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Originally Posted by mary123
Apparently some of the judgemental persons here have no clue about what goes on with the body and blood sugar when an anti-convulsant or antipsychotic is taken for psychiatric reasons. These drugs actually cause metabolic disturbances. The incidence of diabetes is very high and this is why periodic blood and urine tests are done. I have seen emaciated patients balloon in weight in just 3 months. This is not because of their eating habits! I am a former aide at a private psychiatric hospital where they had a structured eating environment. These patients regained sanity but had to battle another issue.
It is sad that the bigger battle is not sanity or overweight, but now absolute prejudice and ignorance! Oh, it is fine to be stable and sane, but be damned if you're heavy.
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hence why I said that it's not exactly negative thing people don't want to take meds cause of possibility gaining weight. And yet that is judged as vanity issue.
I said this before... I think if SOMETHING upsets you metabolism
this much, one should think not twice, but at least ten times over and throughly if it's good choice of 'em. Hence why I disagree with "fat and happy/stable". Too many end up fat and unhappy and it's their screwed up metabolism adding to their not being stable. Not some vanity issue. Not society making them feel bad... people with rapid gain on some meds are feeling crappy not because
society made them feel so... too often their own bodies make them feel so (exhaustion gets to the brain too).
What bothers me about this thread is: a) "let's insult skinny people" and b) calling it a vanity issues when people don't wanna take meds that would make them gain too many pounds (of course many freaking doctors think this, so who can blame the patients).
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