Thinking of switching anti-psychotic

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I’m thinking of asking my doctor to switch me from Olanzapine to a more weight neutral AP.

I can’t fuucking control myself with food on Olanzapine. I feel like a food addict.

I’ve heard Latuda is a good AP for weight.

Anyone else on an AP that doesn’t make you a food monster?

I’m worried that if I stop Olanzapine, I won’t be able to sleep

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Ask for Seroquel…

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I’m on clopixol and it causes far less hunger than Seroquel which makes me starving

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Believe it or not I’m doing fine with Risperdal but Seroquel increases my appetite much more.

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Geodon and caplyta

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I’m sorry I said Seroquel, but I’m on Clozapine, and it’s far less good for weight.

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Thanks for the replies everyone

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I at one point was on lutuda i never got hungry and lost 30lbs

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I thought clozapine would be weight gaming like Olanzapine but not at all

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That’s good to know. The only problem I have with it is drooling when I lay down

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I get drooling as well

The constipation went when I started having fruit smoothies for breakfast

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Oh yeah I’m constipated I tried a laxative only worked once

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Really? Maybe I need to try Latuda. Thanks buddy. Hope you have a good day.

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@TheCanuk have you ever tried Geodon? (Zisprasidone is the generic) it’s very weight neutral and not too sedating. It’s by far my favorite AP

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I’ve only tried 2 AP’s, Abilify and my current Olanzapine.

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It’s worth asking about. According to ChatGPT Latuda and Geodon tie for being the most weight neutral antipsychotics out there.

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Thanks for the info Hanna!

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Good luck with your switch. Hopefully you find something more tolerable

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Latuda is weight nutural in fact i sometimes had problems with trying to get enough food for the 350 calories i think it was

As far as haldol ive heard people saying its the most worst side effects i say bullsh!t atleast for me and ive slowly been losing weight and it helps with all the psychosis symptoms

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The problem with meds is that everyone reacts differently for example abilify helped my sister the same way haldol helped me

If i took abilify id be a insane wreck

Thats the thing i cant positively say theres a 100% chance its gonna work

A doctor admitted that its a guessing game to figure out what meds will work

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