RaspberryTorte-
I have only gained weight on a med like this once before and that was at the very beginning. I've gained 90 lbs in 13 years but it was gradual. I lost a great deal of it when I went off Depakote but re-gained it as my Seroquel went up. Last year I went from 900 to 1200 and didn't gain anything. 1200 to 1500 is horrible. I had shirts a size too big from my usual medicated size from last year because I was on crutches and wanted my shirts to not pull too tightly for modesty. But last week I went and bought more and I still have to get some shorts. It is really bothering me but there's no good solution. Hopefully I'll start Latuda next month and hopefully it will work and let me come down on the dose of Seroquel but I don't see that happening until my mood comes down and realistically that could be September. Usually June is bad and the rest of the summer is a little high but not bad. Going in to June manic could screw with that badly. And if I have to deal with this much Seroquel for the next 3 months I might as well accept that I will be much heavier than ever before and I was heavy enough. I know my pdoc understands that I don't want the weight gain but that there is simply not a great deal of choice right now because this is crisis mode. I hate crisis mode. I think I gained 4 lbs so far. I haven't checked in several days.

Exercise is tricky. I can't be outside when it is too warm for my walks and our road isn't safe to walk on once it gets darker. Indoor aerobics should help but that turned out to just show that I need more PT b/c I have tendonitis in my hip due to the way I've walked since surgery. I have to find a way around this.

I am eating pretty healthily but am not hungry a lot (my stomach is upset) and so I eat one meal per day. Last night I could find anything appetizing to eat with meds and then my stomach got more upset so I tried to eat popcorn and even that was not good. And so today my stomach is even more reflux-y, despite twice a day Nexium. It's lovely, this dose of Seroquel. I have not been bothered by the stuff before very much but this is TOO MUCH.