seroquil and depakote weight loss?

Well, I suppose you could if you watched your diet. The problem is that these drugs increase appetite and cravings and make you eat more. If you already have will problems, this watch the diet may not go as smoothly.
If I were you, I would speak to your doctor about prescribing a drug that would reduce the cravings. Although there is no much evidence that any drug would work 100%, you may talk to your doctor about it.
It is important that you exercise as it may be as effective as any drug. If you could reduce the calorie intake, that would be even better.

Depakote destroyed my health. I stopped taking it seven years ago and have permanent liver and kidney damage. I have to take a handful of supplements every day to get the vitamins my damged digestive tract can barely absorb now. I suffer from deficiency diseases of vitamin B and C regularly if I do not take all those supplements, which are costly. Most of all, on depakote, I gained 50 pounds within 6 months. I became bed ridden because I could not stay awake. I slept through 2 years of my life on depakote and nearly lost my career and marriage because of it. I don't care what they say. YOU CANNOT control your weight on depakote. When I took it for my severe bipolar disorder, I cut down to 400 calories a day, sometimes 200. I still gained weight. Then I added two hours of exercise a day while going all day on 200 calories. I still gained weight. Finally, as I accepted my newly diminished life, and my career tanked, and my husband and I separated, I went to the gym to try to exercise. after an hour, I went home and bent down to tie my shoe.....and pop! I felt something "pop" in my head, and I got an excruciating headache that did not let up for two months. I vomited at least 10 times a day for those months....and did not lose weight....even though I had not keept down much food at all. During those months, I found out, my liver and kidneys were near failure stage from the depakote. I was dying. Well, I took that toxic depakote and threw it in the garbage. I am grateful to be here today. After I got rid of it, I began improving. The symptoms slowly but surely went away. I got my marriage back. I got my career back on track. This is because I was able to get out of bed, finally. Most interesting to me was the fact that once the depakote was out of my system, I experienced a rapid weight loss...every other day, the scale needle went down and down and down. Fifty pounds melted off effortlessly, even though I was eating three times what I had been. Don't ever let some smug doctor tell you you're wrong about side effects and that scary problems are nothing to worry about. If your gut tells you that something is terribly wrong, please have the courage to stand up for yourself. Don't just blindly trust the drug or the doctor with your health. I did, and it almost cost me my life. If you take this drug, watch your health carefully from DAY ONE. Sorry this is so long, but I never want anyone to go through what I went through. For me, depakote is poison. There are plenty other meds out there that are much more effective and safe than depakote. Check those out before you gamble your health.

you will gain weight 10-20-30-50+ pounds in 6months, if you are anything like me...I ate one meal a day! It was like phantom weight , where does it come from, my stomach hurt always, and this was for migraine prevention!!! Please ask your Dr. about weight gain, and oh yeah, HAIR LOSS, I mean hair everywhere...not just on your head...I think this is the drug to give a patient you hate or something!!!
I finally threw it in the garnage, and the weight dropped off like magic...

I'm not sure what those other people were really eating but I do know that eating less than 1000 calories a day can cause you to gain weight. My son took depakote for bi-bolar and didn't gain any weight. I started taking depakote 3 weeks ago and have lost 4 pounds so I guess there are alot of factors that should be taken into consideration. Everyone is different. Just because some people gained weight on it doesn't necessarily mean you will. I decided to wait and see if I gained weight and when I discussed this subject with my doctor he said to wait and see and we would deal with that if need be. As of now the medication helps and I am not gaining weight so I'm ok. Just watch what you eat and watch your weight. If it starts to go up 5 or 10 pounds than go to another medication.

I just started Depakote yesterday ! && I'm literally scared to death. I'm seriouosly thinkinq about tellinq my docter to put me on topomax !

I've been on Depakote for about 4 months and have lost 12 lbs. From what I have read, Depakote can affect each person differently. I've always been an avid exerciser but certainly have my problems in the eating area. I use weight watchers to track my food intake but don't manage to even do that consistantly.

I lost weight at the beginning of 2010 for a 4 month period and then kept it off for another 4 months. I was really determined to keep trying to lose weight despite the Depakote. What I have noticed from the data I collected - pre-Depakote weight loss, 4 months vs. Depakote weight loss - is the first set of weight loss data, without the Depakote is pretty much a straight slide downward and greater returns. I lost 20 lbs during those 4 months. Because I spent time in between letting my body set at a new weight, I thought it would be pretty easy to start monitoring my diet and losing weight again, but it is much more challenging with Depakote in the picutre. What I have noticed is that I can easily sway in an 5-8 lb range depending on the time of the month or possibly due to Depakote. The weight-loss graph does not just slide downwards like the last round, rather, it spikes all over the place and weight gradually comes off.

Now the greater returns from the pre-Depakote weight loss can be explained pretty simply: I weighed more. But the way I am losing weight and the fluxations this time with Depakote are tough to handle and can be discouraging at times. Having the data graphed out and seeing it actually work in the longer haul is what keeps me going.

There are plenty of magazines, books, blogs, about exercise and weight loss. Find the medically sound things that work for you and ignore the rest. Good luck!

