Hey all,

my pdoc prescribed me quetiapine, we begun with 25mg. I took it last night for the first time and it knocked me out. Slept for 9 hours, which is unusual for me. I had a terrible migraine when I woke up, like I have drunk a lot. Since then I read these horror stories about people on this thing, getting like 40 pounds in some weeks, developing diabetes etc. Sorry folks, but no. Bipolar is terrible, but not being able to exercise or even worse, seeing all my 2 year effort of weight-lifting and having well defined abs getting destroyed because of anti-psychotics doesn't come in question. I know i may sound spoilt and vain but I can't help it! I am pretty sure there are other meds out there which can help without making my self esteem hit rock bottom.