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Re: Abilify and weight gain

Posted by emmanuel98 on August 11, 2010, at 21:14:38

In reply to Re: Abilify and weight gain, posted by SheilaC on August 10, 2010, at 9:29:49

How much more could you be eating to gain 25 pounds in a month? 25 pounds is 87500 calories or almost 3000 calories a day extra. Are you eating that much more? I gained weight at the rate of 2-3 pounds per week on abilify without eating any more. It can screw up your metabolism no matter what you do. I went off it after a month, but it worked so well for my psychotic depression, that I tried it again, and again and again. Then I tried risperadal, which caused the same problem, then zyprexa which made me gain 10 pound in two weeks. I got so fat from all these experiments that it will take months to get it off now that I am dieting like crazy.

When these drugs cause weight gain (and they don't for everyone, or even for most users) the gain is rapid and sudden. It's not worth it to stay on this drug. All the APs worked for me, but the side effect of rapid weight gain was unacceptable to me, and to my p-doc and GP.

I finally went to parnate which works just as well and causes no weight gain.


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