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Anti psychotics/mood stabilizers and Bariatric surgery.

Hey there!

Just putting my feelers out there. Has anyone had to switch their psychiatric meds to qualify for weight loss surgery?

If I get approved for surgery, I'll need to switch from Latuda to Abilify because of Latuda's caloric requirement.

To give some insight I have bi polar disorder and require a mood stabilizer.

I'm afraid of abilify because it's not metabolically friendly. Has anyone had experience with this?

Thanks everyone!

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    I had to switch from Latuda too. I switched to vraylar and haven’t noticed any difference.I switched ahead of time so that I knew it worked for me prior to surgery just to take away one thing to be wo

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I had surgery over two years ago and neither my surgeon nor my psydoc had any concerns about Latuda. In fact, I still take it to this day. No problems at all. It's weight neutral. But prior to surgery, I was on Abilify and gained 60 lbs.

I had to switch from Latuda too. I switched to vraylar and haven’t noticed any difference.I switched ahead of time so that I knew it worked for me prior to surgery just to take away one thing to be worried about.

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