Ahhh--I was going off to DH about this earlier. I'm already overweight and at high risk for diabetes. Because of my weight my doc put me on Wellbutrin and Lamictal. As she put it, they are "BMI friendly." She just put me on Ativan, which is a total appetite killer for me. However, I know as soon as I tell her about the voices, the thoughts, the fact that I keep thinking I see things (post about that forthcoming--I'm trying to not hog the board, KWIM?) I'm in for another med being added on. Regardless of what it is it is probably something that's going to cause weight gain.

So as I told DH--you're a woman. You're bipolar. That alone is enough to trigger fears of your husband walking out on you and taking the kids because, well, you're bipolar. So let's add on weight gain! Okay--so not only are you worried that you're husband is going to leave you because you're mentally ill but now you get to worry that he's going to leave or cheat because you're getting fat. Yes, pharamaceutical industry, that makes sense. Let's give depressed, emotionally unstable women meds that will make them fat and therefore depressed and emotionally unstable because their self esteem is low. Brilliant!