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Originally Posted by AbeIsAbe
I searched the threads on here because today i was prescribed Seroquel. my doctor wants to replace my Trileptal with the Seroquel. I expressed to my pdoc my concern with restlessness, which I've had with EVERY anti-psychotic I've ever been on. Anyway... I was looking up Seroquel on this forum so I could see if it helped anyone and all I found was complaints about weight gain.
Now I'm freaking out. I'm done the weight gain dance when I was on Lithium. I will NOT do it again.
Is there ANYONE who has NOT had weight gain with Seroquel? (Regular, not XR)
Please please please I am hoping that someone has not had that as a side effect. I want so bad for something to work and to not have to put aside my self image just for sanity.
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Sorry but I struggle with weight gain. There are no medications out there without side effects. But the side effects I have do not compare to the success of this drug for me. I counteract the weight gain with changing eating and activity habits and currently am losing the weight I gained. Its a slow loss but its going down. I'm not even doing anything crazy just changes that I can stick with.
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Medication: Seroquel 350 mg
Seroquel 25 mg 3 times a day as needed for
mania
Trazadone 50 mg-100 mg as needed for
sleep
Lamotrigine 200 mg