Posted by emmanuel98 on July 21, 2010, at 20:21:04
In reply to Re: Weight gain doesn't happen overnight., posted by Justherself54 on July 21, 2010, at 13:03:48
It may be true that ADs don't cause weight gain overnight, but that's not true of AAPs. I was a normal weight all my life, ate well and exercised regularly. I took risperdal for a month and gained 15 pounds. I didn't eat more or exercise less. I just gained weight. I wasn't even aware of it, since I never needed to weigh myself, until I noticed my clothes were tight and my husband said something.
I then switched to abilify and gained 2-3 pounds every week I was on it. I tried combining it with cytomel, metformin, ALLI, but still ended up gaining 10 pounds over a month long trial.
I switched to zyprexa and gained 5 pounds in a week.
Altogether with my various experiments on every AAP, I gained forty pounds. At no point did I eat more or exercise less. AAPs can seriously screw up your metabolism and nobody understands why or how. As a result of this, the rather mild arthritis I have in my right knee is extremely painful. I'm trying to lose weight, eating 800-1200 calories a day, swimming four miles a week, walking four miles a day. But the weight is coming off very slowly.I will never take an AAP again. Never. They worked wonders for my psychotic depression, but have messed up my body terribly.
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