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#1
Dec 10, 2012, 07:25 PM
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do all anti psychotic drugs cuase weight gain ?? if u have been on an antipsychotic and have not gained any weight, please respond and tell me what kind your on and dosage. so far i think they are all bad.
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#2
Dec 11, 2012, 03:25 PM
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Hi,
Next time, please write in a smaller/more readable font. To answer your question, it completely depends on the med and the person. I have been on 3 antipsychotics: Zyprexa, Geodon and Seroquel. Zyprexa made me gain 30lbs in about 2 months (on varying doses). Geodon did not make me gain weight (160mg/day). Seroquel (both XR and IR) did not make me gain weight (200mg/day and 300mg/day). |
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Dec 11, 2012, 03:36 PM
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Hey there,
Serequol XR made me put weight on. Also I just can't hift the weight no matter how much I exercise |
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Dec 11, 2012, 05:37 PM
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Ziprasidone - 80 mg's and no weight gain. A few years back I was on the max. dosage for a couple of years and still didn't gain weight on it.
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#5
Dec 11, 2012, 06:42 PM
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Geodon/Ziprasidone - weight-neutral.
Risperdal - weight-neutral FOR ME. Seroquel - weight gain. Zyprexa - rapid weight gain. Overall I recommend Geodon. |
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#6
Dec 11, 2012, 07:08 PM
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I have been on Geodon at 240mg for a few years and haven't gained weight. I was on Saphris for a couple of months and it made me so hungry that I went back to Geodon.
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#7
Dec 11, 2012, 08:19 PM
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I've only been on Seroquel/quetiapine and Risperdal/risperidone.
I gained weight on both, but after a while the weight gain subsided and I was able to keep a normal weight. I was on 300mg of Seroquel and I'm currently on 4mg of Risperidone. I hear that Abilify helps and doesn't have weight gain as a huge side effect for some people, but everyone reacts to psych meds differently. |
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#8
Dec 11, 2012, 08:25 PM
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okay so it sounds like it depends on the person, but so far there is 3 people who havent gained weight on geodon.
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#9
Dec 11, 2012, 08:25 PM
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When I did research into APs, in early 2010, Geodon was the best. Since then, perhaps Abilify has outsmarted Geodon - not sure.
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#10
Dec 12, 2012, 07:55 PM
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I'm on Risperidone 4 mg and haven't gained any weight on it. Been on it for about 5-6 years.
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#11
Dec 12, 2012, 09:12 PM
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A few weeks I put of a link for an article about weight-gain issues and AP's. Statistically, abilify is the best weightwise.
This is a different article, but it has a good table in it: http://www.uspharmacist.com/content/d/feature/c/23859/ |
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#12
Dec 13, 2012, 01:33 AM
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#13
Dec 13, 2012, 06:24 AM
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Abilify 5mg for 1 year
-At first this medication had no impact on my weight, then I gained 20lbs in about 3 months. I was entering college when I gained this weight, so my health habits did decline a bit. Once I went off this medication I dropped the weight in about 3 months. Antipsychotics vary person to person in regards for weight gain. One thing I have noticed however is that they make you more sensitive to lifestyle changes. My nutrition and general health habits haven't changed since I dropped the medication at all, and I still lost the weight. If you maintain regular exercise (at least 3 hours strenuous exercise a week), much of this weight gain can be avoided. -Phoonder |
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#14
Dec 13, 2012, 11:47 PM
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Didn't gain much weight on Seroquel IR, haven't been on XR long enough to report any changes.
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