I’m on Abilify. Can’t. Stop. Gaining. Weight. I’m SLAMMING the treadmill everyday, dieting & it only slows it down but it doesn’t stop it. Not only that it’s given me Hypertension. These Docs try to BLAME IT ON YOU but it’s not your fault!!
I agree I gained over 180 pounds at 12-13 years old and I’ve got off them and I lost 85 pounds in 5 months because it’s mostly fluid,I didn’t workout either I used to be 125 pounds and when I was my heaviest I was 307 pounds
Thank you so much for this video. I'm 22 years old and currently being prescribed Abilify in tandem with Welbutrin, precribed for my depression, anxiety and symptoms that come with my Autism. I never noticed a significant change in my mood or outlook except for when I would accidentally forget to take my pills and suffer from severe manic and depressive breakdowns. I also weigh almost 300 pounds. I have been planning to taper off these medications for a while, especially since I realized my last psychiatrist was a bonafide pill-pusher. This video has motivated and cemented my motivation to get off these drugs, and I truly believe that I will be better off without them.
"There’s another comment on here from someone who works out regularly and maintains a healthy diet, and did so even while they were taking Zyprexa-and they STILL gained weight." Same here! I literally starved, and I gained 42 kgs in 6 monts. My doctor told me: "Eat less, in Auschwitz there were no fat people." Thanks!
You know, what? I'm healing myself. I had depression and PTSD, ended up in hospital. There was a major trauma in my life, the hospital was even more traumatic experience. I don't want to see any psy again! Deeply disappointing, really.
Zyprexa zerstört das Gehirn!!!! Habe abgesetzt. Langzeitschäden: Verstopfungen, Insomnie, keine Gefühle mehr, immer Kopfschmerzen, übelkeit, schwindel Das Zeug kommt aus der Hölle😢
I ballooned up overnight on zyprexa myself. I was given it for my bipolar. I could not stop craving sugar. I went temporarily blind on zyprexa and almost passed out in a diabetic coma. I was given injections of abilify for six months and ballooned up 30 pounds overnight. It is six months later after stopping abilify and I have started dieting. I could only lose 9 pounds in the first six weeks. I have hit a plateau. I am slowing gaining it back just by eating 1500 calories a day on a vegan diet. It will not come off. I can barely eat and I still cannot lose the weight. No matter what I do the weight will not leave my body. I have swam and worked out and that helped me not gain it back for a while. I was sick for a week and couldn't excersise. I still maintained a diet but still I am still gaining the weight back very slowly. I have felt suicidal depression from the obesity myself. These pharmaceutical companies are piosening us ruining our minds and bodies. As they are laughing all the way to the bank.
I feel this completely, when I was around 14 I started to take Risperdal (and other various drugs) because of depression and bipolar disorder. When I first started to take it I was 110 lbs. I took it until about 11th grade which was 2017? By the time I stopped taking it I was around 205. Which, don't get me wrong I wasn't a super active person, but I know a large portion of my weight was caused from taking these meds. Along with this some of the medications caused me to be constantly hungry. I remember the doctors were a little meh about taking me off the meds and said I could exercise or try to limit intake because Risperdal was a medication that shown to help my illnesses somewhat, but I had to forcefully stand my ground and they took me off of it. I've been fully off of psychiatric medications for about a year now due to the fact that I lost my insurance after turning 18. (as well as my forgetfulness when taking meds) So I am still slightly unstable, but since I stopped taking medications I went from 205 lbs to 176 lbs. Although I don't go to the gym and such I've lost quite a bit in the span of around 11 months. I've been really wanting to work out, but motivation is hard to grasp when feeling very depressed. I have been moving around a lot more and trying to maintain portion control. Even so, I regret not telling the doctors to take me off of the med, because it's easier to gain weight than to lose it
I regret that I had to take risperidone. I got off it last June because before I was on it I weighed 130 pounds and had a high metabolism and never gained weight but when I was on it I weighed up to 198 when I got off it. Now I weigh 170 pounds but I still gain weight when I eat unhealthy so it ruined my metabolism now smh
To anyone dealing with withdrawal from stopping mood stabilizing medication or the weight gain from being on mood stabilizing medication, look into the wim hof method of deep breathing + cold ice baths for both the weight gain and withdrawal symptoms
i took risperdal when i was around 11 or 12 and i gained so much weight like prob around 60 pounds, but once i got off it i lost all that weight in just a few months it was crazy never take risperdal
@@russellbyt ty it was pretty crazy thankfully we're never taking that medicine again and we're on a different medicine now not gonna say tho cuz it would be considered advertisement and the topic here is risperdal XD
@@baicunirina i did absolutely nothing the weight went down on its own after i stopped taking the medicine it was insane.. i went down to like 130 pounds when i was originally like 160 pounds
I went from 170 to 240 in less than a year. I was always skinny and could eat anything I wanted. Psych meds destroyed my health. I never wanted to end my life more than I do now.
Definitely don’t end it! I was in that place for a long time, and believe me, life can get better. The added weight and huge hits to your health don’t lessen your value as a person. I think they make you even more valuable. Your future self doesn’t need you to rush things. It’ll wait for you as long as it needs to. You just have to stay with us and eventually, odd as it sounds, things will work out. Don’t lose hope and don’t give up. Much love!
Hi again rusell b. Days passed and I felt better and can sleep now. Before I had side effects, but im better now. But one thing for sure is I will take better care of myself since I let my mental health get bad at one point. One day I hope to feel better to the point where i wont have to take my meds anymore. Even my mom and family supported it
Self-care is so important for our overall wellbeing. But it’s understandable to have a slip up with it every now and then. It’s really hard to be perfect with it. Glad you’re doing better now!
Hi again. I hope you dont mind me commenting too much. It's probably morning time for you Russell. I'm in day 4 of my taper journey. Im tapering about 3 months till March where I hope to reduce the dose again. It's just one med and im down to 1 mg of risperidone from 2 mg but my gosh the side effects make me feel less hope. Which is restless leg syndrome. But I'm not giving up without a fight. Im tapering while I'm young and your success makes me believe in a life where I wont be tired in the morning and afternoons. Although I miss being 16 as a gen z back in 2021 where I wasn't on antipsychotics. But once this battle ends I hope to feel whole again. Watching your videos give me hope. I'll wait for your next uplifting upload 😌For us survivors of antidepressants.
