tardive dyskinesia

Further question pls.
My family Dr. prescribed Glucophage for me due to sugar levels. One visit it would be
elevated & the next visit it would be low, the next high (you get the point)..I took myself
off the sugar med due to weight gain. My weight had never been an issue until then. Now
I am very overweight compared to what I used to be.
The Depakote does a number on me also. I was on Zyprexa for a long time but  had every
side effect known to man.
Question is, is this partly to explain the weight issues? Thanks, Tres

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Glucophage is treat diabetes. If you need an antipsychotic Zyprexa is the worst offender for diabetes. Abilify is the least likely to cause it. But it is a risk with all atypical antipsychotics but can be monitored for but some psychiatrists don't use Zyprexa anymore because of the high risk of diabetes. As for Depakoate that can often cause weight gain. Lamictal is much less likely to cause that and that is a known effective mood stabilizer. Perhaps you could ask your psychiatrist about changing you to Lamictal. I know that I gained a fair amount of weight on Lithium and Depakoate but did okay on Lamictal. You could ask about that as its an established first line mood stabilizer.