About 9.5 years ago, I had read about some psychiatrists prescribing metformin (a diabetes medication) to aid in weight control/loss for weight gain due to certain antipsychotics/other medications. I asked my psychiatrist about that at that time, and he practically yelled that he would not consider it. Then today, that same psychiatrist said that after attending a major psychopharmaceutical conference that he would consider prescribing it.

Does anyone have any experience taking metformin for weight control/loss due to other medications, such as antipsychotics? What was the experience?

My sister actually has diabetes type 2 and was prescribed metformin for it a long time ago. She did not react well to it at all, but I think her reaction was rare. I do not have diabetes...at least not yet...but my glucose level did test high recently. I have also been struggling with weight gain for a few years, due to my Seroquel XR (an antipsychotic). I told my psychiatrist today that at my current rate of overeating, I might reach my all-time high weight in as little as a few months or so. That would push me from an overweight BMI to almost obese. Right now, I am becoming a little bit unhappy with my physical appearance, but it's my blood work results that I'm particularly concerned about. I do not want to get diabetes. I'm particularly vulnerable because many women in my family developed diabetes type 2.