quetiapine is the only thing i can get for nausea, but i’m terrified i will gain weight

[letdown]

i have anorexia and was previously prescribed seroquel. i refused to take it because it was making me really hungry. most people on the dosage needed for it to work for nausea gain a lot of weight. is there any way i could take a lower dose leading up to attempting with SN (50mg), and then on the day i plan to ctb, take 300mg? would this work at all? if i throw up i will get sent to the ER (and then the psych ward), as people in my life are extremely controlling.

if i fail, and i puke, i will get sent to a long term facility again. those places are hell. but if i will gain weight, i will find another way. if u guys have any experience of preventing weight gain on seroquel, please let me know how u did it.

thank u in advance

 

[heyismeman]

i have anorexia and was previously prescribed seroquel. i refused to take it because it was making me really hungry. most people on the dosage needed for it to work for nausea gain a lot of weight. is there any way i could take a lower dose leading up to attempting with SN (50mg), and then on the day i plan to ctb, take 300mg? would this work at all? if i throw up i will get sent to the ER (and then the psych ward), as people in my life are extremely controlling.

if i fail, and i puke, i will get sent to a long term facility again. those places are hell. but if i will gain weight, i will find another way. if u guys have any experience of preventing weight gain on seroquel, please let me know how u did it.

thank u in advance

I don't know anything about anorexia and I can't fully understand it, but if you're anorexic, wouldn't you like, want to gain weight? Obviously you're not overweight sooooo, it's a net positive right?

 

[letdown]

I don't know anything about anorexia and I can't fully understand it, but if you're anorexic, wouldn't you like, want to gain weight? Obviously you're not overweight sooooo, it's a net positive right?

i have anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder where i starve myself. the weight i started at was normal, and i knew that. i just did it because i wanted to feel in control. now i can't stop and even though i am underweight i feel fatter than ever. it's an illogical illness, people tell me i look really sick and i need to gain weight. but all i feel is really overweight.

someone in recovery for anorexia would want to gain weight, i am definitely not in recovery. i should have been more specific because anorexia just means loss of appetite, while anorexia nervosa is the disease where you starve yourself, sorry for the confusion!

 

[heyismeman]

i have anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder where i starve myself. the weight i started at was normal, and i knew that. i just did it because i wanted to feel in control. now i can't stop and even though i am underweight i feel fatter than ever. it's an illogical illness, people tell me i look really sick and i need to gain weight. but all i feel is really overweight.

someone in recovery for anorexia would want to gain weight, i am definitely not in recovery. i should have been more specific because anorexia just means loss of appetite, while anorexia nervosa is the disease where you starve yourself, sorry for the confusion!

Yea I don't mean this to sound rude or anything like that, but it's one of those things that I cannot ever understand, like it feels like a complete ignigma, obviously you have a logical brain as most people do, so logically you're not underweight, so eat more and use quitipina it would be a net positive. Like I'm probably dumb or something because it doesn't make sense to me how your brain can trick you in a sense like that, when you can think and rationalize at a semi normal level.

 

[letdown]

Yea I don't mean this to sound rude or anything like that, but it's one of those things that I cannot ever understand, like it feels like a complete ignigma, obviously you have a logical brain as most people do, so logically you're not underweight, so eat more and use quitipina it would be a net positive. Like I'm probably dumb or something because it doesn't make sense to me how your brain can trick you in a sense like that, when you can think and rationalize at a semi normal level.

yeah honestly it is a really hard to grasp disorder if u don't struggle with it. i never understood it until i developed it. but telling someone with anorexia to gain weight is similar to telling a depressed person to just be happy. many anorexic people ctb because of the disorder, they would rather die than eat. for me, seeing the number on the scale go down makes me feel in control and safe. but then after i just want to go lower and lower. the disorder will tell u that ur not skinny or not sick enough, even if u are dying from malnutrition.

i would compare my experience with it like a virus took over my brain. there is this voice in my head that tells me all these horrible things abt my weight and body. i'm a guy, so it is not common for guys to have anorexia. i know the majority of the population finds my body scary and worrying, it's not about looks. i know logically i am sick and should eat more, but i just can't. eating to me is one of the worst feelings in the world.

for me personally, i would much rather die than gain any weight. it's like i'm a drug addict to me this, drug addicts want to stop, it ruins their life, but they just can't. i want to eat, it is torturing me, but i just can't.

idk if that made sense

 

[GlassAlwaysEmpty]

I was on Quetapine for a number of years. When I started I was about 130 pounds, within a few years I got to a peak of about 220 pounds!
I dropped a lot that weight when I stopped taking it very quickly though.
I was only 25mg-50mg a day too.

 

[Electra]

I was on Quetapine for a number of years. When I started I was about 130 pounds, within a few years I got to a peak of about 220 pounds!
I dropped a lot that weight when I stopped taking it very quickly though.
I was only 25mg-50mg a day too.

Such a low dose, I thought people gain weight only on larger doses (like 300mg or something).How fast did you lose the weight? How fast did you notice your changes in appetite after you stopped taking seroquel?

 

[GlassAlwaysEmpty]

Such a low dose, I thought people gain weight only on larger doses (like 300mg or something).How fast did you lose the weight? How fast did you notice your changes in appetite after you stopped taking seroquel?

I never recently noticed a change in my appetite. But I was getting complimented that I was looking better in myself when I started to put weight on. I was very skinny and ill looking before so I was actually pleased putting some weight on but it kept just piling so I decided to stop.
I dropped about 50 pounds within about 6 months after stopping it though.

I do miss being on it a bit though. It was amazing for sleep, best thing I've ever taken for sleep. Within 15-20mins of taking it I was dead to the world.