Hey, did you go from 2 mg to 1 mg in a single reduction? Or were there multiple reductions? You may have said it and I missed it. Just want to make sure, because that would be a very big reduction if your doc did it all at once. If you’re having withdrawal symptoms, it usually means the reduction was too big, or it was made too fast after the last reduction. Or both. And it’s very common for doctors to take us off meds way too fast.
@@russellbytThe truth is Russell. I was on risperidone from 2022 and I went cold turkey in 2024 for 6 months and when I felt the guilt of not taking my meds when I take them again and in the 4 month which is December now. I dealt with side effects. Which is why I went to the doctor to reduce my dose. I felt lost
I admired you. Im 20 years old and im starting today tapering risperidone since Im dealing with fatigue, anxiety and imsomnia and my appointment is so long. I hope i can one day feel rested again and succeed like you
I finally realized the olanzapine has made me gain more and more weight. I have literally been killing myself with diet and exercise. And I cant loose even 1 lb. This explains it. I am gonna slowly come off of it. Im so big that i have a hard time breathing, walking etc. 😔 I sure hope it start loosing after I stop taking it.
@@russellbyt So I have tapered down. I cut my 2.5mg into 4ths. I made it 2 days without taking any. By the 3rd day, extreme abdominal pain. As soon as I took a piece of the pill the pain went away. I just dont know how on earth I can cut this any smaller or how to taper further. But i want off these meds so bad.
How long are you staying at each increment down? When I was coming off of Abilify 10 mg I had to drop by halves and I stayed at each like four or five days.
This may not be needed by anyone in this thread but I just want to share it for anyone else who passes through. It’s generally recommended that we reduce our meds by no more than 10% at a time, especially at the beginning of our taper. Some people need to go even slower. And then hold that newly reduced dose for at least 3-4 weeks to see what if any withdrawal symptoms will develop. And each reduction should be 10% of the _current_ dose (the one that we’re reducing). Not the starting dose from when we began our taper. There’s more to it than that of course and more about the topic can be read here: www.survivingantidepressants.org/topic/1024-why-taper-by-10-of-my-dosage/ This comment isn’t necessarily a correction to what’s said above. It's just really important to not go too fast with our tapers. Some can handle it, but a lot of people can’t. Anyway, hope you're doing well now, Emmanuel! And you too, Melisa!
Yep Risperidone made me gain 25kg. I just left it 2 weeks ago because I dont need it anymore since i am better. But Im still on my SSRI alone. I hope my extra weight will loss.
I have the same problem as you did.. I was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder at twelve and was put on antipsychotics as well as five other pills for depression, anxiety, insomnia etc. and now at sixteen I’ve gained about sixty pounds in total and I’m trying to lose it. It’s hard because my drugs also make me exhausted and it’s hard to do anything in the day let alone exercise. Though it sucks I’d rather be bigger than psychotic and suicidal. Nice video :) I really like your editing style
Abilify was helpful at first to get my energy and appetite back but after a couple weeks I just felt agitated, restless, and super hungry. I’m waiting for it to leave my system now.
Russell B I got on it in the hospital and they mentioned it but downplayed how bad it could get. I actually told my outpatient doc what was going on since I realized my anxiety and depression were getting worse along with the restlessness, and he confirmed that Akathisia can do that.
Russell B yeah I’m still feeling some of it but not as bad as a few days ago. It’s crazy that some doctors don’t bring up the emotional side effects like irritability, anger, panicking, etc, and just say Akathisia is being unable to sit still.
I suffer from OCD too and I once took Zyprexa for it (last year) and I gained 40 pounds in two months. I went off it because I was tired of the weight gain. I'm doing much better now. How have you coped with your OCD?
@@russellbyt Prozac 80 mg has helped a lot with my compulsions and anxiety. For me, Prozac 80 mg is the sweet spot. I also am back on Seroquel 400 mg because it controlled my anxiety and paranoia some, but I'm still pretty paranoid. I would say my anxiety is 80% better thanks to the Prozac, but my paranoia is still pretty debilitating. I think if I control my delusion/obsession and paranoia, I'll be as good as I've ever been. Perphenazine is also a very good antipsychotic with minimal side effects and its FDA approved for the treatment of severe anxiety in combination with amitriptyline. I also have ADHD but stimulants made my OCD worse so I"m not going to treat my ADHD with stimulants but ADHD is the least of my worries right now. Therapy was also of much help but at controlling my anger, reasoning and communication. I went to a residential treatment center in LA and that was the best experience for my mental disorders, I rather work on my mental health daily than see a therapist once a week.
I’m trying to lose weight on olanzepeen and it has been quite the challenge. I gained 80 lbs in a short time. I’ll put out a video once I lose the weight. I’m very determined to do whatever it takes at all costs!
I am on Olanzapine 20mg one tablet each evening. I have gained some weight, i weigh 94Kg now. I am 34 years old. When i had Risperdal and later Risperidon, they gave me like 2 panic anxiety attacks each week but with Olanzapine i have maybe 1 per month. So i feel much better now.
They made it sound like I would drop dead if I got off them and every time I got off them in the first week of getting off them no diet or working out,I would drop 20 to 35 pounds of fluid retention
how long after stopping the medications did the fat start to leave. Was it gradual as you tapered off of your medication. Did you have to make any dietary and/or exercise changes along the way to help with the weight loss. Did your prolactin levels slowly come down. I heard prolactin can be a really problem when it comes to weight,
Hey I would like to know how did you manage to lose the weight you gained? I stopped olanzapine on my own and im still getting fatter and fatter what are the ways of losing the weight?
Absolutely Brilliant How you present these.... Everyone....I mean Everyone Should know Thsese Things....Befroe Taking Care of Children Adults should Take care of Themselves....
@@russellbyt Truly Bro.... I'm 4 months into my withdrawal and still sleepless.. probably 2-3 hours per night.... Getting this Brain Fog and fatigue making it harder each day..... But to be honest I don't feel bad like the first two months but still I can't perform...I need to write a story and start a life but now nothing seems to work without finally getting some sleep...hope I make it alive through this protracted withdrawals.. Your videos have been absolutely helpful and relatable which made me feel I'm not alone in this...
