I've been taking antipsychotics for several decades. Now I have symptoms of metabolic syndrome -- a little bit of high blood pressure, high glucose, high cholesterol, and obesity. Now I've been told that I have a fatty liver, which can accompany metabolic syndrome.

My diet is fine according to a dietician. I just started exercising regularly, so that will eventually help. But I don't have faith that diet and exercise will help. I've been trying to lose weight and maintain weight loss for as long as I've been on APs. Nothing has worked. Even faithful calorie counting didn't work. Working out regularly in a gym -- doing an hour of cardio and weight lifitng -- didn't help me lose weight. I really think that the meds are biting me in the *****. I think that the only thing that will help is gastric bypass surgery.

I'm at my wits end. I'm very discouraged. Has anyone successfully dealt with metabolic syndrome? I can't go off the AP. I've tried before and terrible things happened. The AP I'm currently on -- Latuda -- is supposed to be weight gain neutral, but I must be one of those people who gain weight anyway.