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sarahsweets · Oct 26, 2019, 12:49 AM

Hey @Crook32 Some people may disagree with me (and I gained 60 lbs on seroquel in addition to three pregnancies) but I had weight loss surgery 11 years ago. I had the permanent roux n y version and it saved my life. It is a tool and you need to follow directions and eating guidelines and take vitamins but I was 300 lbs and lost 127lbs and have kept all but about 10-15lbs off all these years. It helped me not to be as hungry and I physically couldnt overeat. I needed to get bang for my buck nutrients so I had to eat good food and had no room for the unhealthy stuff. I became really sensistive to processed sugars so it made stopping the junk food easier. I have to follow a good eating plan. I know 6 people that had the surgery and gained all the weight back so its not the ultimate fix. I had high cholesteral, high triglycerides and fatty liver disease. High blood pressure, GERD and joint issues. I was lethargic and very inactive. Now I have a perfectly healthy liver, none of the other stuff except the high bp which is probably because I still smoke which I am working on. I get that a knee doctor will tell you to lose weight before surgery but at the same time it seems kind of mean. I mean does the doctor think its going to be easy to walk miles and exercise with bad knees. Does this doctor truly understand the risks of antipsychotics and what they really do to your body?

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Originally Posted by Crook32

I know I am fat. I don’t need a dr telling me that before he will do surgery I have to lose weight. I have gained 100 pounds on Seroquel over the years. I have tried going off it many times but I always crash. It is the only medicine that keeps out of the hospital. I have tried to lose weight and nothing works. I am going to my primary care next week to talk options. Problem is I need a knee replacement so that makes exercise tough. I am not eating much like I used to on Seroquel.

This is all making me pretty depressed. I hate being fat. I hate being told by a dr that I am fat as if I didn’t know. Maybe I can go off Seroquel if I do weekly ketamine treatments. That would be really expensive though.