I realize my doctors were trying to prove to me at one point I could lose weight on the meds,even when I starved myself I would stay the same heavy weight or feel dead dog sick,and my doctors said oh you steal binge I never binged in my life till I was gaining weight on meds and other than that there’s only one way take the meds or don’t and lose weight it hurt when I got off them but it o ly took a couple days for the side effects to come off and my nana helped me because she notice my Psychologist was prescribing random shit because of small problems I didn’t have issues with I’ve been of meds for a year and had no issues the I took it and I went crazy and I blacked out after that my nana took me off and stopped doing it because she didn’t want to see her 12 year old granddaughter suffer everyday like that trying new med ovations every 3 months not even knowing what’s in them and my doctors took advantage of that she was older and didn’t know to much about mental health,it’s to the point she got a mental health doctor and she was diagnosed with anxiety but she doesn’t get treatments I just felt like the years I was on meds I was being fucked over and most of those people hate me now,because I lost weight and I have no loose skin,what a load of bitches🙄
It’s such a horrible thing to go through, and I’m sorry it’s still a struggle for you. It’s good to remember that it’s not our fault. These meds can really mess with our bodies.
I am on palperidone at the moment which is like risperidone. I noticed that all the weight that I have gained has been at my belly area. Did you notice when you gained the weight that it was more specific in certain areas than other areas. I even went cold turkey on meds for a while but the fat did not go away :(. I dont know if the weight gain is due to my age which has caused my metabolism to slow down or if it is due to the medication or combo of both.
@@russellbyt I will come back here in more or less a years time to let you know how Im doing. By that time I should have completed the taper and hopefully be in the end zone. Where in this together people.
I am 3 psych drugs and none of them gained me unnecessary weight. And I still lose 20lb when I am 'unwell' and survive on nothing, eating not much. I'm 5'10 150lb
It’s great that you don’t have that issue. Each person’s different, for sure. I’m sorry you have those periods of unwellness, and I hope everything’s going okay at the moment.
I'm sorry but they gave you drugs as a child. For gods sake why would they do that. That's just wrong. Why couldn't they use Tapping, or EFT or CBT. So happy you got off them. Much love
It's horrible to keep going through those weight-related ups and downs, and the ripple effect they have on our lives. But it's at least good to know that it's 100% the meds that's causing the problem.
I am over 140 lbs heavier. Im off meds now and struggling so hard to lose this weight. Ive managed to lose 20 lbs since January but thats far from quick enough. I have joint pain that a 20-something should not have
20 pounds since Jan. is great progress! It shows that the weight is coming off. It can take time for our body to adjust to being off meds and to get back to normal, but you’ll get there. And a big positive to losing a lot of weight more slowly is that it leads to less loose skin. That’s definitely a good thing. It’s frustrating to have the joint pain and the extra weight in the meantime, but hopefully you’ll be at a healthy-for-you weight soon enough 😀
@@russellbyt Thanks. I my family said the same thing. I tried cold turkey once and I learned it is not safe quick. In fact I am switching my meds up with my psychiatrist before I even consider moving off of them. Plus I am taking cbd oil to see if that may help me both with my problems and with coming off the meds later on. I have gained a lot of weight for 4 years I am naturally around 180-200 pounds now sitting at 240 and when I work out cant get past 240. So it is a struggle. I have also gained compulsory habits which has actually increased my depression. Which is why I want off of a specific medicine. I most likely will always need some meds but the one that gives me those problems needs changed soon. But thank you for your story on youtube and your comment! It really gives me hope!
I’ve been prescribed an SSRI under the brand name of Zoloft 25 mg that I’ve been taking for a few days and my doctor now wants to prescribe me on Olanzapine 10 mg under the antipsychotic family.I’m unsure if it would be a good idea to take both of them together as for I’m unaware if the blend together of medications would cause extreme weight gain.I have a skinny physique as of today at 130 lbs and 14 years old.I’m wanting limited damage to be done to by body if possible do you have any advice in this situation?
I might have miss understood some of this. However, I'm not really sure this explains my weight gain. Basically my story is like this. I had a really good metabolism or have rather until I got put on these drugs - to be more specific the ones I took was rispidol and the second main one being invega sustenna. The first time I was on these drugs I gained probably 30 lbs in about a month I believe. It's been about 6 years or so and I fluxuate normally being at least 30 lbs overweight at all times even with moderate exercise without it but still on a healthy diet (oatmeal bell peppers eggs nuts celery etc) I'm about 20 lbs over that. So what's the deal? I've never been hungrier on any one of the medicines I've ever been on but I'm still fat. I heard that it could be the prolactin in your body being elevated and yes I had this tested and it was so high they th ought I had a propietary tumor. Which i didn't thank god. I read this on a forumn that some of their doctors were telling them that it is because of this reason. So that would explain it. but I'm still unsure. Another person told me it lowers your metabolism. This seems realistic as well since I'm always in a caloric deficit and I still can't lose weight. I'm 27 years old and I usually can eat almost whatever I want and still be somewhat fit or skinny. If anyone has anything to help me please share - thanks - joe
@@russellbyt Thanks a bunch I actually have a long story behind why I'm even on these meds but basically I was misdiagnosed and then forced by law these medications if it did in fact cause permenent damage in any way I definitely am going to sue. Thanks for the info man!
True...I went from 120 to 160 within 3 months. in fact each of these vids was a year apart. Look at the change zyprexa did to me in the middle vid! ruclips.net/video/VkAhgzZ5PKc/видео.html and my A1c rose heavily. I lost the weight and then some only because I had to go low carb and reduced my meds under doctor supervision. and that was under a new psychiatrist's supervision. My first psych just didn't care that I was complaining I was gaining weight. She blew it off.
Thanks. yes, I now have to be very vigilant when it comes to my weight. Even after zyprexa. I did learn valuable lessons though. My bout with weight gain taught me a lot more about empathy and realize it isn't always calories in, calories out. Zyprexa really does change one's metabolism.
By the way, SSRI's don't cause weight gain at all. Infact fluvoxamine which you were taking from the age of 11-15 is also an SSRI. Only older tricyclic antidepressants such as amitriptyline can cause weight gain. But not even close to how much new generation antipsychotics cause.
@@shaelacoleman860 Lithium is an antimanic and seroquel is an antipsychotic. Both of them are not SSRI. Your weight gain is mainly because of seroquel.
