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SEROQUEL is the devil... I was overweight before and then I went on seroquel... and took it during my whole pregnancy... well hello extra 100 pounds.. now I have 170 pounds to lose I have been banded for 4 1/2 weeks and lost 12 in the first week and am at 13 now.. because of the intense carb craving of THE DEVIL... my shrink told me that we were actually working against the surgery... so he is working me off of it and on to something else. Its hard... and it became really hard when I realized I could still eat anything and everything before my first fill.... sometimes I wish I had opted for the gastric bypass... but then I would be all saggy for real.... but now its like when I think about seeing old friend that don't know I am huge... its like "hey can we get together for lunch...in like 6 months? and i will just then weigh 250? damn that sucks!!! I know I need to look on the bright side...

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whats seroquel?

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I packed on 80 pounds with Paxil. The weight goes on sooooo easy, but not off the same way! It has been a long road! I am hoping when I get this band next Monday that will all be behind me!!!!! Now if I can just master this pre-op diet!!!! YIKES:faint:

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I agree!!! I was on seroquel and a few others about 4 years ago and I gained 100 lbs during that time. Can not for the life of me take it off. My mom, and cousin were/are on seroquel and they gained massive amounts also. I seen my cousin about 2 months ago and he had really lost weight. I asked him how he had lost so much and he said 'I quit taking me meds'. The pysch that I see now asked who prescribed seroquel for me because that is such an OLD med that is rarely used anymore. I told him who it was and he was surprised. Alot of the psychotropics and antidepressants have the side effect of weight gain. I used to work in a residential facility woth people with depression or other mental illnesses and I have seen the results several times. Good luck!

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josiebies ... sorry... it is a med for bi-polar... depression... sleep deprivation... the crazies... that sort of thing. Thank your lucky stars if you are ONLY fat!!!

to all the rest... I am switching to Topomax.. and currently take 300mg Effexor.. Effexor really works great for me... I don't think it makes me gain... but I always took it with the seroquel so I am not really sure.. but really without it I am so angry, irritated, agitated.... like shooting spree type personality... that it is scary... so I better stick with it before I try switching... other things have worked... one thing I did like was Lexapro... but I do not have any of the sexual side effect with Effexor that other people do have... Paxil put me on a full time high... woah...I was on a high for like 6 months and thought thats how things were supposed to be until I realized that I had maxed out all my credit cards and done several other crazy things...woo hoo...good times.. not

Topamax really makes people not want to eat much at all and it works on my MASSIVE anxiety... it does make you forget your train of thought... give you numbness in your toes and fingers... forget words... and zone out... but frankly the way my mind works about 5000 thought per second I welcome that... we will see how it goes... I am not sure it will keep me from a bout of depression... not acceptable..

I don't think this thread was titled correctly...

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My daughter took seroquel and gained some weight also (she is 6 and bipolar). She is on topamax and it works great for her, and she lost all the extra weight when we stopped the seroquel. She also takes abilify, it's great for her. No weird side effects. ~Mandy

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I agree!!! I was on seroquel and a few others about 4 years ago and I gained 100 lbs during that time. Can not for the life of me take it off. My mom, and cousin were/are on seroquel and they gained massive amounts also. I seen my cousin about 2 months ago and he had really lost weight. I asked him how he had lost so much and he said 'I quit taking me meds'. The pysch that I see now asked who prescribed seroquel for me because that is such an OLD med that is rarely used anymore. I told him who it was and he was surprised. Alot of the psychotropics and antidepressants have the side effect of weight gain. I used to work in a residential facility woth people with depression or other mental illnesses and I have seen the results several times. Good luck!

Seroquel isn't an old drug and it isn't rarely prescribed, it's used all the time. I totally agree about the weight gain, lots of people complain about that. It does make weight loss more than a challenge.

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Seroquel isn't an old drug and it isn't rarely prescribed, it's used all the time. I totally agree about the weight gain, lots of people complain about that. It does make weight loss more than a challenge.

I don't know for sure just repeated what my psych said. I know that like I said myself, my mom and my cousin were all on it so I don't believe that it is rarely prescribed either. We all seen different docs and had it prescribed so you are right about being prescribed alot. I honestly am not sure how long it has been around. Like I said just repeating what I had been told. :)

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