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Posted by SheilaC on July 11, 2009, at 14:29:40
I take:
100 Serquel
2mg Abilify
1mg Klonopin (.5 as needed)I have noticed constipation from the Seroquel/Abilify. What can I do? I've started doubling up my doses of probiotics hoping that would move things along.
Also - I notice that when I start eating, I just can't stop.
I don't want to get any fatter.
Any ideas? I don't want to go off my meds - I need my meds.
Posted by Zana on July 11, 2009, at 14:47:46
In reply to Constipation / hunger / weight?, posted by SheilaC on July 11, 2009, at 14:29:40
I use Citrucel once or twice a day and a stool softener at night. The once I start eating thing is a bear. I have liquid meals during the day so I don't get my appetite started, though it's really not an appetite thing it's an appestat thing for me- no feeling of satiety. At night, I eat huge, really huge quantities of veggies and not much else.
Zana
Posted by bulldog2 on July 11, 2009, at 15:43:09
In reply to Constipation / hunger / weight?, posted by SheilaC on July 11, 2009, at 14:29:40
> I take:
>
> 100 Serquel
> 2mg Abilify
> 1mg Klonopin (.5 as needed)
>
> I have noticed constipation from the Seroquel/Abilify. What can I do? I've started doubling up my doses of probiotics hoping that would move things along.
>
> Also - I notice that when I start eating, I just can't stop.
>
> I don't want to get any fatter.
>
> Any ideas? I don't want to go off my meds - I need my meds.
>Table spoon of metamucil before meals..Lots of nice salads with olive oil to kill your appetite..if that does not work I have used stool softeners with a mild laxaxtive...Some are against laxatives but I prefer them to constipation.
Posted by emme on July 11, 2009, at 16:39:03
In reply to Constipation / hunger / weight?, posted by SheilaC on July 11, 2009, at 14:29:40
> I have noticed constipation from the Seroquel/Abilify. What can I do?A tablespoon or two of ground flax seed meal mixed in with a high fiber cereal every day should help.
Posted by Phillipa on July 11, 2009, at 21:36:10
In reply to Re: Constipation / hunger / weight? » SheilaC, posted by emme on July 11, 2009, at 16:39:03
Excercise and calcium citrate. Phillipa
Posted by manic666 on July 12, 2009, at 13:07:21
In reply to Re: Constipation / hunger / weight?, posted by Phillipa on July 11, 2009, at 21:36:10
valerian tabs keep you loose , an calm to a minor degree ,to many an you will have the opposite to the problem you have now
Posted by ColoradoSnowflake on July 12, 2009, at 20:32:06
In reply to Re: Constipation / hunger / weight?, posted by manic666 on July 12, 2009, at 13:07:21
I have some IBS stuff going on. I take 3-4 HEAPING tablespoons psyllium or metamucil a day and doing that keeps me normal - if there is such a thing. I think "normal" really is only a setting on the washing machine!!!
Gayle
Posted by alchemy on July 12, 2009, at 23:44:36
In reply to Constipation / hunger / weight?, posted by SheilaC on July 11, 2009, at 14:29:40
wow, I just got online to figure out how to fix this problem.
I increased my Wellbutrin from 300 to 450 for about 3 weeks. I swear that is when my constipation started & the difficulty to stop eating/ craving carbs. So I went back to 300 a couple weeks ago & started on 1 mg of Abilify. Now I have all of the previous probs + I think an increase an agitation.
The agitation does't suprise me w/ Abilify, but I really want it to work, so I'm hoping it could possibly be the constipation (probably not, but I am sensitive to my gut)
Stoof softeners haven't worked, and I am going to try some probiotics as well. Ahhhh!
Posted by Deneb on July 13, 2009, at 0:59:32
In reply to Constipation / hunger / weight?, posted by SheilaC on July 11, 2009, at 14:29:40
I get awful awful constipation. I've had a problem with this my whole life. Stool softeners do nothing.
I find a tablespoonful of Lansoyl (a sweet jelly mineral oil) a day works wonders. It takes a few days to take effect though.
I find taking Metamucil didn't work for me, I drank the required water, but it actually made my constipation worse.
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