[Moose72]

I've just had my dose upped from 1 to 3 pills a day. I'm finding I'm so hungry that I end up eating and end up uncomfortably overly full before I know what happened! The wires in my brain are crossed it seems!

[~Christina]

Gotta love the AP's.... NOT... I use to drink lots of water to help keep me feeling full.. It helped. Oh yeah and I never ate carbs, none , nada, zilch. even tho I craved them more than anything.

[Moose72]

Yeah. It's hardest at night. Daytime I can avoid it better.

[bunnifoo]

It's the Zyprexa. When I took it I was hungry all the time, even after I ate and was uncomfortably full I'd still be hungry. I tried to drink lots of water or eat low calorie stuff but I never felt full. I had to stop taking it because it was giving me anxiety attacks.

I gained a huge amount of weight in a short amount of time. The Seroquel has made me gained weight but it's been over time and I don't have the insatiable hunger that Zyprexa gave me.

[rossiv46]

I am currently on zyprexa and have same side affects but I have taken so many meds that haven't work; Ill gladly pay price. It means I have to exercise more and try not to give in to the craving which for me also become harder at night.
Zyprexa really helped with my moods and rage and irrritableness so wife is happy

[emgreen]

As others have shared, Zyprexa caused me to gain about 50 pounds in 6 months due to excessive appetite, especially before bed. At that time I was also on Seroquel, which probably contributed to the weight gain as well. I'm now on Abilify, which is a weight neutral AP. I still haven't lost the weight I gained, but that's largely my fault, as it's hard to get motivated to get out to exercise in the winter cold...I need to kick up my motivation come spring.

Good luck keeping your weight down (you've gotten good advice from others). Rossiv46, I'm glad the Zyprexa is treating your symptoms well.

[Odee]

Eating what you would normally eat or what you think you should eat and then waiting 20 minutes afterwards might help. Apparently it takes 20 minutes for our brains to say "oh, yup, we're full." This is why it's so common that people eat so much food so fast, feel fine, and then 5-10 minutes later they're uncomfortably full. lol

Hope that helps!!

[BipolaRNurse]

I loved Zyprexa, but it put over 20 lbs. on me in about a month and at over 300 lbs, I couldn't afford to keep gaining! Plus, it sent my blood sugar roaring out of control and I was running in the upper 200-300 range (normal is between about 70-100). I wanted to eat almost anything that wasn't red hot or nailed down. So, I had to give it up, and I went w/o an AP for several months.

Now I'm on Geodon, and if it's done anything for my appetite I have yet to discover it. My appetite sort of went away after stopping the Z, and I've dropped over 40 lbs. since November without dieting. Geodon doesn't work as well for sleep as Zyprexa, and to be honest I'm actually somewhat hypomanic right now.....maybe the dose is too low, or maybe I was heading into a mood episode anyway. I dunno. But it's weight neutral for the most part, and so far I've certainly not gained anything, and feel like I'm still losing.