Since getting on Abilify, I have gained nearly 80 lbs. I was a healthy 120-130lbs before I was on it. You do the math. I'm not exactly on the skinny side anymore. Well it's not so much a body image issue, I would like to have some of the weight go away because I feel it may lead to other issues down the road. So, I am looking at options that might be more weight neutral.

I've read that Lamictal is pretty weight neutral, and my pdoc said something to me about Abilify being one of two of the most weight neutral in their classifcation, so maybe Lamictal is the other one? I'm hoping that I can get off of Abilify at any rate and try something else. Obviously not anything like Lithium or Valium. Those will just blow me up to 300 lbs in no time flat.

I'm also wanting to try another antidepressant as I feel my body is now resistant to the 300mg of Effexor I'm currently on. That and I don't want to be on quite so high of a dosage.

I was looking at maybe trying Prozac again. I had been on it in the past and it worked really well, but then was taken off of it when the symptoms of being depressed subsided. Then I was off of meds completely and the episodes of depression, mood irregularity, and even the episodes disassociation happened.

Anyways, what are your thoughts? I am compiling a laundry list of things I want to discuss with my Pdoc next time I see them and this is one of them.