating. I went through THE worst withdrawals...but I'm on MM....and that really helped.
They put u on these pills and don't care about your future health years down the road...but you DONT want to get sick, and then what good is your MH???.... you're life is cut short.
There's 2 new drugs out there....one is Calypta...I tried it...its a bit stimulating. I didn't like the anxiety...but there's another if u google it....they couldn't put me on it bc I take tramadol.
You keep searching and searching the net my friend until u get an answer. Write down new meds u find. Bring them to ur Dr. If they blow u off and make excuses , which I've seen some old school Dr's do, get a Dr who is up to date on new meds....however u can find to afford it.
U do NOT want to get caught up in the weight gain trap...when that happens...ur labs get messed up too....ur fats go up and put u at risk...so does sugar...ur risk 4 joint problems increase....cancer.....heart disease......
The list is endless.
Protect ur body,mind,spirit.
We are not just one sided creatures.
We can be miracles.
I know I am....
I BEAT ZYPREXA!!!!
LOVE TO YOU!!!! I KNOW THE STRUGGLE WE ALL FACE AS MH CONSUMERS.
PEACE......Audrey.
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Hi Sage,
Similar story for me with that drug from hell. I was on a relatively low dose of Z for about 10 years and had gained almost 70 lbs above my cruising weight of 200. I also saw alarming increase in blood sugar, pushing pre-diabetes levels. The final straw was when the tics started and I became very fearful that I was developing Tardive Dyskinesia. Last Fall I began weaning off and didn't have too much trouble cutting dosage (titrated down 1/2 × 1/2 × 1/2 from starting point of 7.5mg/day) until the drop to zero. Then the withdrawls began and it got bad enough that I had to go back on it for a couple of months. I've been Z-free since April. I'm down to 185 lbs, but still waiting to see any significant improvement in A1C. Tics are gone. I didn't realize the paranoia and brain fog I'd developed were as bad as they were until they disappeared. And, so far I haven't needed a new antipsychotic, which is a moot point, because I will never go on another one. I changed shrinks, in part, because my last one always downplayed the severity of Z's side effects.
Sorry to hear you had such an ordeal detoxing. I guess I got lucky.
Regards
Itchy
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Audrey wht is the name of the other med they wldnt let u take. Pls let know!
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