HELPP!!!! PLEASE HELP!! GOD, PLEASE READ THIS I NEED HELP!!! I'm a 19 year old who had a temporary anxiety. My physician offered another anxiety medication like it was nothing, (i've previously been on chlonodine hcl which helps for both hypetension and anxiety). I found out it was a psychiatric(Buspar/Buspirone) :/ No talk about how to use it, side-effects, how it works. And never told me it mitigates the brain. Never said it was a psychiatric drug. The first time I took it, I definitely noticed a decline in cognitive-faculties. As I kept taking it however, I seemed to regain the ability to think, however, my memory and the way I read (I tend to be VERY high in IQ, and read chunks ultra fast instead of slowly linearly from left to right) were downgraded. I will admit I took them all over the place. I tried to stick with taking it at morning (4am when I wake up) and then another in the afternoon. But honestly sometimes I'd forget and only ingest one. I made a follow up with my doctor once after the prescription and he told me it's until my brain adjusts. He had some point in there because i did kind of start seeing to regain my ability to think creatively but my way of reading was still changed from fast to slow and my memory was still bad. I had a realization realizing wtf I was taking and realizing it alters my brain and noticing my memory not as good and reading linearly instead of how I normally read. I then decided to search this thing up. I found out it's a psychiatric drug that mitigates the brain and I just got so fucking scared. I started searching up "buspar lowers intelligence." I've read some posts on quora about people feeling as smart as they were before and on when going on even more powerful things such as SSRI's (but then everyone is different). And other people saying "well if we define intelligence as the neurochemistry which is impacted by these drugs..." you get the point. Generally I'm hyper-aware with my eyes always looking everywhere and ever since this medicine, it has gone away. Also, I stumbled upon these videos claiming that psychiatric medicatinos can be the devil for some people: ruclips.net/video/qTfuhKWWbGU/видео.html They say that it impedes cognitivie abilities, but what makes me think I can stay this sane is because my very High IQ (Stanford Binet 149) took the hit and I'm still able to cognitively function. I quit cold turkey. 10 days ago was the last time I took it, after taking it for 3weeks/month. However, I did not know that quitting cold turkey was a bad thing. No one ever had these conversations with me, and I really do feel like a victim :( I'm scared that quitting Cold Turkey will do brain damage, but I searched it just lists the withdrawal side effects as more severe. I just don't know what to do man. Please someone just tell me what to do to get out of this mess. I don't want to feel hopeless. Please don't put any blame on me, I admit that I was ignorant. In fact, I grew up in a bubble of my ethnic community (Mexican) and didn't really find out the difference between an entree and an appetizer til like a month ago or two. I've also seen other posts on reddit about brainfog on buspirone/buspar, and no one believing them. But I do. I'm just so scared.
The pregnancy analogy is too spot on. I know for a lot of us, it’s like we’re suddenly eating for two while taking antipsychotics. Just ravenously hungry all the time. It pairs awfully bad with that quetiapine sedation. Growing is just about all a belly can do under the circumstances.
@ImperatorZed One explanation for that is that 25 mg is more of a starting dose. I know I hadn’t been on Seroquel for very long whenever I was on a dose that low. Meaning I hadn’t built up much of a tolerance yet and was more susceptible to the sedating effect of the drug. By the time I got up to 100-200 mg and beyond (I think 800 was my highest daily total), my body was better adapted to it. Which is one of the reasons the dose had to be increased repeatedly. I’d still experience heavy sedation around the time of the increase but would eventually reach a point where insomnia became an issue. And the insomnia could happen at any dose level if I was on it long enough. I’m using myself as the example but my experience aligns pretty well with what a lot of people experience. But it’s kind of like someone passing out after a couple drinks because they rarely imbibe. But someone else can knock back half a dozen and barely have a buzz because heavy drinking, for better or worse, is part of their routine. Now I definitely felt more “drugged” on higher doses whether I felt more sedated or not. It was just a lot more crud in the system. Not to mention higher doses increase the chances of developing new side effects and worsening the ones already present (at least for a time). Maybe sedation improves eventually but the odds of getting something like tardive dyskinesia increase. I know we’re not having a convo about whether or not someone _should_ take a higher dose, it’s just something worth mentioning. There’s really a lot more to this topic than simply the dose of the med and how long someone’s been on it. Other things matter too. What other meds is someone on? As the Seroquel dose increases, is a drug being prescribed to offset the sedation, brain fog, etc? An upper to cancel out some of the downer basically. Lots of stuff to consider.
I’m on Abilify. Can’t. Stop. Gaining. Weight. I’m SLAMMING the treadmill everyday, dieting & it only slows it down but it doesn’t stop it. Not only that it’s given me Hypertension. These Docs try to BLAME IT ON YOU but it’s not your fault!!
Yeah they try to blame it on us. the nurse ratcheds try to too. even family members. were surrounded by lying gaslighting pieces of shit
Thx bro
Fuck Abilify 😊
are you still on it? im on it now
I agree I gained over 180 pounds at 12-13 years old and I’ve got off them and I lost 85 pounds in 5 months because it’s mostly fluid,I didn’t workout either I used to be 125 pounds and when I was my heaviest I was 307 pounds
Bro keep making videos, your humor is unique and not overbearing.
Thank you so much for this video. I'm 22 years old and currently being prescribed Abilify in tandem with Welbutrin, precribed for my depression, anxiety and symptoms that come with my Autism. I never noticed a significant change in my mood or outlook except for when I would accidentally forget to take my pills and suffer from severe manic and depressive breakdowns. I also weigh almost 300 pounds.
I have been planning to taper off these medications for a while, especially since I realized my last psychiatrist was a bonafide pill-pusher. This video has motivated and cemented my motivation to get off these drugs, and I truly believe that I will be better off without them.
"There’s another comment on here from someone who works out regularly and maintains a healthy diet, and did so even while they were taking Zyprexa-and they STILL gained weight."
Same here!
I literally starved, and I gained 42 kgs in 6 monts.
My doctor told me: "Eat less, in Auschwitz there were no fat people."
Thanks!
You know, what? I'm healing myself. I had depression and PTSD, ended up in hospital. There was a major trauma in my life, the hospital was even more traumatic experience. I don't want to see any psy again! Deeply disappointing, really.
An K those meds change your metabolism so it’s even more depressing being on them and gaining weight even when you eat healthy. I can’t stand it.
That's not a very nice thing to quote .
