New here.Thought I'd introduce myself.
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 7:08 pm
Hello my name is mike, I live in california. I've been suffering from bi polar disorder for many years. Im 33 now and got diagnosed for it when i was like 19-20. I got admitted to a mental hospital when i was around 20 and the county prescribed me depakote and zoloft. really bad idea back then, it made my anxiety worse, and I gained like 80 pounds. Made me even more depressed.
well i ignored treatment for like 10 years after that because of the weight gain mainly. I used to be in such great shape.
well as of late a lot of things are falling down in on me, im going through a backed into a corner way of life right now. i'm unemployed , want a job but no one's hiring. i've lost most of my possessions, excpt for my car, and i ve been in bed a majority of the past 6 months with a no care, whatever happens attitude. My anxiety has gotten to the extreme point where i feel like im having a heart attack, my face gets all numb, my hands clentch up and i am breathing very heavy, it comes out of no where and i feel like im gunna die.
recently ive been seeing a psychyatrist and he was quick to prescribe seroquell. well it put me down for like 2 days, completly out of it. now he's got me on zyprexa and lithium. well i hear both are horrible for weight gain. so i have been hesitant to start taking them. why do all these drugs have wieght gain associated with them. im also on ativan
which helps me stabalize and feel normal again. i guess what i'm wondering is..........is there a trick for not gaining weight while on these drugs. do the drugs by themselves add wieght, or is it how much food intake that u consume do that?
anyhow any input would be nice. I care about people who go through what im going through, cause it's just plain andsimple a horror show when u are bi polar.. if any1 understand boy its me.
well i ignored treatment for like 10 years after that because of the weight gain mainly. I used to be in such great shape.
well as of late a lot of things are falling down in on me, im going through a backed into a corner way of life right now. i'm unemployed , want a job but no one's hiring. i've lost most of my possessions, excpt for my car, and i ve been in bed a majority of the past 6 months with a no care, whatever happens attitude. My anxiety has gotten to the extreme point where i feel like im having a heart attack, my face gets all numb, my hands clentch up and i am breathing very heavy, it comes out of no where and i feel like im gunna die.
recently ive been seeing a psychyatrist and he was quick to prescribe seroquell. well it put me down for like 2 days, completly out of it. now he's got me on zyprexa and lithium. well i hear both are horrible for weight gain. so i have been hesitant to start taking them. why do all these drugs have wieght gain associated with them. im also on ativan
which helps me stabalize and feel normal again. i guess what i'm wondering is..........is there a trick for not gaining weight while on these drugs. do the drugs by themselves add wieght, or is it how much food intake that u consume do that?
anyhow any input would be nice. I care about people who go through what im going through, cause it's just plain andsimple a horror show when u are bi polar.. if any1 understand boy its me.