Posted by Maxime on June 1, 2005, at 19:34:18
In reply to Re: Weight gain on _low-dose_ Zyprexa? » Maxime, posted by cache-monkey on June 1, 2005, at 18:25:25
It was appetite effect. I was in the hospital because my weight had dropped to 70 pounds from anorexia. I think that what they did was very damaging to me, both mentally and physically. To gain 12 pounds flipped me out. And physically if you re-feed someone with anorexia too quickly they can have a heart attack. I wrote a letter to the hospital afterwards, but nothing was ever done.
It was hell.
Maxime
> Thanks for the input, Maxime. Sorry to hear about your experience with it. This must have been quite frustrating. BTW, I'm assuming this was an appetite effect, or was this metabolic?
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> Thanks,
> cache-monkey
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> > Hi I was put on 2.5 mg of Zyprexa while in the hospital. They wanted me to gain weight. It was awful. I was out of control. I stopped taking it as soon I as left the hospital. Sometimes I would hide it my mouth and not swallow it. So you can gain weight at 2.5 mg. In over a week I gain over 12 pounds. I don't think all of it was from eating either because I was in the hospital where is the food is disgusting.
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> > Maxime
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> > > Hey all,
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> > > I'm thinking about trying low-dose Zyprexa for a cluster of symptoms that it might benefit. I know weight gain can be a huge issue with this drug. I feel like I could probably handle maybe 10 pounds (I'm 175), but not much more than that. I'm also willing to work out more to compensate for an appetite or metabolism effect.
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> > > What I'd like to know if anyone has had success with Zyprexa in the range of 2.5-5 mg/day and *not* gained a tremendous amount of weight. If so, was this because you took countermeasures, or were appetite and metabolism issues not present for you?
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> > > (It would also be helpful if you could mention your reason for going on the drug...)
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> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > cache-monkey
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