Have you tried having him read pamphlets or talk to your doctor?

l read where people at the extreme end have put on over 200lbs so 70 is more than doable

I put on tons after Seroquel to the point where my doctor was shocked at the change in me, and sadly it comes on so fast and ofc changes you appetite it makes it really really hard to lose it.

Have your husband read our responces?

I showed him a link to an article about weight gainer psychiatric meds but he still won't believe me. He says it's all my fault. He's blaming my weight gain all on me.....as if I wanted to gain all of this weight. He said if I was more active that loosing weight would be easy. He is very stupid and doesn't understand where I am coming
from at all.

i'm struggling with the weight gain to. these drugs definatly have a big effect. i'm very active and i'm still putting on loads of weight. i'm pretty certain they are giving me the munchies.

Then tell him to shut up.
He's not living your life.

If you're exercising and dieting then bugger him. Im sure he's no oil painting all the time :P

Meds CAN and WILL cause MASSIVE weight gain...without your changing diet or excercise programs.It is printed on many patient pamplets,as a side effect.

I gained 70 Lbs in less than 3 months on Lithium..my diet never changed,and I actually was excersicing more...tell your husband to let up on you!

Geesh,if he has to..have him talk with your Pdoc to confirm the fat facts about bipolar meds.

Zyprexa is notorious! It isn't your fault!

yea, it is very true. its not your fault that these medicines make us gain so much weight and what makes it worse......its even harder to try to loose the weight!! i'm strugging with it myself!! don't listen to your husband!! he sounds lot like my husband!!! don't let him drag you down over something you don't have control over:)

No offense, but your husband doesn't know what he is talking about. He needs to get educated and let up on you. I agree that taking him to see your pdoc is a good idea. Good luck to you. I know how frustrating the med weight gain can be. I gained 50lbs on some meds. I was able to lose it on Abilify.

I had a friend who was diagnosed bipolar when I was living in AZ. She was put on Zyprexa and in a very short period of time went from being very trim and fit to massively overweight. When they changed her meds she was able to lose the weight. For her, Zyprexa was like poison because it made her gain so much weight. Your husband is just being an ass.

That's horrible, Bipolarprincess- has your doctor not noticed? How poo.

I have problems with wieght gain too. 70LBS can't be healthy maybe your pdoc needs to try another medication............

Abuse comes in many forms. Sorta sorry but your companion sounds like he is a jerk - abusive.
Here's a diet for you. You husband weighs how much,lol
I guess when he looks in mirror he has 6pk abs.
he's not losing his receding hair. it's just coming out his ears.
I guess he's 1 in million men who doesn't look like a frog stand up on his hind legs - no butt just gut,lol
Person I would use the jerk and have him buy me a treadmill, a stair stepper - glider etc... and build a small gym w flat screen tv.
- ya the travel channel still comes on.
I would have schedule a neighbourhood work out for tip's in my new weight rm. - oh ya don't forget the tanning bed.
while your at it. this being good mood lifter and causes us to feel good about ourselves. have him to pay to have your nails and hair done.
I know it's hard on us when we have vaccumm in our enviroment that sucks the life-entergy out of us.
Stop trying to get him to understand, sounds like he already understands but is useing your med weight gain to abuse you inorder to feel good about his self at your exspence.
Sweet pea he is not as smart as your pdoc,therapest, pharmist, reseachers ...when it comes down to it, what does the bully really know,right.
I would buy dite food & so called rabbit food for myself. poo on him. either he could eat vegs or go w/o.
aw, but I would intentionally burn his food nightly. Adventually he would start shopping at local deli and order take out or learn to cook his own food.
If he starts buying bags of chips and sheets of cake, will,I personally would crumble bag of chips and cake and set them back where he had them,lol. same applys to fried chicken,I would half to deskin it and toss the skin and put cook chicken bk in refg, after all the crispy skin is not healthy for his heart.
There are millions of people who know & have med weight gain and he is merely one@#%&@ person whom sits on his brain,lol
To all who have weight issue I recommend lapoband - it works. it takes up to 3 yrs to lose up to 70 - 100lbs +. My sister has had the surgery and she has lost aprox 200lbs in 2 yrs..
Take care & don't beat yourself up & be good to yourself for yourself and for us on DS.

BipolarPrincess, you know your husband is not very nice to you. i've read a lot of your posts about him, and it seems like in each one he's rude and hateful.

i'd like to know what is his problem? i hope i dont sound rude, but damn, he really needs to give you a break!! does he ever say anything nice to you?

the reason im saying what im saying is because you seem soo nice and he just seem's sooo mean. you deserve better than that!

he need's to be educated on these meds and maybe then he'd keep his big mouth shut! please dont take offense. im just putting in my 2 cents.