Lithium was my worst weight gain drug, probably just because it was first. Most people don't gain so much on it but I gained 60 lbs in the first 6 months. After that I don't think it ever caused more weight gain (depakote and Seroquel took care of that) but lithium made me go from XS scrubs to medium ones in a matter of weeks which was horrifying (medium not being big, just a big change from what I had been wearing and expensive to change all at once). I know people wondered but nobody asked me, they probably just talked behind my back which was fine with me.
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Bipolar 1, PTSD, GAD, OCD.
Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1600 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 2.5 mg clonazepam., 75 mg Seroquel and 12.5 mg PRNx2 daily
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