Posted by papillon2 on February 12, 2012, at 7:17:39
In reply to Re: Thinking of Zyprexa » papillon2, posted by tensor on February 10, 2012, at 3:48:16
> Thanks for bringing this up, because I've been thinking of this. My daily calorie intake is below my calculated resting metabolic rate, is it even possible to gain weight under such circumstances? I eat a very healthy diet, no added sugar, no candy.
In my experience, yes. I would not have believed it myself had it not happened to me. Like you, I have a very healthy, clean diet: low fat, lean protein, no junk / processed garbage. My weight is ordinarily very stable and I've never been in the middle of the healthy weight range for my height let alone overweight.
On Zyprexa, I gained 6kgs (13-odd lbs) in 5wks despite:
- my usual diet, only stricter (I only ate the healthiest of healthy food, rather than just healthy food, if that makes sense)
- absolutely no increase in portion sizes (following a set diet)
- ignoring all inappropriate hunger signals.
- carrying out a stupendous amount of high-intensity cardiovascular exercise (but not the kind that packs on muscle).There is no way in hell that my food intake and energy output would not have been in deficit, at least not ordinarily. If I were otherwise to do the above, weight would fall off me. Oh and after a few weeks of stabilization after stopping Zyprexa, I lost 2kgs (4.4lbs) in 2wks despite the exact same diet and a regular amount of exercise, instead of going hell for leather.
Some suggest that what Zyprexa and other AAPs do is raise your 'set' weight in addition to making it easier to gain weight. If this is the case, as it seems to be, then if you already have a good diet and exercise regime all you can do is stop yourself from gaining an ever greater amount of weight. Had I not had such high self-control, what would I have gained - 20, 30, 40lbs???
Who knows, maybe you'll luck out and no get weight gain as a side effect. Here's hoping.
> We did a baseline about a month ago, and the values were within reference, although I was on Abilify back then, don't know if that skewed the values in some way.
It may not be a true baseline, but it's still a reference point which is the main thing.
Ring the bells that still can ring
forget your perfect offering
there is a crack in everything
that's how the light gets in
~ Leonard Cohen
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