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Folder icon I really like my mood and energy level on Zyprexa, but the weight gain is awful

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Old Jan 18, 2019, 12:09 PM
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I hope you'll be able to find the right meds combination for you, AspiringAuthor! Please don't give up, I'm sure you'll be able to find it someday. Sending many hugs to you
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Old Jan 18, 2019, 09:58 PM
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HYDROXYCUT HARDCORE.

I went to the pharmacy looking for an Adderall substitute, since mine is gone.
The pharmacist recomended that thing.

Energy flows like a river. No hunger. No prescription. Twenty bucks.
You take one the first day, according to him.
Then you can take up to three a day, is you dare.

Good luck.

Cheers.+
The first warning on Amazon is: "Warning- contains a potent dose of stimulants."

I definitely am not taking something that is bound to send me into mania.
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Zyprexa Zydis 5 mg
Gabapentin 1200 mg
Melatonin 10 mg
Levoxyl 75 mcg (because I took Lithium in the past)


past medications: Depakote, Lamictal, Lithium, Seroquel, Trazodone, Risperdal, Cogentin, Remerol, Prozac, Amitriptyline, Ambien, Lorazepam, Klonopin, Saphris, Trileptal, Clozapine and Clozapine+Wellbutrin, Topamax
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Old Jan 30, 2019, 12:40 PM
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No more pre-diabetes for me thanks in part to metformin.


how much metformin where you taking?

I take 500mg ER twice a day with meals.

I also see you are taking topamax how is that going for weight loss? any side effects?
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Old Jan 30, 2019, 01:18 PM
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500 mg ER once a day for the metformin.

I take 25 mg of topamax. That's not really for weight control and I doubt it does anything. At that dose I don't have side effects. I couldn't tolerate higher doses although I don't remember what happened. I've stayed on the 25 mg because it seems to help with nightmares.
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