Eli Lilly THE MANUFACTURER MUST ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY AND IT CAUSES DIABETES TOO
Zyprexa zerstört das Gehirn!!!!
Habe abgesetzt. Langzeitschäden: Verstopfungen, Insomnie, keine Gefühle mehr, immer Kopfschmerzen, übelkeit, schwindel
Das Zeug kommt aus der Hölle😢
I ballooned up overnight on zyprexa myself. I was given it for my bipolar. I could not stop craving sugar. I went temporarily blind on zyprexa and almost passed out in a diabetic coma. I was given injections of abilify for six months and ballooned up 30 pounds overnight. It is six months later after stopping abilify and I have started dieting. I could only lose 9 pounds in the first six weeks. I have hit a plateau. I am slowing gaining it back just by eating 1500 calories a day on a vegan diet. It will not come off. I can barely eat and I still cannot lose the weight. No matter what I do the weight will not leave my body. I have swam and worked out and that helped me not gain it back for a while. I was sick for a week and couldn't excersise. I still maintained a diet but still I am still gaining the weight back very slowly. I have felt suicidal depression from the obesity myself. These pharmaceutical companies are piosening us ruining our minds and bodies. As they are laughing all the way to the bank.
@@russellbyt I agree our metabolisms have been changed for the worse. Very good point. Thank you for your reply.
I feel this completely, when I was around 14 I started to take Risperdal (and other various drugs) because of depression and bipolar disorder. When I first started to take it I was 110 lbs. I took it until about 11th grade which was 2017? By the time I stopped taking it I was around 205. Which, don't get me wrong I wasn't a super active person, but I know a large portion of my weight was caused from taking these meds. Along with this some of the medications caused me to be constantly hungry. I remember the doctors were a little meh about taking me off the meds and said I could exercise or try to limit intake because Risperdal was a medication that shown to help my illnesses somewhat, but I had to forcefully stand my ground and they took me off of it. I've been fully off of psychiatric medications for about a year now due to the fact that I lost my insurance after turning 18. (as well as my forgetfulness when taking meds) So I am still slightly unstable, but since I stopped taking medications I went from 205 lbs to 176 lbs. Although I don't go to the gym and such I've lost quite a bit in the span of around 11 months. I've been really wanting to work out, but motivation is hard to grasp when feeling very depressed. I have been moving around a lot more and trying to maintain portion control. Even so, I regret not telling the doctors to take me off of the med, because it's easier to gain weight than to lose it
Antipsychotika sind moderne Lobotomie! Reden hilft aus der Psychose!
Habe Langzeitschäden!
That you for sharing your story.This video was produced very well. I would love to share this on our platform. So many more people need to hear this.
Superb testimony. Thank you
I regret that I had to take risperidone. I got off it last June because before I was on it I weighed 130 pounds and had a high metabolism and never gained weight but when I was on it I weighed up to 198 when I got off it. Now I weigh 170 pounds but I still gain weight when I eat unhealthy so it ruined my metabolism now smh
To anyone dealing with withdrawal from stopping mood stabilizing medication or the weight gain from being on mood stabilizing medication, look into the wim hof method of deep breathing + cold ice baths for both the weight gain and withdrawal symptoms
did it help you?
That stuff is for crazy people
i took risperdal when i was around 11 or 12 and i gained so much weight like prob around 60 pounds, but once i got off it i lost all that weight in just a few months it was crazy never take risperdal
@@russellbyt ty it was pretty crazy thankfully we're never taking that medicine again and we're on a different medicine now not gonna say tho cuz it would be considered advertisement and the topic here is risperdal XD
Did you lost the weight once you got off by making exercises and by taking diets or you did nothing ?
@@baicunirina i did absolutely nothing the weight went down on its own after i stopped taking the medicine it was insane.. i went down to like 130 pounds when i was originally like 160 pounds
I would rather be crazy than fat.
@@russellbytIn one of your videos you listed Geodon as discontinued. Did it give you the same weight problems?
@@russellbyt Thanks, If I don't get to talk to you again have a healthy and prosperous life.
Me too. Plus being fat makes me crazy ANYWAY, so I'd rather take out the fat part and be just crazy! 🤪
Don't say u rather be crazy I have seen it happen to someone I love an it hurts more than anything in the whole
Being crazy kills you faster and hurts those around you more
I’m telling you right now i came close so many times to getting an eating disorder on Latuda Binge eating disorder.
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psychiatrists often L-I-E about the drugs, their purpose and side effects
I feel the same doctor say if I discontinue oleanz you will take more time to recover from insomnia and he never gave me med for sleep
I went from 170 to 240 in less than a year. I was always skinny and could eat anything I wanted. Psych meds destroyed my health. I never wanted to end my life more than I do now.
Definitely don’t end it! I was in that place for a long time, and believe me, life can get better. The added weight and huge hits to your health don’t lessen your value as a person. I think they make you even more valuable.
Your future self doesn’t need you to rush things. It’ll wait for you as long as it needs to. You just have to stay with us and eventually, odd as it sounds, things will work out. Don’t lose hope and don’t give up. Much love!
Hi again rusell b. Days passed and I felt better and can sleep now. Before I had side effects, but im better now. But one thing for sure is I will take better care of myself since I let my mental health get bad at one point. One day I hope to feel better to the point where i wont have to take my meds anymore. Even my mom and family supported it
Self-care is so important for our overall wellbeing. But it’s understandable to have a slip up with it every now and then. It’s really hard to be perfect with it. Glad you’re doing better now!
Hi again. I hope you dont mind me commenting too much. It's probably morning time for you Russell. I'm in day 4 of my taper journey. Im tapering about 3 months till March where I hope to reduce the dose again. It's just one med and im down to 1 mg of risperidone from 2 mg but my gosh the side effects make me feel less hope. Which is restless leg syndrome. But I'm not giving up without a fight. Im tapering while I'm young and your success makes me believe in a life where I wont be tired in the morning and afternoons. Although I miss being 16 as a gen z back in 2021 where I wasn't on antipsychotics. But once this battle ends I hope to feel whole again. Watching your videos give me hope. I'll wait for your next uplifting upload 😌For us survivors of antidepressants.
Also my doctor is the one that reduce the dose
Hey, did you go from 2 mg to 1 mg in a single reduction? Or were there multiple reductions?
You may have said it and I missed it. Just want to make sure, because that would be a very big reduction if your doc did it all at once.
