Seroquel has caused me to gain weight and I really don't eat that much but I've got a stable belly weight that I carry around with me since I started Seroquel and maybe before that with the anti-depressant I don't really remember. Anyway this is not an answer to your question I'm sorry but I am not really familiar with medications much except what I'm on.

Eating disorders are so serious Alx as is schizoaffective disorder..... I would personally work with your doctor on finding some stability with your eating disorder first and foremost

I know I'm not addressing your question however I don't know that too many meds won't have a 'weight gain' potential that might be helpful for Schizoaffective disorder

I used to be on one of the old major tranquillizers …. Perphenazine and I didn't have any untoward side effects however some people do..... I quite liked the med..... Your psych may be willing to try one of the older drugs

Lamictal is another one that doesn't seem to cause weight gain but I don't know if it's used much for Schizoaffective..... I almost stopped sleeping on it altogether

I take Topamax for mania which has has been known to stunt appetite and promte weight loss. It does for me. And I take Zyprexa which usually causes weight gain and it holds it off.

Medications for Schitzoaffective Disorder aren't going to be the same as the ones people take for BiPolar Disorder. The Psychotic Symptoms tend to be worse and there is a heavier need for Anti-Psychotic meds. Also Anti-Depressants are used more than with most BiPolars.

There are many meds that don't cause weight, and some are individual, Lamictal, Latuda, and Topamax are the big 3 that don't cause weight. I used Seroquel for years and never gained weight, but some people do.

Have you talked to your Pdoc about an increase in your currant dose? Instead of changing meds, sometimes an adjustment can do the trick and get symptoms back under control. I'd make an appt. with your Pdoc and see what he/she thinks about meds at this point.

Take care,
Kat

I lost 30 lbs on Topamax. It didn't help my bipolar at all,and I lost a couple of years of memories. They call it Dopamax, the California drug, because it makes you thin and blond. Or was that stupid?

I think most psych meds make you fat. At least, that has been my experience. I hope you find something that works.

Hey, here's a thought...why don't we not negatively label drugs that don't affect everyone the same and perhaps belay someone from trying a medication that might help them.

I agree with oldercper. I took seroquel for many months and had no appetite. I barely ate. But everyone I know who’s taken it has gained a lot of weight while taking it.
No drug affects everyone the same way.

Hi, I was also on Seroquel and gained a lot of weight around my tummy and people thought I was pregnant. When I came off it and I went to gym and lost my tummy, people thought I had miscarried! It was awful. Since then my body and mind have never really been balanced again and the doctor keeps trying to get me back onto it so I went to see another doctor. She put me on Lamactil which I had been also taking with the previous doctor but with a ton of other stuff so we didn't know whether it was working or not. It is one that doesn't gain weight and so far it is stabilising my mood slowly as I build up the dosage. I am still a bit depressed but the mood stabiliser is too low to take an anti-depressant as it may send me manic. But I do know that I took Nuzak as an antidepressant which cured me of my bulimia. It is fluoxetine.