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Antidepressants, Mood Stabilizers can Cause Weight Gain

Antidepressants, mood stabilizers or newer generation anti-psychotics can increase a person’s weight, a Canadian researcher said.

Dr. David Lau, chairman of the diabetes...Read More

Posted on : Tuesday, April 1, 2008 12:00 AM
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have there been trials using other types of medication to tackle the weight issues? for example, something to speed up the metabolism? i personally am having difficulties with weight gain and am looking for the magic bullet (including exercise)
Replied on Friday, April 11, 2008 12:00 AM
hi when i got pregnant i weighed about 100kg i put on only 14kg and was quite happy with that.but i got post partum phycosis and was put on a mood stablizer named eplim or sodium valporate. any way when i was taking these meds they had the desired effect of keeping me stable. but i put on weight so fast it was terrible i went from 114kgs to 131kgs in 6 months!!!!!!! it was after six month that the craving for food subcided and i was able to start dieting. i went on to lose 37kgs and got down to a weight of 93kgs when i thought i was out of the woods low and behold they put me on aropax which was supposed to elevate my moods. my moods stayed the same and i felt a bit happier but i put on another 27kilo bringing me back up to 120kgs. when i got to that point i visited a completly different doctor slash phychiatrist and they have completley taken me off all medication and i am feeling so great and am finnaly feeling like my self again after 2 years of medication hell!!!!!!! oh and ive just lost 3kilos and shed 21.6 centimetres in a month.... thank god for exercise.
Replied on Monday, November 3, 2008 12:00 AM

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From age 16 to age 34 I have weighed 105lbs[I'm 5' tall]. I have never had trouble with weight gain, even after giving birth to three children. It wasn't until I was 34 when my Dr. put me on 300mg a day of Seroquel for bi-polar that I began to gain weight. I gained 40lbs in 3 months. I am 36 now and I still cannot lose that 40 lbs with exercise and healthy eating. My Dr. now tells me that I am officially obese. I have reduced my dosage to 150mg a day and I am afraid to completely get off of the medicine because it does work so well, and since lowering my dose I have noticed some symptoms coming back. What in the world do I do?
Replied on Monday, October 11, 2010 5:57 PM
 


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