Posted by bleauberry on April 18, 2010, at 13:38:14
In reply to Re: Severe anhedonia » bleauberry, posted by Maximus on April 17, 2010, at 15:22:13
Then go back to Zyprexa and make a lifelong change to eating mostly veggies and meats. Very little in the way of grains or carbs or sugars. That will provide less raw material for zyprexa to send to the fat department. And likely be a much healthier life in every other way as a benefit. Takes a couple months to get accustomed to, but well worth it. Once there, your old foods are not desired any longer. The taste buds change. I'm not saying we can totally beat back the weight gain of zyprexa in every person, but I am saying I feel it is very possible to beat back most of it or all of it in a majority of people. It isn't so much how much we eat, but what we eat. I mean, real simple, if someone's plate has mostly veggies on it and modest piece of lean meat, they aren't going to gain weight. Add in a piece of cake, slice of bread, etc, forget, the weight is going to pile on fast. Favorite foods don't have to be totally eliminated, but need to be once-a-week treats, not daily routines. "Eat for health, not for pleasure."
We're pretty lucky to have a choice actually. Think about it, back in the old days, they didn't even have a choice to eat for either health or pleasure. They had to eat whatever they could find at the time. We have a choice. For anyone taking zyprexa, nobody can choose to force fat fuel into the mouth except the person eating.
If you did that well on zyprexa, geez, you gotta get back on it. Changing the things you buy at the grocery store seems like a heck of a good deal to me to have remission. I would pay that price in a heartbeat!
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