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Re: Zyprexa and dastardly weight

Posted by Steeler Tookahn on March 13, 2003, at 6:31:01

In reply to Re: Zyprexa and dastardly weight, posted by JohnL on March 13, 2003, at 5:36:02

> I'm glad Zyprexa is working out for you. Don't stop! It is so hard to find a drug that helps. Your best bet, I think, would be to deal with the weight gain head-on. Realize and respect how much the drug has improved your life, and work with it.
>
> I gained serious weight on Zyprexa when I started. It seemed to level off. After about three months, I started losing the weight without even trying. By month 5 I was back down to my beginning weight again. So the weight gain might stick with some people, but not all.
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> I got myself in a habit of eating smaller snacks and smaller meals and exerting more activity. I'm not sure if the weight subsiding was a natural process that took time or whether it was due to a change in habit, or both.
>
Thanks for your advice which I'll take. Nothing is as bad as depression, even as upsetting as gaining weight is. It's a catch-22. If I'm well depression-wise, I can't stand the weight. If I'm depressed I don't care about the weight -i just want to get better.
I'm tryinmg to exercise every day and not do any binge eating. We'll have to see if that's good enough.


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