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Old Oct 22, 2014, 12:52 PM
newtothis31 newtothis31 is offline
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Hi Sunshine- This is my first time reading your thread. I want to share that I sympathize with you. I had similar circumstances to you (no sleep for three weeks- had a psychotic episode) and ended up inpatient for six weeks, then OP for 1.5 months. When I was diagnosed, I was on Olanzapine which caused me to gain about 20 lbs.

Not that weight is everything- but I was able to stabilize six months later and got off the AP. Since then, I've lost the weight that I gained on Olanzapine. I hope that you realize that recovery (especially after a psychotic episode) is a long-term process; it won't happen overnight but it will happen if you continue to work at it.
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