Anti-psychotics can affect some people's brain neurotransmitters and fat storage mechanism causing weight gain that is not related to diet and/or exercise. For most people the weight gain is *medically insignificant* meaning it doesn't affect their health but for some the pounds just pile on. Restricting diet and exercise can reduce as much weight gain as it would on any diet but it won't stop these metabolic pounds.
Personally, I've never gained more than 5~10 pounds on any of them and the weight fell off within weeks of stopping the drug.
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Bipolar l/Rapid/Mixed/Depression/Anxiety Disorders
lamotrigine 100mg 2x/day
Vraylar 6mg 1x/day
methylphenidate 10mg 3x/day
bupropion XL 200mg 2x/day
bupropion IR 174mg 1x/day
buspirone 30mg 2x/day
quetiapine 50mg 1x/day
I'm 50 Shades of Bipolar and I have no safe word...
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