[darkfeary]

Why do allllll psychiatric medications cause massive weight gain and several other issues?? So unfair. They make me feel worse and do not even help with my issues.

[Mountaindewed]

Originally Posted by darkfeary

Why do allllll psychiatric medications cause massive weight gain and several other issues?? So unfair. They make me feel worse and do not even help with my issues.

Thats why I refuse to be on meds that cause weight gain. I'd rather be skinny and fit and deal with the bad anxiety I have then be overweight with self esteem issues and diabetes.

[Skeezyks]

This is one of the reasons I won't take antidepressants. I've worked long and hard to keep weight down. And if I suddenly began to put on weight as a result of taking an AD, the weight gain would make me even more depressed than I already am. Currently I do take Clonazepam in part for my anxiety. But primarily because it is helpful with a couple of other non-mental-health issues I have. Thankfully it has not had any effect on my weight.

[*Beth*]

It seems to me that in this year of 2022 researchers would have come up with psych meds that do not cause weight gain and destroy your health. It's outrageous.

[Aurelius710]

I was on risperdal for 6 months while I was in college. I gained 60 pounds in that time. I wasn't depressed, but being too hungry to care wasn't a step up. It would take me getting thirds of proper entrees in the dining hall to feel full. Don't get me wrong, a little extra weight wouldn't have bothered me. Gaining sixty pounds in six months, yet still feeling hungry all the time and being thrown within a hair's breadth of type 2 diabetes (Something that seems to always happen when I'm on AP meds, weight gain or not.) definitely did.

I guess this is my long winded way of saying, "I feel ya!"

[Brego]

TRIGGER WARNING


I gained about 60 lbs because of Seroquel. I've gained about 80 lbs in all because of my medications. Honestly, I think the doctors care too much about my weight gain. (Not even myself). They asked me to participate in a "psychiatric drug weight gain study for a weight loss drug to help lose weight" and I didn't really have a desire to do it. I think I've come to grips with my weight more like being body image positive. I know, I know. There will not be anyone who sees it like me. I love my body now since I've gained about 100 lbs. I am actually a happy person. There are less moments, for real, in which I'm terrifyingly upset and less moments when I'm angry. Wouldn't expect that from a (at starting age of medicine) 21 and now 30 y.o. woman. In fact in these past few months I've been so happy it seemed impossible. My doctors wish me to lose weight for I am a little obese, but I kind of don't want to since I'm scared I'll be that upset again to aim to cut my face since I lied about having scars on my face (and in my thinking I had to cut my face to amount it to being truthful since I really wanted these people to be my friends in real life). I am happy that I am a fat and happy cherub and I am glad I got psychiatric help because I believe it saved my life.