Posted by Marian Warren on March 6, 2008, at 18:54:27
In reply to Re: Short-term use of Zyprexa and weight gain » Marian Warren, posted by Quintal on March 6, 2008, at 15:36:58
> I was on Zyprexa just recently for a few weeks and gained about 14lb, even though I was only taking a small dose. I'm hoping it will fall off naturally now I'm off Zyprexa, but we'll see. I've been off it a week and only lost 2lb and my belly's still bulging. I too was on lithum for Bipolat I, but only got up to 600mg when it started giving me mixed states/rage attacks. The only side effect I noticed was intense peeing.
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> QInteresting--my Dr. told me that weight gain on it isn't dose dependent, but I thought he was just saying that to get me to take the full 10 mg. I've been on it for 10 days and have gained about 5 lbs., but I've also been rather inactive, so it's hard to tell at this point. Hope you found something that works much better for you than Lithium. It's shaping up to be a miracle drug for me at 1200 mg., but I really had prepared myself for the worst. Fingers crossed...
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