Posted by bleauberry on February 27, 2010, at 17:43:19
In reply to Risperdal + weight gain, posted by nolegirl323 on February 25, 2010, at 19:47:36
My following comments depend on whether risperdal works for you or not. If it doesn't they don't apply. If it does...
Big difference between weight gain and suicide attempt. No contest. The weight gain wins hands down.
Weight can be managed. Maybe a notorious weight gain med like Zyprexa or Depakote person ABC might gain 30 pounds. But if that same person carefully chose what they bought at the store to eat and engaged in efforts to burn off calories, that 30 pounds would be more like 5 or 10 pounds. And the whole while, the choice of foods and activity are both going to help the recovery by a couple notches on a 1 to 10 scale.
Anyway, I think before worrying about a potential weight gain challenge, just trying to get feeling better might be the first goal?
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