Posted by chemist on May 5, 2004, at 0:46:31
In reply to Re: Hey Chemist - How Do I Gain Weight On Meds?, posted by Camille Dumont on May 4, 2004, at 15:21:59
> But the strange thing is ... when I took Seroquel (atypical AP if I remember well) the weight started to fall off like crazy.
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> I'm usually like 110 - 115 (five feet one inch tall) ... and I would systematically drop a pound a week without changing anything ... until I reached 103 and stopped the Seroquel for unrelated reasons.
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> Course teh Zyprexa sent me back up to 108 in less than two weeks but since stopping it and only taking the Effexor + Celexa ... its been stable. But then again, my experience might be an exception. I tend to have extremely stable weight as a general thing.hi there, chemist here.....i play cribbage - a lot. often it's a 2-person game, and there's a lot of luck involved. when you to 3 players, it's strategy on the meld and a bit of luck. by the time 4 players are in, all bets are off, and you are going for corners, skunks, and high-hands. the point? you have a genetic profile that is suitable for tolerating the effects of atypical antipsychotics, most (if not all) of which result in weight gain: you're lucky! so seroquel was discontinued due to untoward side-effects, and weight loss was not one of them. okay. zyprexa worked as advertised - pile on the pounds - and the next step might be risperidone or ziprasidone, which might put the weight back on for you while taking care of business in your head as well. if you are good on effexor and celexa, so be it. if you want to put on some pounds, try some variations of the atypical APs or go to a tricyclic AD.....again, you are lucky in re: weight loss on seroquel. thank your genetic markers.....all the best, chemist
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