If you’re having withdrawal symptoms, it usually means the reduction was too big, or it was made too fast after the last reduction. Or both. And it’s very common for doctors to take us off meds way too fast.
@@russellbytThe truth is Russell. I was on risperidone from 2022 and I went cold turkey in 2024 for 6 months and when I felt the guilt of not taking my meds when I take them again and in the 4 month which is December now. I dealt with side effects. Which is why I went to the doctor to reduce my dose. I felt lost
I admired you. Im 20 years old and im starting today tapering risperidone since Im dealing with fatigue, anxiety and imsomnia and my appointment is so long. I hope i can one day feel rested again and succeed like you
I believe you can succeed. You deserve a life without those symptoms. I wish you the best for your taper!
I finally realized the olanzapine has made me gain more and more weight. I have literally been killing myself with diet and exercise. And I cant loose even 1 lb. This explains it. I am gonna slowly come off of it. Im so big that i have a hard time breathing, walking etc. 😔 I sure hope it start loosing after I stop taking it.
@@russellbyt So I have tapered down. I cut my 2.5mg into 4ths. I made it 2 days without taking any. By the 3rd day, extreme abdominal pain. As soon as I took a piece of the pill the pain went away. I just dont know how on earth I can cut this any smaller or how to taper further. But i want off these meds so bad.
How long are you staying at each increment down? When I was coming off of Abilify 10 mg I had to drop by halves and I stayed at each like four or five days.
@@emmanuelsibug8405 idk I'm off of it now. I can't remember.
This may not be needed by anyone in this thread but I just want to share it for anyone else who passes through.
It’s generally recommended that we reduce our meds by no more than 10% at a time, especially at the beginning of our taper. Some people need to go even slower. And then hold that newly reduced dose for at least 3-4 weeks to see what if any withdrawal symptoms will develop.
And each reduction should be 10% of the _current_ dose (the one that we’re reducing). Not the starting dose from when we began our taper.
There’s more to it than that of course and more about the topic can be read here:
www.survivingantidepressants.org/topic/1024-why-taper-by-10-of-my-dosage/
This comment isn’t necessarily a correction to what’s said above. It's just really important to not go too fast with our tapers. Some can handle it, but a lot of people can’t.
Anyway, hope you're doing well now, Emmanuel! And you too, Melisa!
@@russellbyt thank so much! I hope you are as well. I feel like myself again.
Yep Risperidone made me gain 25kg. I just left it 2 weeks ago because I dont need it anymore since i am better. But Im still on my SSRI alone. I hope my extra weight will loss.
I have the same problem as you did.. I was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder at twelve and was put on antipsychotics as well as five other pills for depression, anxiety, insomnia etc. and now at sixteen I’ve gained about sixty pounds in total and I’m trying to lose it. It’s hard because my drugs also make me exhausted and it’s hard to do anything in the day let alone exercise. Though it sucks I’d rather be bigger than psychotic and suicidal. Nice video :) I really like your editing style
Love your channel man. Helps me so much.
Glad it’s helpful!
Abilify was helpful at first to get my energy and appetite back but after a couple weeks I just felt agitated, restless, and super hungry. I’m waiting for it to leave my system now.
Russell B I got on it in the hospital and they mentioned it but downplayed how bad it could get. I actually told my outpatient doc what was going on since I realized my anxiety and depression were getting worse along with the restlessness, and he confirmed that Akathisia can do that.
Russell B yeah I’m still feeling some of it but not as bad as a few days ago. It’s crazy that some doctors don’t bring up the emotional side effects like irritability, anger, panicking, etc, and just say Akathisia is being unable to sit still.
Good video
Thanks!
I suffer from OCD too and I once took Zyprexa for it (last year) and I gained 40 pounds in two months. I went off it because I was tired of the weight gain. I'm doing much better now. How have you coped with your OCD?
@@russellbyt Prozac 80 mg has helped a lot with my compulsions and anxiety. For me, Prozac 80 mg is the sweet spot. I also am back on Seroquel 400 mg because it controlled my anxiety and paranoia some, but I'm still pretty paranoid. I would say my anxiety is 80% better thanks to the Prozac, but my paranoia is still pretty debilitating.
I think if I control my delusion/obsession and paranoia, I'll be as good as I've ever been. Perphenazine is also a very good antipsychotic with minimal side effects and its FDA approved for the treatment of severe anxiety in combination with amitriptyline. I also have ADHD but stimulants made my OCD worse so I"m not going to treat my ADHD with stimulants but ADHD is the least of my worries right now.
Therapy was also of much help but at controlling my anger, reasoning and communication.
I went to a residential treatment center in LA and that was the best experience for my mental disorders, I rather work on my mental health daily than see a therapist once a week.
@@russellbyt Thank you man, and yeah, I am putting in the work. Thanks for your kind words.
I’m trying to lose weight on olanzepeen and it has been quite the challenge. I gained 80 lbs in a short time. I’ll put out a video once I lose the weight. I’m very determined to do whatever it takes at all costs!
My doctors even recently asked if I needed my old meds back and I to,d them he’ll no I. 15 and I have a life
That’s a great response!
I am on Olanzapine 20mg one tablet each evening. I have gained some weight, i weigh 94Kg now. I am 34 years old. When i had Risperdal and later Risperidon, they gave me like 2 panic anxiety attacks each week but with Olanzapine i have maybe 1 per month. So i feel much better now.
Setzte das Höllenmedikament ab!!!😢😢😢 Langzeitschäden sind enorm!
When I was on this I was pre diabetic
They made it sound like I would drop dead if I got off them and every time I got off them in the first week of getting off them no diet or working out,I would drop 20 to 35 pounds of fluid retention
how long after stopping the medications did the fat start to leave. Was it gradual as you tapered off of your medication. Did you have to make any dietary and/or exercise changes along the way to help with the weight loss. Did your prolactin levels slowly come down. I heard prolactin can be a really problem when it comes to weight,
Hey I would like to know how did you manage to lose the weight you gained? I stopped olanzapine on my own and im still getting fatter and fatter what are the ways of losing the weight?
How did you come off olanzapine and what was your dose and for what period? Thank you 😊😊😊
Absolutely Brilliant How you present these.... Everyone....I mean Everyone Should know Thsese Things....Befroe Taking Care of Children Adults should Take care of Themselves....
