In my last post, I wrote about the many side effect from the medications I have taken over the years to deal with my bipolar-ness (yes I know that’s not an official word but it works for me). But I’m most irritated with the what Seroquel has done to me over the last year because it has made me gain 20+ pounds over the last year! The pounds slowly crept up on me. I really didn’t notice the weight gain because I just figured my body was changing since I turned 30 around the same time I started taking Seroquel.
I have never been a big food person or a foodie. I am the type of persons who eats when I am hungry and stops eating when I am full. So basically I don’t overeat and I have never ever had a weight problem and I have a natural athletic build. So I’ve always listened to my body, it’s never steered me wrong. Then came Seroquel. Apparentlly once you start taking it, Seroquel messes up the brain signals that tells your body it’s full so it never it’s thinks it’s full which is what happened to me.
Seriously for the last year, I never felt full. I was eating all the time. Adam could tell you. Instead of one bowl of cereal, I had three bowls of cereal in the morning. I hated that feeling of never feeling satisfied, of feeling hungry all the time. You can’t focus on anything else when you’re hungry. So over the year, the pounds packed on my small frame. So a year later, I was like “what the hell, I can’t fit in the jeans anymore!” I went to my Dr and was like “hello!?!” and she said “oh Seroquel causes weight gain” and we changed my medicine cocktail once again.
So after this holiday season I have do have extra exercises and some dieting to shed the extra pounds to get back to my normal frame. But this has made me more compassionate on those who never feel full who aren’t on Seroquel.
