Posted by Lisa P on March 9, 2003, at 0:21:09
In reply to Re: starting on Serequel » Lisa P, posted by KrissyP on March 8, 2003, at 23:42:34
Hi Kristen. I'm on the Serequel because I get manic - I'm bipolar but w/o the depression. I get depressed at times but I'm good at hiding it from people. My shrink doesn't want to tell me what to do as far as when to increase/decrease drugs because I guess he thinks that I can figure it out - he said just to increase the Serequel by 50 and decrease the Geodon by 20 whenever.
So you didn't have weight gain problems until you reached 200mg? 40lb sounds awful. Did the Serequel just make you feel really hungry causing you to eat more, or did the weight gain just appear? My shrink says that of the 30 people that he has on the Serequel, only one person gained more than 10lb, but I think that just sounds too good to be true. I'm not one of those people who gains a few lb - other than Geodon and Lamictal I've always gained at least 25lb on a drug and then I would discontinue it and would have another manic episode.
So how long did that zombie like feeling last? I had that a lot on the Geodon, and it took about 3 months to go away. I'm hoping that if I don't go up too fast on the Serequel that I won't have that happen. Does the Serequel still have that sedated feeling, even after you've taken it for awhile? I guess eveyone tolerates drugs differently, so I probably won't find out a lot of these things until I try taking more of the Serequel. Thanks.
Lisa
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