Kids definitely shouldn’t be tasked with doing the work of the adults in their lives. And thanks again for your kind, supportive words!
@@russellbyt Truly Bro.... I'm 4 months into my withdrawal and still sleepless.. probably 2-3 hours per night.... Getting this Brain Fog and fatigue making it harder each day.....
But to be honest I don't feel bad like the first two months but still I can't perform...I need to write a story and start a life but now nothing seems to work without finally getting some sleep...hope I make it alive through this protracted withdrawals..
Your videos have been absolutely helpful and relatable which made me feel I'm not alone in this...
I realize my doctors were trying to prove to me at one point I could lose weight on the meds,even when I starved myself I would stay the same heavy weight or feel dead dog sick,and my doctors said oh you steal binge I never binged in my life till I was gaining weight on meds and other than that there’s only one way take the meds or don’t and lose weight it hurt when I got off them but it o ly took a couple days for the side effects to come off and my nana helped me because she notice my Psychologist was prescribing random shit because of small problems I didn’t have issues with I’ve been of meds for a year and had no issues the I took it and I went crazy and I blacked out after that my nana took me off and stopped doing it because she didn’t want to see her 12 year old granddaughter suffer everyday like that trying new med ovations every 3 months not even knowing what’s in them and my doctors took advantage of that she was older and didn’t know to much about mental health,it’s to the point she got a mental health doctor and she was diagnosed with anxiety but she doesn’t get treatments I just felt like the years I was on meds I was being fucked over and most of those people hate me now,because I lost weight and I have no loose skin,what a load of bitches🙄
i gained 80 pounds on psych meds really sucks,, still fighting it
It’s such a horrible thing to go through, and I’m sorry it’s still a struggle for you. It’s good to remember that it’s not our fault. These meds can really mess with our bodies.
@@russellbyt yeah for sure
I am on palperidone at the moment which is like risperidone. I noticed that all the weight that I have gained has been at my belly area. Did you notice when you gained the weight that it was more specific in certain areas than other areas. I even went cold turkey on meds for a while but the fat did not go away :(. I dont know if the weight gain is due to my age which has caused my metabolism to slow down or if it is due to the medication or combo of both.
@@russellbyt I will come back here in more or less a years time to let you know how Im doing. By that time I should have completed the taper and hopefully be in the end zone. Where in this together people.
How many mg of Risperdal were u taking? Does it cause weight gain?
I am 3 psych drugs and none of them gained me unnecessary weight. And I still lose 20lb when I am 'unwell' and survive on nothing, eating not much.
I'm 5'10 150lb
It’s great that you don’t have that issue. Each person’s different, for sure. I’m sorry you have those periods of unwellness, and I hope everything’s going okay at the moment.
I'm sorry but they gave you drugs as a child. For gods sake why would they do that. That's just wrong. Why couldn't they use Tapping, or EFT or CBT. So happy you got off them. Much love
These pharmaceutical companies like to medicate children it brings a a whole new market for them. They could care less if it harms kids.
I always lose the weight when I get off the meds but when I’m on them I’m fat asf.
It's horrible to keep going through those weight-related ups and downs, and the ripple effect they have on our lives. But it's at least good to know that it's 100% the meds that's causing the problem.
I am over 140 lbs heavier. Im off meds now and struggling so hard to lose this weight. Ive managed to lose 20 lbs since January but thats far from quick enough. I have joint pain that a 20-something should not have
20 pounds since Jan. is great progress! It shows that the weight is coming off. It can take time for our body to adjust to being off meds and to get back to normal, but you’ll get there. And a big positive to losing a lot of weight more slowly is that it leads to less loose skin. That’s definitely a good thing. It’s frustrating to have the joint pain and the extra weight in the meantime, but hopefully you’ll be at a healthy-for-you weight soon enough 😀
I gained 50lbs and cannot drop any of it
I am trying to get off of my medicines quick being 21 I still have a chance
@@russellbyt Thanks. I my family said the same thing. I tried cold turkey once and I learned it is not safe quick. In fact I am switching my meds up with my psychiatrist before I even consider moving off of them. Plus I am taking cbd oil to see if that may help me both with my problems and with coming off the meds later on. I have gained a lot of weight for 4 years I am naturally around 180-200 pounds now sitting at 240 and when I work out cant get past 240. So it is a struggle. I have also gained compulsory habits which has actually increased my depression. Which is why I want off of a specific medicine. I most likely will always need some meds but the one that gives me those problems needs changed soon. But thank you for your story on youtube and your comment! It really gives me hope!
Oh and by the way you have earned a sub.
Personal image is basically not mental health apparently.
RISPERDAL make gain weight 50 kilos now I AM fat u.u I AM suffering
I’ve been prescribed an SSRI under the brand name of Zoloft 25 mg that I’ve been taking for a few days and my doctor now wants to prescribe me on Olanzapine 10 mg under the antipsychotic family.I’m unsure if it would be a good idea to take both of them together as for I’m unaware if the blend together of medications would cause extreme weight gain.I have a skinny physique as of today at 130 lbs and 14 years old.I’m wanting limited damage to be done to by body if possible do you have any advice in this situation?
So you did what exactly to lose the weight?
I believe I was switched from Zyprexa to Geodon, and also became more physically active. But the med change probably made the biggest difference.
I might have miss understood some of this. However, I'm not really sure this explains my weight gain. Basically my story is like this. I had a really good metabolism or have rather until I got put on these drugs - to be more specific the ones I took was rispidol and the second main one being invega sustenna. The first time I was on these drugs I gained probably 30 lbs in about a month I believe. It's been about 6 years or so and I fluxuate normally being at least 30 lbs overweight at all times even with moderate exercise without it but still on a healthy diet (oatmeal bell peppers eggs nuts celery etc) I'm about 20 lbs over that. So what's the deal? I've never been hungrier on any one of the medicines I've ever been on but I'm still fat.
I heard that it could be the prolactin in your body being elevated and yes I had this tested and it was so high they th ought I had a propietary tumor. Which i didn't thank god. I read this on a forumn that some of their doctors were telling them that it is because of this reason. So that would explain it. but I'm still unsure.
Another person told me it lowers your metabolism. This seems realistic as well since I'm always in a caloric deficit and I still can't lose weight. I'm 27 years old and I usually can eat almost whatever I want and still be somewhat fit or skinny.
