Back again, cheers Quetiapine ;)
Elsie_Brownraisin
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Hi,
I have posted here before and lost quite a bit of weight last year, I certainly was not svelte at the end, but I did feel much better about my appearance.
I have taken Quetiapine for almost a year, but until recently took it at night before bed, so haven't had any problems with eating and weight gain.
However, a few months ago I was given more to take first thing in the morning and I have just not stopped eating
It's like having the munchies all the time and I'm never satiated, whether the snacks are healthy and wholesome or junk.
I would like to stop taking this medication in the mornings, but I feel my Psychiatrist will not approve as I'm only just out of a rough 18 months.
I feel shallow bringing it up with my Dr and when I mentioned how much had gained to a different Dr several years ago, he snapped 'well, it's better than being dead isn't is?' - he of course, was thin and in a nice suit. :grumble:
I'm going to weigh myself tomorrow for the first time in ages and I'm back here again. Yay!
I have posted here before and lost quite a bit of weight last year, I certainly was not svelte at the end, but I did feel much better about my appearance.
I have taken Quetiapine for almost a year, but until recently took it at night before bed, so haven't had any problems with eating and weight gain.
However, a few months ago I was given more to take first thing in the morning and I have just not stopped eating
It's like having the munchies all the time and I'm never satiated, whether the snacks are healthy and wholesome or junk.I would like to stop taking this medication in the mornings, but I feel my Psychiatrist will not approve as I'm only just out of a rough 18 months.
I feel shallow bringing it up with my Dr and when I mentioned how much had gained to a different Dr several years ago, he snapped 'well, it's better than being dead isn't is?' - he of course, was thin and in a nice suit. :grumble:
I'm going to weigh myself tomorrow for the first time in ages and I'm back here again. Yay!
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I love it when doctors are sympathetic! Grr
Good luck and keep going.0 -
Seroquel was an amazing drug for me, mental-health wise. The biggest thing was that it made me sleep-- 45 minutes on the dot after I took it, I was out like a light, which was wonderful.
But I struggled with the same eating issues you mentioned here. I would wake up in the morning, and I could eat three bowls of cereal and be absolutely RAVENOUS. All I could think about was food, in a weird obsessive sort of way. But it kept me sane, so I just sucked it up and dealt with it.
Finally, after fighting really hard to lose the same 10lb over and over again, and ending up on BP meds and CPAP, I finally broke down to my pdoc and asked if I could try something else. I felt like I was trading mental stability-- which I have to work really hard for-- for something stupid like vanity... but he told me that with these other health issues, it's a valid concern.
So now I'm off the Seroquel and into week 2 of Topomax, and scared to death of the brain fog. (I have a very intellectual job, if I can't think I'm screwed.) I'm fairly queasy and can't eat much, and the food obsession has gone away, so I guess that's a good thing, and it's reassuing that the weird food stuff was more than likely related to the Seroquel.
Anyway, it downright sucks, but hang in there! I'm rooting for you!!0
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