Can't cope with this weight gain trigger
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Can't cope with this weight gain trigger
| Thu, 04-06-2006 - 11:32pm |
I know I shouldn't but I stopped taking my meds because of my huge weight gain.
I just can't cope with the amount of weight that I have gained since I started zyprexa - 10kilos (22 lbs). its too much to cope with.
I see my pdoc on Tuesday and hopefully he can help. At this moment I would rather be sick and slim than well and fat.
I am still taking my zoloft as that will keep me from falling into a totally depressed state and I have my zyprexa at hand incase I start to go manic.

I completely understand. I do. But in the long run alive and fat is better than leaving a skinny corpse. Seriously.
I'm fat. 200+ pounds fat. 5'7" and 218 pounds worth of jiggle.
But I like me and I like my life and I love my family and I wouldn't have any of it without taking the proper meds.
I take Topomax, and I can say that it hasn't caused much weight gain for me. For some people, it actually supresses appetite, but not for me.
It's one of those mood stabilizer/anti-epileptics, so ask if that might right for you.
If not, demand that your insurance pay for an exercise program, as weight gain a leading cause of diabetes, and as a person with bipolar, you already have a slightly increased risk of getting diabetes, according to some studies.
Now, it's Amy's Famous Blunt Hat time - is the weight gain REALLY all from the meds, or have you been eating stuff that could cause weight gain, too?
I have to follow a diet plan b/c of the diabetes, and I've found that my moods are more stable when I don't cheat. I start eating crap, and I feel like shiat b/c my blood sugar is high, I'm sleepy and then my moods go all crazy.
I understand a good part of the weight gain might be the meds; but you can't not take meds. Yes, ask about better ones, but also do things that can help mitigate that particular nasty side-effect.
Exercise more - take walks. Walkng is easy, free and good for the spirit and mood, too.
Eat better - ask to see a nutritionist, if possible. One of the first things you can do is start reading labels and see how many calories/fat/salt is in the foods you are eating. Look at portion sizes, too. Some things will say like "50 calories" per serving, but a serving is 2 cookies, not the 5 you usually eat, y'know?
It's tough to gain weight, I know, really, I do. I'm starting an exercise program one of these weeks whenever I can motivate myself to get up there and sign up because I hate how weighing this much makes me feel - tired and heavy.
But I'm still a good person, even though I'm jiggly.
The weight gain is as a result of my eating so much because my meds make me sooooo hungry that I can't control what I have been eating.
I was maintaining my weight within a couple of pounds for over 2 years and then as soon as I started taking meds for bp I started gaining weight. They already tried topomax. it helped me loose the weight i gained after taking ipilum but it didn't really help me.
I just can't handle being this heavy. its been years since I had issues with my weight and now they are coming back quick and fast. I see my pdoc on tuesday so hopefully he can help me.
So far I have tried lithium (gave me seratonin syndrome), ipilum (high weight gain), topomax (didn't help my hypomania), abilify (didn't really work that well) and zyprexa (high weight gain). I am gonna see if he will let me try topomax again and see if i give it a longer time to see if it works
Thanks
talk to your doc.
there must be an alternative.
Okay.
You CAN control WHAT you eat. Stock up on bags of precut salad and Light Done Right dressing (tastes good and is low cal). Get a few boxes of the tiny bags of microwave popcorn. Bags of precut carrot sticks.
Make it very, very easy to choose to eat lower calorie foods that will also fill you up faster.
I eat when I'm bored, upset, lonely, whimwhammy, angry - just about any excuse I can think of. But with the diabetes, I just can't do that.
During the day, I'm busy so I'm okay, but at night, I graze.
Eating salad really fills me up - you can eat the whole bag with little caloric "damage", as long as you measure out your dressing (or skip it, if you can).
Popcorn is also very, very filling.
Things that I crave, like cake, and fatty foods, pack alot of calories into tiny little pieces, so I have to work very hard to stay away from them.
You can't control being hungry, but you CAN control what you eat and what you buy. It's very hard; I'm not going to say it's not. But you CAN do it.