I'd get a circus mirror :o) Weight gain is a very common side effect with lithium. Sorry. Exercise and diet can help, especially if you work hard to prevent weight gain before it happens. Good luck.

I don't remember it being a big problem when I was on it. I was on a high dose for at least two years.

Congrat's on finding LOVE!!!

I gained 10 lbs

It's those Hot Dogs !!

Lithium literature plays down the weight gain but most people I have met certainly cite Lithium as their source of weight gain.
I put on 30 odd pounds at the higher dose.
Lost most of it at the lower dose I am now on.
So I would say it does.
However...it also does a LOT of good, Lithium...it gets you to where you can exercise again...eventually.


Find an exercise you can both do together.
Like naked Twister in Lake Michigan xx

Let's see...you're in love and you got married and you're worried that the evil accumulation of fat cells will destroy life as you know it? Maybe that's not such a bad thing to worry about. I've used lithium for 30 years and never had a weight problem. I still wear the same waist size in pants that I did 30 years ago, although I am now strikingly handsome. This is a well-known side effect of lithium. Oh, maybe that's not quite true but it sounds good. I think the thing with meds and weight gain is that the person seems to be more
of a factor than the meds. I wish you the best.

FINALLY!!!! Somebody got it!!! Lake Michigan is too cold this time of year. Too much shrinkage.

no, it didn't...it made me a little 'puffy' though (water retention)..like fuller face..did notice that.

eat healthy together & walk for 20 minutes per day, at the very least.

That avatar is fabulous you guys! Awwwww.

I literally starved myself and excercised my butt off, and when i did eat it was healthy food yet when i weighed myself 2 weeks later I had gained half a kilo aka a pound so yeah lamictal is the drug im trying now.

I've gained about 45lbs this past year, while unknowingly sinking into this horrid depression. The weight crept on and on until one day, I was 45lbs heavier than a year ago. My pdoc just put me on Lithium and I've read mixed reviews on here about weight gain. I tell you one thing though. As it stabilizes your moods, you can work out more. Now you will sweat like a freakin' pig because it's a salt and you HAVE to stay hydrated! But, I've lost weight, and I find that I'm not so sluggish while working out! I did a Spinning class and a weight lifting class tonight and feel super!

Yeah lithium will slow down your metabolism.

Better start jogging and doing ab workouts.

Personally I didn't gain any weight on Lithium but you could put on 100 lbs. in 3 weeks, so I would be careful.


*snicker*

Nice to have u 2 back on the boards.

Aw yeahhh fatty Mcfatness via bp meds....

Just watch the thyroid, hypothyroidism sux hardcore.