weight loss on seroquel

I'm only on seroquel 100mg and have gained almost 20 pounds, not only that but on seroquel it's been hard to even have the motivation to excercise.

Sorry, can't help with a solution, but would love to know one also.

Me Too. I find I have no drive for anything

I went from a size 10 to a 16. I am so sad and depressed. I am not taking the SQ any more, as I already take Lithium and Clonazapam. It is really important to keep track of your weight on this drug...It can get out of control. FAST. I am exercising every day, and just want to get rid of this layer of bubble wrap on my body. I have never been super fit...but played lots of sports, and walked a lot, and I can agree: Exercise is so the last thing you feel like doing on this drug. Eating chocolate cake however, well, you know. It is a hypnotic hunger that comes over you after you take it, like you never had dinner. I have even sleep-walked to get a bowl of rice and milk. I was actually in bed, asleep, and woke up in a drunken-like daze and made it, and ate it, and found it on the window sill the next morning! Holy c**p! That's just crazy. Just watch your weight and stay on top of it, and go right to bed after you take it (though on my case that was no guarantee). Tell your doc that diet and exercise don't cut it on this med. Conversely, accept that you will be stable but fat. That's my 2 cents. Good Luck!

Since I've been on Seroquel and clonezapam I've gained 90 pounds. I've decided to put an end to this. My doctor is reducing the clonazepam abeit gradually. I plan on doing the same with Seroquel on my own. More than the weight gain, I have numbness in my hands and feet. Seroquel should be used sparingly. I've been on 900mg. per day. I might as well just stay in bed for the rest of my life-or get off this got forsaken drug.

i've been on seroquel for years...and gained an enormous amount of weight. i went from 125 lbs to 162 lbs and could not lose the weight. i didn't want to come off the drug because it worked so well for me. i finally found a doctor who actually understand how the drug works on the metabolism and on the feeling of starvation the drug induces. i have lost most of the weight now. the system is a little complicated at first, but i swear it works. take two over the counter fiber pills in the morning, and again in the evening. take 1000 mg of fish oil 3 times per day. that will handle the feeling that you are going to starve to death. She also put me on the "insulin resistance diet". you can buy the book on-line. basically, cut out the sugar and switch to low-fat dairy products and leaner cuts of meat. eat 5 small meals per day and make sure that each of these meals has a carb and a protein. the ratio should be 1/2 gram of protein for every gram of carb. fresh steamed veggies without sauces are freebies and you can eat as much of these as you want. like i said, it is a little complicated at first, and you will have to plan your meals. but it is worth it not to feel like a hippopotamus.

I was on seroquel (300mg then 150mg cos i was a zombie, even at 150mg) for almost a year and i gained more weight than ever in my entire 32 years of life!!! I have been off it since the summer and eat the same and lost it. I can definately say, with no shadow of a doubt that the seroquel made me really fat and in turn that made me unhappy. Excersise, walking, don't do any of that now yet I am back to normal again. Seroquel also gave me really bad dreams and shitty side effects if i didn't take it. It was horrible to come off of it and if anyone is going to come off it please stick with it because you will get better again. Make sure if you do come off it to do it really slowly. I can see why diabetes can come from taking this medicine, you get fat, dangerously so. I can not say for those who take if for bi-polar as my achilles heel is depression only. I don't know why I was given it, the only good thing was that if i couldn't sleep because of anxiety and panic attacks then it would act like a sleeping pill, but i'm sure there are other pills out there than are not as dangerous and addictive than this one. I didn't like it also when i took it I coudn't breathe through my nose properly. It was the same as having a cold and your nose gets blocked. If you are sad because you put on weight and no matter what you do you still put more and more weight on, it's only going to make you more depressed and suffer other medical conditions to do with weight gain. I've had many antidepressants in my life time and this drug is the worst by a long shot. It put me off mental meds for good. Unless i am seriously handicapped from a depression then i will not take medication again.

I have been on Seroquel for 4 years and have gained about 40 pounds. However, I have never felt this well balanced in my life. It controls all of my psychiatric symptoms including; hallucinations, ideation, paranoia and inability to sleep. For me weight gain is the only side effect. I am not dopey. I am allowed to flex my medication up to 900mg and no lower than 300mg. Unfortunately, going down from 900mg to 300mg - i didn't lose an ounce.
I haven't given up trying to lose weight though and I'll let you know if I find a solution.

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