Posted by yxibow on July 3, 2009, at 0:01:23
In reply to How to curb appetite increase due to Zyprexa?, posted by jerrypharmstudent on July 2, 2009, at 23:16:34
> I'm only on 5mg of Zyprexa and it's been helping some of my symptoms well, but I have an increase in my appetite. I'm already overweight and can't afford to gain anymore weight. I've been trying to walk everyday for exercise and eat better - more fruit, etc., but I'm always hungry - mostly for salty foods which I don't understand. Is there anything to help with the cravings?
Well, I've found I've that I have a different 'crave' at different points in the day, so I don't think that's terribly unusual.
Its hard to curb cravings (I happen to be on Seroquel, but a set of the current atypicals have similar qualities).... basically you have to really restrict your diet.Which I'm not terribly good at...
That means the average person may typically have a 2,000 calorie diet... without psychotropics yours may vary, we all do.... its called the "maintenance calories".
That is, if you are able to eat less than your necessary input daily, you will lose daily, about 3000 calories typically to cut off a pound of fat.
Often those of us on non weight-neutral medication don't realize what we are intaking... its helpful to try to look at a day and add up the calories you're eating. Sometimes with packaged food it can be a big estimate.
There is on the USDA site about 10,000 foods and how much a typical serving is.
So it is hard, don't get me wrong... it takes discipline to cut way back... if your maintenance calories is say 2200, you probably have to accommodate whatever Zyprexa is doing, so say 1700 maybe... and stick to maintaining that.
Exercise is a good thing definitely....
If you can stand it, there are "ketogenics", but they come with their own risks... anxiety...e.g. Hoodia (the real stuff, not some shady mixture).
I tried that but it pushed my symptoms overboard.
They will all increase anxiety if that is the problem.
There have been studies e.g. Axid with I think Zyprexa... whichever was made by the same manufacturer that it helps a bit,... can't say that there was really any true conclusion other than selling Axid.I mean I tried a similar one, generic Zantac, it tends sometimes to make me slightly nauseated/not hungry.... but got used to it, doesn't really work higher.
So the answer, it can't really find itself in a bottle unless you can stand possible serious side effects, is watching intake, exercising when you can, and I dunno......at least for me, I have to be realistic that as you grow older your metabolism changes from what it was in your teen years...
...and I know there's only so much that you can get down to, if you really need to take a medication.
But that's really just a personal view, I guess its kind of a sore spot for me.
-- tidingsJay
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