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Generally; All I see & hear of people on psychiatric meds - especially the anti-psychotics; is that they are overweight, usually by a lot.
Before I went on meds I was naturally very thin. My weight would fluctuate between 11 - 12 stone (max). Maybe a bit underweight for my size. At aged 25 when I was first put on regular & high doses of anti psychotics (I had been on them for limited periods twice before, but successfully stopped them), my weight ballooned to 18 stone in 6 months. I stopped the meds "Dead" a year later - was re-sectioned; & eventually agreed to a vastly reduced dose. That improved things a little. I have stopped meds twice since then & on each of these 3 occasions the weight has rapidly & naturally dropped off. My weight presently fluctuates between 16-17 stone. This is not my natural weight. Over Christmas I am back up to 17 stone.
I am at increased risk of certain health conditions from this increased weight. This weight is caused by meds. How many peoples health is seriously jeopardised by weight increase caused by meds? far too many I would think.
Is this a "good" pay off?
Before I went on meds I was naturally very thin. My weight would fluctuate between 11 - 12 stone (max). Maybe a bit underweight for my size. At aged 25 when I was first put on regular & high doses of anti psychotics (I had been on them for limited periods twice before, but successfully stopped them), my weight ballooned to 18 stone in 6 months. I stopped the meds "Dead" a year later - was re-sectioned; & eventually agreed to a vastly reduced dose. That improved things a little. I have stopped meds twice since then & on each of these 3 occasions the weight has rapidly & naturally dropped off. My weight presently fluctuates between 16-17 stone. This is not my natural weight. Over Christmas I am back up to 17 stone.
I am at increased risk of certain health conditions from this increased weight. This weight is caused by meds. How many peoples health is seriously jeopardised by weight increase caused by meds? far too many I would think.
Is this a "good" pay off?