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... I am obese. :(
My BMI just inched over 30. Last month I started a combination of 50mg Seroquel (small dose) and 0.5mg Abilify (really small dose) to get me out of a brain-fogging, unproductive, anger-inducing, labile depression.
I worked better than I ever had since I've been diagnosed (about a year). I got out of the depression in couple of days. I was a good wife doing positive things for my (shaky) marriage, and I was a good mom with enough patience to get me through the day. But I also ate. I gained 15lb in 3 weeks. I wasn't aware it was possible.
I knew I was eating too much, but I really needed my work to start going better, and I decided to work first, and deal with weight later. So, I'm OK with the trade-off, I guess, just need time to adjust and deal with it.
Incidentally, the day I got my period, my eating stopped, and I'm not working as well, and I was so irritable... I also reduced Abilify, and need to bring it back to 0.5mg. It will be better, but how much more weight can I possibly gain?
I know there are many of you who were at one point where I am now. I just needed to get it out. VERY reluctantly, I'm making plans to go back on my cherished, stabilizing, effective low-carb diet. But, that would mean cooking three different foods (me, husband, daughter), and I have no energy for even one. We've been eating (more or less) out of the freezer or store for close to two months now.
The worst part is - I am now ~45lb overweight, and I am still a B-cup. Talk about adding insult to injury.
Thank you all for listening,
cb
My BMI just inched over 30. Last month I started a combination of 50mg Seroquel (small dose) and 0.5mg Abilify (really small dose) to get me out of a brain-fogging, unproductive, anger-inducing, labile depression.
I worked better than I ever had since I've been diagnosed (about a year). I got out of the depression in couple of days. I was a good wife doing positive things for my (shaky) marriage, and I was a good mom with enough patience to get me through the day. But I also ate. I gained 15lb in 3 weeks. I wasn't aware it was possible.
I knew I was eating too much, but I really needed my work to start going better, and I decided to work first, and deal with weight later. So, I'm OK with the trade-off, I guess, just need time to adjust and deal with it.
Incidentally, the day I got my period, my eating stopped, and I'm not working as well, and I was so irritable... I also reduced Abilify, and need to bring it back to 0.5mg. It will be better, but how much more weight can I possibly gain?
I know there are many of you who were at one point where I am now. I just needed to get it out. VERY reluctantly, I'm making plans to go back on my cherished, stabilizing, effective low-carb diet. But, that would mean cooking three different foods (me, husband, daughter), and I have no energy for even one. We've been eating (more or less) out of the freezer or store for close to two months now.
The worst part is - I am now ~45lb overweight, and I am still a B-cup. Talk about adding insult to injury.
Thank you all for listening,
cb
Unfortunately, the clinicians are only interested in your mental health. Your physical wellbeing is yours to figure out.
I walk a lot, which helps keeps the pounds off and have made some little changes to what I eat, and it works.....given time.
I think BMI needs readressing also, it is way out of step with todays generation.....we are all taller and heavier than ever before !
Good luck.