Sorry you have this problem. It helped me to write down what I feed myself. I write a affirmation of not eating more, even when I know the medicine is making lions roar in my tummy.

Otherwise, I will stop taking my helpful meds. I too can not tolerate, the large amount of weight gained through medicine therapy for my mental illness, and will opt for being "mental," rather than becomming 15 pounds or more overweight.

Don't get lied to. If you don't prefer the large amount of weight gain due to specific medicines, tell you doctor to put you on one (not many to choose from) that has little possibilty of weight gain. Yes true, being bi-polor is a precarious type feeling thing, but becomming endlessly overweight, feeling grossly crippled from mass amounts of body tissue pasting itself, especially around your upper ribs area, (gained only because of the medicine itself- weather you eat like a bird or not,) will ruien your whole life. Atleast it did mine. I ended up having other health problems due to this unexpected obesity. (Heart problems, swelling of the extremities) Just weight it out before you "stay on" those pills they gave you.

I want to stay mentally stable. I have lost alot of relationships, I still go to school working on a writing degree, don't really have a fantastic life, don;t take the pills that would make my mind stabilize, but I am a healthy weight, exercising, eating the better way, as I did before the medication game, and pretty happy, even though I definately act odd, having bi-polor.