I gained a lot of weight when I started taking Seroquel by eating in the evenings. Maybe you should talk to your dr about it. Don't want that bulimia coming back.

Hi, twistedwind!!!
I'm bulimic, too!! Mine's under control as well, but tends to start up when I get particularly stressed out.
LOLOL!!!!! Yeah!!! Seroquel is HORRIBLE in conjunction with Bulimia!!!! I'm never hungry during the day and often forget to eat. But when I take my Seroquel at bedtime, I become ravenous!! Especially for sweets!!! And I've learned that eating a salad and/or some protein, when what I want to eat is CAKE, only makes it worse. Because I'll eat the 'good' stuff and then still not be able to resist the cake, anyway!!!
I want more drugs!!!! I want something that will knock me out FAST!!! It only has to last long enough for the Seroquel to kick in and make me fall asleep.
And AmbienCR was even worse, for me!!! I didn't get hungry from it before I went to sleep, but I'd wake up in the morning and see the remnants of a feast that I had obviously indulged in while asleep and that I had absolutely no memory of!!

everybody thinks i'm anorexic but i'm not.

just can't eat.

except this week. i'm eating more this week.

Yes I have. Suffered from Bulimia for years. I did tell my doctor not to precribe meds that make you gain wieght or interfere with your sex drive.
Call and let them know and maybe there is an alternate med to help you. Bulimia is a bitch. We all battle some heavy duty things in this group. Keep trying

i'm bulimic as well. mine just recently came back too. i'm not sure why. i'm not ready to go down that road again but looks like i am.

I was hospitalized from a spider bite that I was unaware of. I was in the hospital for a month. I had always been big, but had lost a lot of weight about a year before that. I was put on seroquel and gained 30, almost 40 pounds in a MONTH. I am not bulimic, I do however binge eat, I just don't purge. I stopped all meds and stopped going to a doctor all together about 6 months after that. Never lost the weight, caused a deeper depression. I'm still lost now. Reaching for help this week. Crossing my fingers.

i have a history of anorexia, and its starting to come back. i think thats why i don't stay on meds for a long time, because i can't deal with the weight-gain side effect.

going thru a rough time right now.

I started taking seroquel about a month ago or so and have a history of both anorexia and bulimia. I haven't had the increase in appetite but I'm definitely falling back into both my anorexic tendencies. I'm finding that my weekly therapy sessions are helping some. I would talk to your pdoc - mine said there might be some other alternatives.

I used to be anorexic in HS then became bulemic then after my car wreck just gave up on being this and can be a binge eater!!!

Right now though with the mania I am teatering on Anorexia. I just have no desire to eat!!!

I don't have bulemia personally but have some experience in it as a health care provider. Seroquel will definitely make you gain weight. Abilify is a newer drug with less side effects maybe you could discuss it with your pdoc I am on both Seroquel and Zyprexa and have gained 50#

Thanks to all for your posts. It's always nice to know I'm not alone. I think I'll definitely talk to my doc. about alternative meds. Just the possibility of weight gain gets me all anxious. What I wish, is that I didn't have to take anything at all. Keep dreaming!!!!!