Amen to that!

I think alot of them just seem to stimulate your appetite and cravings for sweets and carbs. At least that's what it is for me.

I've got a huge bag of dark chocolate m &m's in my freezer! Chocolate party at my house!!!!

I'll be right over. I love dark chocolate. LOL

Here Here.. I won't argue that one. Bring on the chocolate.:)

Oooooooooo they have sugar free Dove Chocolate at WalMart. Yummmmmm

I gained 50# in 4-months from Zyprexa but it's the ONLY med that gets me to sleep and makes me stay asleep. I chose sleep over weight as I have to young children to look after and the last time I went without sleep for a week I ended up in the hospital. I sometimes go in the closet and cry seeing my "thin" clothes but have recently joined a gym, got a personal trainer and have actually lost 4 pounds in 4-months. I know that's not much and it's really slow but I'll take it. But I agree it is depressing.

I'm sure they are doing that right now. But if you know what it takes to make a prescription drug available in the US you would know not to hold your breath.

It costs around a billion dollars to make a new drug. It's testing on rats, pigs, monkeys is long and huge. Then their are the patients.

Each new successful bipolar medication is a money tree, they are working on hundreds/thousands right now.

But like LSD, which was used to cure alcoholics and for depression, there are failures.

didnt even know they make dark chocolate m&ms!

I became so hugh and so depressed my doc finally took me off of Elavil.
I would sneak bags of Peanut M&Ms to work and put them in my coffee. All day long. And yes, they do melt.

You're right all the meds cause weight gain. I just had a gastric bypass last year and have been on a Sugar Free diet since. Just about anything can be changed to sugar free if you substitute artifical sweetener and stay away from sugar alcohols and malitrol . You can check my recipe section on my website for some of the recipes I eat. http://www.cedarbreak.com
I really love ice cream and have found that if I eat bluebell sugar free vanilla/chocolate and add SF cool whip and walnuts it tastes like rocky road.

I agree

Lamictal and Lithium do not induce weight gain nor are suppossed to interfere with sex drive. There may be more I just know about those two.

You know I hated chocolate before the meds and now I can't keep my hands off of them. I sometimes waunder if these doctors just want us bp's to get fat mmm its a mystery to me I have gained 5 pounds since I started seroquel 4 weeks ago and I HATE it.

I've had similar discusions with a pdoc I had, but about the sexual side effects.