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Originally Posted by BethRags
Good thread. Much needed.
I'll tell you one thing. I am up to my ears with some doctors who harp on me to lose weight so I can improve my health. I have even gone so far as to show them photos of myself prior to Seroquel. I'm 5'6". I weighed 110lbs. and spent my life trying to put on some weight. Went on Seroquel and gained 100lbs. over about 5 years. Now my glucose is somewhat high, my cholesterol is high, my liver has a minor problem, my blood pressure is high. Since going off Seroquel I immediately began to lose weight. But I've lost only around 30 lbs.
I would not have minded at all to gain say, 35lbs. from a medication. Or even 40 would have been fine, since I was really thin. But no pdoc told me what could happen with Seroquel. I am very angry about that.
I would like to see my obnoxious GP take Seroquel for a year and see how it is for her to gain so much weight.
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I've always said that psychiatrists should have to trial the meds before they're allowed to prescribe them. Maybe then they would be a little bit more sympathetic when everything goes to **** because of side effects.
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Originally Posted by Mountaindewed
I had a therapist tell me that sometimes we need to sacrifice our physical health for our mental health. The thing is my physical health is my mental health. If I am not at a decent size weight or eating a low calorie diet my mental health is taking a big toll. Luckily my pdoc understands this so he knows not to put me on any meds that cause weight gain. My current therapist also gets that my physical health is a big part of my mental well being so we try to focus on healthy eating and healthy ways to lose weight. Its been tough recently with the health issues I've had but its still worked out. Before I moved I was told I had an ED and was threatened all the time with termination and IP and other stuff and was told that any type of weight loss was bad no matter how it was done.
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I've heard the same thing from another doctor. But I will refuse to put up with potentially getting diabetes or ruining my liver/kidneys for what? Not thinking I'm a fourth dimensional being and keeping my pants on? I can put up with Zyprexa for a bit, but at my next appointment I'm definitely asking to be switched to Invega which is good because it comes in injection form and doesn't have nearly as bad side effects.