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Old Mar 13, 2013, 02:57 PM
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I put about 15 lbs on with Lamictal, but I think it had more to do with the mixed episode I was going through at the time I started it. Then I gained another 25 practically overnight with Zyprexa. Now I've lost all of it and then some, and am at a lower weight than I've been in almost 3 years. I'm on Geodon now and I haven't seen any change in weight---maybe up a couple of pounds, but nothing I'm alarmed about as my appetite still isn't very big.

Some people lose weight on Lamictal, but I wouldn't count on it.
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Anxiety
Tardive dyskinesia
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RX:
Celexa 20 mg
Gabapentin 1200 mg
Geodon 40 mg AM, 60 mg PM
Klonopin 0.5 mg PRN
Lamictal 500 mg
Levothyroxine 125 mcg (rx'd for depression)
Trazodone 150 mg
Zyprexa 7.5 mg

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