Any new med???

[doctora]

I have been on 600mg of Quetapine, along with other meds. I am wondering if there has been a drug similar, that can offer me relief, and not (or minimal), weight gain. It is causing me to get into a depressive state that I cant get out of, because I know dont have clothes that fit me, and I cant bear to look at myself...this is not good for me at all.
If you know of/or heard of another medication that may help me without the weight gain! I would really appreciate it.
Thx

[doctora]

I could see loosing weight with the geodone, because I was a mess, couldnt sleep, couldnt eat, just buzzing, so I had to stop it.

I am now considering getting off the Seroquel and changing to Saphris, as from what I have read, would give me a lessor weight gain, however, I called my pharmacist and they have no record of this drug?  Do you know anything about this drug, and is it approved for use in Canada?

[doctora]

I tried Geodone, and I freaked out. I couldnt sit still, my husband stayed up with me all night, and I was just "buzzing", I will never give that stuff another shot..lol

[adel_ezz]

true ziprazidone (geodon) is an atypical AP but not to be confused with olanzapine (zyprexa). The latter put tremendous weight gain but very potent.

As to newer AP I heard that saphris is a new AP approved  by the FDA and many said recovered on it

[lindahand]

I don't know why the editor blocks suck (s) but not suck. Oh well.

[lindahand]

Ziprexa (Geodone in the US) doesn't cause weight gain. It does however cause agitation and sometimes gives people trouble sleeping. So if the seroquel was given to help sleep this isn't the drug for you. Many bipolar people are on lamotrigine and seroquel. That is what my pdoc gives pretty much everyone. I was at my most suicidal while on seroquel so I refused to take it again. Probably not the seroquel that caused the suicidal thoughts - but why take any chances. If I remember correctly Risperadol is one that causes less weight gain as well (it also caused lactation for me - that is a  deal breaker - talk about freak you out - I've never had children and there my boobs were leaking - and it can happen to men too! Now that would freak a guy out. lol)

And in the meantime go buy yourself a nice outfit. Second hand if money is tight. It doesn't seem like much but it will help you feel better about yourself. I went from a size 6 to size 14 in the space of a year (thank you Ziprexa). Accepting yourself at a larger size is tough. I am back down to a size 6, and it feels good, but now I know if I do gain weight I'll be okay with it. It gave me great boobs! Now I have teeny little things. I've kept my larger cloths because I know if I change meds I'll need them again.

Meds really suck sometimes but being crazy ***** worse.