I was also taking this EVIL drug- I did not change on my eating whatsoever. But you know the weight sure did not stay away. It caused me to gain weight like right there on the dang dot. They had me taking 12 pills two times a day; which is 1500mg It made me feel sick all the time. I was even telling the loser doctor, how it was making me feel he said to me. "Well, it is my pills I am giving you, it is due to the other meds you are coming off from" Which was nothing big all it was IV bendrail. I was like no, it is not that was over a week ago and it is not that. I feel like this every time I take these pills. I went in to this dang place at 92 pounds I was feeling so happy about the way I looked I felt good. I work so hard to get down to where I was and I was not ever even fat to start with before this I was only 120 pounds. Which is not over weight for my height. (5'2) anyhow the hospital placed me into the NUT HOUSE for healing because of my disease that I was born with. It is very hard for me to heal and at this time due to this big growth I had growing on the back of my head; down to the skull- it blew out and then the skull was showing. It was very hard to take care of. My Husband he was placing creams on the born (Skull) up to five times a day. I also kept losing so much blood I was so close to death, my Blood Count was down to 4 1/2 and I had to have 7 pints of blood given back to me. They told me "You should not even be talking. You would have ended up dying tonight or in the morning you would not have lived past" So they kept me in the hospital for six weeks and was unable to care for me so they placed me in the nut house as I said. I hated it.... SO SEEING that I was in there. I was treated like one of them I had to take the crazy drug. I also had to take it for 3 weeks after I was out until I went in and showed I was not crazy. So by this whole time I was up to 210 pounds. I never eat any more then I have ever done. I hate food and did not let it come over me. I did lose 50 pounds. But I cannot lose anymore I am stuck here on 160 dang pounds I would even be happy at 120. I want to lose this fatness but it will not leave me. I do everything right and I sure do not eat that much I eat very little. I do the same as I have ALWAYS DONE. Just like I did when I got down to my size 0 (92 pounds)



So you are right YOU WILL GAIN WEIGHT... I just do not know how you ended up losing all the weight you put on. I have been trying for three years now....

I was also taking this EVIL drug- I did not change on my eating whatsoever. But you know the weight sure did not stay away. It caused me to gain weight like right there on the dang dot. They had me taking 12 pills two times a day; which is 1500mg It made me feel sick all the time. I was even telling the loser doctor, how it was making me feel he said to me. "Well, it is my pills I am giving you, it is due to the other meds you are coming off from" Which was nothing big all it was IV bendrail. I was like no, it is not that was over a week ago and it is not that. I feel like this every time I take these pills. I went in to this dang place at 92 pounds I was feeling so happy about the way I looked I felt good. I work so hard to get down to where I was and I was not ever even fat to start with before this I was only 120 pounds. Which is not over weight for my height. (5'2) anyhow the hospital placed me into the NUT HOUSE for healing because of my disease that I was born with. It is very hard for me to heal and at this time due to this big growth I had growing on the back of my head; down to the skull- it blew out and then the skull was showing. It was very hard to take care of. My Husband he was placing creams on the born (Skull) up to five times a day. I also kept losing so much blood I was so close to death, my Blood Count was down to 4 1/2 and I had to have 7 pints of blood given back to me. They told me "You should not even be talking. You would have ended up dying tonight or in the morning you would not have lived past" So they kept me in the hospital for six weeks and was unable to care for me so they placed me in the nut house as I said. I hated it.... SO SEEING that I was in there. I was treated like one of them I had to take the crazy drug. I also had to take it for 3 weeks after I was out until I went in and showed I was not crazy. So by this whole time I was up to 210 pounds. I never eat any more then I have ever done. I hate food and did not let it come over me. I did lose 50 pounds. But I cannot lose anymore I am stuck here on 160 dang pounds I would even be happy at 120. I want to lose this fatness but it will not leave me. I do everything right and I sure do not eat that much I eat very little. I do the same as I have ALWAYS DONE. Just like I did when I got down to my size 0 (92 pounds)

So you are right YOU WILL GAIN WEIGHT... I just do not know how you ended up losing all the weight you put on. I have been trying for three years now....

I took Depakote for 1 full year and then switched to Lamictal because of the weight gain and tremors (hands shaking). As far as stabalizing my mood it worked very well. I have never been medicated for Bipolar but while on it, it was the first time in my life that I constistantly stayed stable. I switched recently and was on Lamictal alone for 3 weeks but swung wildly in the opposite direction that I chose to go back on Depakote. My fear this time is again the weight gain. I am an active male 6'2" but my cravings for food are very strong and I have a hard time getting the weight off. I read your story and am sorry to hear the terrible experience you had with it. My biggest question is what medication did you switch to inorder to manager your Bipolar? Has it been successful and have you been stable?

I have gained 40 pounds in 10 months since starting depakote. I had already gained 60 pounds since starting seroquel. I'm 5'3" and I weigh 220 lbs. I used to weigh 120 lbs. I've been on a very restrictive diet for a year now and have gained weight. I also exercise regularly. This crazy weight gain has made me feel very depressed and hopeless. My doctor doesn't seem to have a lot of knowledge about various drugs for bipolar disorder. I live in a small town and just don't have many options. I'm so frustrated. It helps to vent here. If I figure out some combination of drugs that allows me to lose some weight, I will post again.