Posted by Lisa P on March 8, 2003, at 20:53:36
I've been on Geodon for nearly a year and have been having some bad muscle problems so I'm finally getting off of it. I started taking 50mg of the Serequel 3 weeks ago and last nite increased it to 100mg and have been decreasing the Geodon. I'm really concerned about weight gain and have been watching what and how much I eat - the no junk food diet and so far I haven't had that problem. I gained 47lb on Risperdal/Depakote in a year and have also gained 25lb 2 different times on Zyprexa. I would usually stop taking drugs due to weight gain and then would lose the weight and then would have more problems as a result of stopping the drugs.
Does anyone know about weight gain with the Serequel - is it dose related - the more you take, the more weight you gain? Also, I've had drugs like Risperdal where I feel like I'm starving and I eat twice as much as normal and gain tons of weight. On other drugs, I don't eat any more but the weight gain just happens - like the drugs alter my metabolism. Does anyone know how weight gain on Serequel occurs? My shrink thinks that I have to take 300-400mg of the Serequel and just told me that I could do what I wanted as far as increasing it. I thought about increasing it by 50mg every 3 weeks so that way I wouldn't have the tiredness of taking too much of a new drug at once. Or would it be better to increase it every week? Several times about an hour after I've taken the drug I've gotten this tremor in my muscles and my arms, legs, and hands start getting numb. But it hasn't happened in the past week so hopefully it won't happen again.
Also, does this drug have cognitive blunting problems - or make you feel like a zombie if you take too much of it? I can't afford to be out of it if I want to do good in school. I don't really have anyone to talk to about drugs that's taken them before, and I would be most appreciative of any opinions of the Serequel so I can know what to expect. Thanks.
Lisa
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