[sadmum03]

My doctor has told me that if I wasnt breastfeeding he would've put me on to Lithium. Instead I am on 150mg of SeroquelXR. Is anyone else on this drug? What do u feel like? I have NO bounce/zest

[cocoabeans]

Seroquel makes my brain shut up for a bit.

Psychiatric medications are made to smother your spark. If you feel like you're muted, that means it is working.

[polar_bear1]

I´m on lithium- tried Seroquel, it was awful had to quit after few weeks.
But i´m not breastfeeding, was on lithium when I had my babygirl and only gave her formula, couldn´t breastfeed coz of lithium.
But if I was you- I would try lithium when you stop breastfeeding.
Take care, and congrats on the baby

[sadmum03]

Originally Posted by polar_bear1

I´m on lithium- tried Seroquel, it was awful had to quit after few weeks.
But i´m not breastfeeding, was on lithium when I had my babygirl and only gave her formula, couldn´t breastfeed coz of lithium.
But if I was you- I would try lithium when you stop breastfeeding.
Take care, and congrats on the baby

Why did you find it awful??

[Trippin2.0]

Lithium muted me too... Nice and quiet at first, but my muted personality soon had me ripping out my hair, ugh,not to mention the shakes! They say tremors are a side-effect, I dont consider not being able to butter bread without messing, a tremor! Yuck, got rid of that s.h.i.t! No experience with seroquel, but it made my sister fit into her pregnancy pants and resurrected her teenage acne too... Hope you have better luck than we did

[Confusedinomicon]

I take both and I am thinking about tapering. I have acne because of it. However I didn't get weight gain from either. Zyprexa made me gain 10-15 lbs tho.

Ive maintained post zyprexa weight for over a year. I dont binge eat as much as I used to. Having a counselor who can give you emptional support on maintaining a healthy weight may help you. I think t's arent trained in this enough.

[hamster-bamster]

150 mg seroquel probably won't lead to a weight gain (the very last thing a postpartum woman needs), but since it's not helping, why take even this little? Or is it the case that you cannot sleep without it?

[LucyG]

If you decide to try lithium, keep a close eye out for side-effects. When I was on it, it shut my colon down for months, caused such severe hand tremors that I almost flunked out of school when I had been an A student, and indirectly caused hypthyroidism that I'm still suffering from. Plus, it didn't help my mood, just turned me into a total zombie. Just another perspective............

BTW, there is a natural lithium called lithium orotate that I've done well on along with amino acids.

[Confusedinomicon]

The amount of medication you take doesn't increase/decrease your appetite. Taking the medication at all will generally increase it. I take 50 mg of Seroquel now and struggle with binge eating, but haven't gained weight. I only took like 5mg of zyprexa and gained weight fast.

((I think that is the dosing for zyprexa. I know I took one of the smallest dosages for it, though))

[Anika.]

I gained weight fast on seroquel, zyprexa, thorazine, and riperadal. At very low doses too, so I really think it is a matter of individual body chemestry. I did not binge eat, I was eating maybe 800 calories a day, way under recomended. And still rapid weight gain. Others don't so it's just a mixed basket.

[LucyG]

As far as meds affecting your weight, some meds raise or lower the body's set-point, the weight you maintain without dieting or exercising. If it raises it, you will be hungry regardless of what you ate until you gain up to the new set-point--it's like turning up the thermostat on your heater so the heat stays on longer. If the med lowers the set-point, you won't be hungry until you lose down to the new set-point. This happened to me when I went on Lamictal--for the first several weeks I wasn't hungry, and ended up losing about 5 lbs.