If anyone has anything to help me please share - thanks - joe
@@russellbyt Thanks a bunch I actually have a long story behind why I'm even on these meds but basically I was misdiagnosed and then forced by law these medications if it did in fact cause permenent damage in any way I definitely am going to sue. Thanks for the info man!
Is wheight gain permanent??? Side effect?
@@russellbyt so once off of them it sheds off?
True...I went from 120 to 160 within 3 months. in fact each of these vids was a year apart. Look at the change zyprexa did to me in the middle vid! ruclips.net/video/VkAhgzZ5PKc/видео.html and my A1c rose heavily. I lost the weight and then some only because I had to go low carb and reduced my meds under doctor supervision. and that was under a new psychiatrist's supervision. My first psych just didn't care that I was complaining I was gaining weight. She blew it off.
Thanks. yes, I now have to be very vigilant when it comes to my weight. Even after zyprexa. I did learn valuable lessons though. My bout with weight gain taught me a lot more about empathy and realize it isn't always calories in, calories out. Zyprexa really does change one's metabolism.
By the way, SSRI's don't cause weight gain at all. Infact fluvoxamine which you were taking from the age of 11-15 is also an SSRI. Only older tricyclic antidepressants such as amitriptyline can cause weight gain. But not even close to how much new generation antipsychotics cause.
タヌシャン lithium and seroquel were the worst for me for my weight
@@shaelacoleman860 Lithium is an antimanic and seroquel is an antipsychotic. Both of them are not SSRI. Your weight gain is mainly because of seroquel.
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HELPP!!!! PLEASE HELP!! GOD, PLEASE READ THIS I NEED HELP!!!
I'm a 19 year old who had a temporary anxiety. My physician offered another anxiety medication like it was nothing, (i've previously been on chlonodine hcl which helps for both hypetension and anxiety). I found out it was a psychiatric(Buspar/Buspirone) :/
No talk about how to use it, side-effects, how it works. And never told me it mitigates the brain. Never said it was a psychiatric drug.
The first time I took it, I definitely noticed a decline in cognitive-faculties. As I kept taking it however, I seemed to regain the ability to think, however, my memory
and the way I read (I tend to be VERY high in IQ, and read chunks ultra fast instead of slowly linearly from left to right) were downgraded.
I will admit I took them all over the place. I tried to stick with taking it at morning (4am when I wake up) and then another in the afternoon. But honestly sometimes I'd
forget and only ingest one. I made a follow up with my doctor once after the prescription and he told me it's until my brain adjusts. He had some point in there because i did kind of start seeing to regain my ability to think creatively but my way of reading was still changed from fast to slow and my memory was still bad.
I had a realization realizing wtf I was taking and realizing it alters my brain and noticing my memory not as good and reading linearly instead of how I normally read. I then decided to search this thing up. I found out it's a psychiatric drug that mitigates the brain and I just got
so fucking scared. I started searching up "buspar lowers intelligence." I've read some posts on quora about people feeling as smart as they were before and on when going on even more powerful
things such as SSRI's (but then everyone is different). And other people saying "well if we define intelligence as the neurochemistry which is impacted by these drugs..." you get the point.
Generally I'm hyper-aware with my eyes always looking everywhere and ever since this medicine, it has gone away. Also, I stumbled upon these videos claiming that psychiatric medicatinos can be the devil for some
people: ruclips.net/video/qTfuhKWWbGU/видео.html
They say that it impedes cognitivie abilities, but what makes me think I can stay this sane is because my very High IQ (Stanford Binet 149) took the hit and I'm still
able to cognitively function.
I quit cold turkey. 10 days ago was the last time I took it, after taking it for 3weeks/month. However, I did not know that quitting cold turkey was a bad thing. No one ever had these conversations
with me, and I really do feel like a victim :(
I'm scared that quitting Cold Turkey will do brain damage, but I searched it just lists the withdrawal side effects as more severe. I just don't know what to do man. Please someone just tell me what to do to get out of this mess.
I don't want to feel hopeless. Please don't put any blame on me, I admit that I was ignorant. In fact, I grew up in a bubble of my ethnic community (Mexican) and
didn't really find out the difference between an entree and an appetizer til like a month ago or two.
I've also seen other posts on reddit about brainfog on buspirone/buspar, and no one believing them. But I do.
I'm just so scared.
I'm with ya pal... my quetiapine is causing me huge gut gain... i look pregnant seriously
The pregnancy analogy is too spot on. I know for a lot of us, it’s like we’re suddenly eating for two while taking antipsychotics. Just ravenously hungry all the time.
It pairs awfully bad with that quetiapine sedation. Growing is just about all a belly can do under the circumstances.
Higher doses sedate less than lower doses by the way
@ImperatorZed I won’t speak for others on that but it does fail to match my own experience with higher doses.
@@russellbyt people routinely pass out with 25mg but just get kinda tired with 100-200mg or more
@ImperatorZed One explanation for that is that 25 mg is more of a starting dose. I know I hadn’t been on Seroquel for very long whenever I was on a dose that low. Meaning I hadn’t built up much of a tolerance yet and was more susceptible to the sedating effect of the drug.
By the time I got up to 100-200 mg and beyond (I think 800 was my highest daily total), my body was better adapted to it. Which is one of the reasons the dose had to be increased repeatedly. I’d still experience heavy sedation around the time of the increase but would eventually reach a point where insomnia became an issue. And the insomnia could happen at any dose level if I was on it long enough.
I’m using myself as the example but my experience aligns pretty well with what a lot of people experience.
But it’s kind of like someone passing out after a couple drinks because they rarely imbibe. But someone else can knock back half a dozen and barely have a buzz because heavy drinking, for better or worse, is part of their routine.
Now I definitely felt more “drugged” on higher doses whether I felt more sedated or not. It was just a lot more crud in the system. Not to mention higher doses increase the chances of developing new side effects and worsening the ones already present (at least for a time). Maybe sedation improves eventually but the odds of getting something like tardive dyskinesia increase. I know we’re not having a convo about whether or not someone _should_ take a higher dose, it’s just something worth mentioning.
There’s really a lot more to this topic than simply the dose of the med and how long someone’s been on it. Other things matter too. What other meds is someone on? As the Seroquel dose increases, is a drug being prescribed to offset the sedation, brain fog, etc? An upper to cancel out some of the downer basically. Lots of stuff to consider.