I'm taking clozaril and have gained a lot of weight also including what I gained on Risperdal before I switched. I'm too fat for most of my clothes and I even need new snowshoes, skis, snow pants and other equipment for this winter.

How do I go back to how thin I was a year or two ago?

(Or get my doctor to pay for new equipment ?)

[99fairies]

When I have to shed pounds I only eat fruit, veggies and lean protein. I lose weight fast when I stick to that diet. Clozapine made me gain 80 pounds. I went on this diet and I went down from 200 pounds to 120 pounds in 7 months.

[bizi]

Originally Posted by 99fairies

When I have to shed pounds I only eat fruit, veggies and lean protein. I lose weight fast when I stick to that diet. Clozapine made me gain 80 pounds. I went on this diet and I went down from 200 pounds to 120 pounds in 7 months.

how did you prepare the meats? did you use oils?
We use coconut oils to cook our meats and I use half and half in my coffee in the mornings. steam our veggies.

bizi

[Jennyanydots]

I know how you feel. When I first started taking psych meds I went from 125 and ballooned to 180 within a year. 8 years later, I still haven't been able to lose the weight

[tecomsin]

I gained 10 pounds since I started taking rexulti about a year ago. I would typically gain a 5 or so pounds in the winter and lose it in the summer but just gained non-stop this year. I stepped on the scale a few weeks ago and had a big surprise. Am focussed on not gaining anymore and slowly losing it. So far I have stopped the weight gain.

[Moose72]

Speaking of..... Every 4 months or so there's nothing to eat but kraft mac n cheese. Blech! I need to lose a lot of weight too and that certainly isnt helping! Fruit and veggies and chicken breasts? My go to protein used to be salmon but now I'm allergic to seafood. Hrumph!

[still_crazy]

metformin can help, sometimes, with weight gain from clozapine, olanzapine, quetiapine, etc. i read an abstract for 2 smaller studies...they seem to indicate that high dose, high potency antioxidants -might- help facilitate weight loss while on neuroleptics, also.

if you're treatment resistant, then clozapine is probably the best thing out there. if not...maybe a different tranquilizer? the only problem there is that clozapine can be rough to taper....not to scare you, but there's a recognized "discontinuation syndrome" associated with stopping clozapine treatment. ugh. if you and the prescriber do decide to try something else, just please advocate for yourself and try to haggle for a -slow- taper and switch.

[eye2797]

I am diabetic so I eat low carb and that seems to help drop a few pounds. It doesn't come off real fast but it does come off. I to have put on weight with meds but if I watch my carb count that really helps.