[leomama]

I've ascertained that I have gained about 8 pounds using seroquel and that's not acceptable to me anymore. It totally overstimulates my appetite so I'm going off it. I take it as needed for sleep. I've tried everything: ambien, lunesta, sonata, seroquel, trazidone, valerian, melatonin, tryptophan , taurine. I still have some sonata and lunesta left.
I have PTSD so that's why I have insomnia .
This article seems to be on the money Seroquel and Weight Gain: What Are The Causes?

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[eskielover]

Interesting because the trauma I went through triggered my already stress triggered anorexia & ended up medically hospitalized for that. I couldn't sleep either for the nightmares & just total restless feel the trauma left me with....still struggle with the insomnia 10 years later.

Pdoc gave me a high dose of Seroquel to help me sleep then....it still took me several years to gain back to my lowest safe weight finally.

I stopped taking it when I moved away to the farm I bought & was finally living alone because I couldn't function in that groggy state. I am surprised that it didn't have the weight effect that it normally has. Having the tendency toward anorexia in the first place it would have been bad for me

[RomanSunburn]

I'm back on seroquel myself. I think it's going to be my go-to drug for winter. I have depression year round, but over the winter it gets bad, and the seroquel helps cut the negative chatter in my head.

Anyways, I'm extremely concerned/aware of my weight (hello dancing pre-professional ballet during some key formative years of my life). I count calories and focus on eating fruits and veggies and getting exercise while I'm taking seroquel. It can be frustrating as all get out, but I know I'll be more miserable if I don't. (Granted, this is me coming off a three day binge, so take this with a grain of salt, I suppose).

It helps that I have a friend also counting calories and watching what she's eating (she's just doing it to be healthy) and having a very supportive spouse that helps me measure everything.

[leomama]

I use lose it and count calories in and out and fat, protein, carbs, cholesterol , fiber, sugar. I've gained 8lbs in 3 months since I've been on seroquel. That's not ok with me. I'm trying to lose 25 and I gained back 8. I'm not taking it anymore . I need something else.

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[eskielover]

Its interesting (better word would be irritating) that the drug companies make drugs to effect the brain but can't use techniques to NOT have any effect on weight. It was interesting when reading about Prozac, the first med I was given, it said for some, it causes weight gain for others it causes weight loss. I managed to be one that it caused weight loss it triggered massive anorexia....I ended up weighing 83lbs before my pdoc put me on a different drug (wellbutrin) which said exactly the same thing & did exactly the same thing.

I always struggled with the concept.....great, a drug can stop you from being suicidal but kill you with diabetes or some other bad side effect.

I mentioned this elsewhere. I take Metformin. Yes it's a diabetes drug but it can also counteract the side effects of Seroquel - including weight gain.

[eskielover]

I used to get so mad at my pdoc......giving one drug to counteract the side effect of another......I just refused to take the one that caused the side effect in the first place.....but my depression was situational.

I got out of the situation I was in & wow, the depression went away. I still deal with the PTSD but only once in awhile now that it's been 10 years since the trauma. Leaving didn't change the trauma but being in a whole different environment has helped me in so many ways being surrounded by totally supportive people I never experienced any time in my life......they acted supportive but were so dysfunctional they themselves had no clue how to truly be supportive.

I am constantly amazed at what a miracle change happened by just LEAVING where I had lived all my life & going to someplace new to start life all over again.....it was like being able to have a new life, a life I now LOVE.