I'm on a 1200 calorie diet since June 1 2024 and have lost 7 pounds in that time, also joined Overeaters Anonymous and have a weight loss clinic appt coming up in July but I'm still over 200 pounds. Any other folks on similar medications mentioned in title that have lost weight successfully? What's your secret, how do you combat the urge to overeat? I'm finally reaching out for external help after all this time so I think that's a good first step, but I'm still obsessed with food and weight loss even when I'm doing well on my plan. It just gets so freaking old, to be fixated on the same goal for years and only make it when you are bats*** crazy so you can't really appreciate it that much.

I have just replaced my one-time meal with salads and boiled chicken or veggies and it has worked as a charm for me.

That's great !

I found focusing on small non-scale victories and building new habits helped shift my obsession away from just numbers. You're definitely not alone.

First off, huge respect to you for reaching out and sticking with it. Joining Overeaters Anonymous and seeing a weight loss clinic are really solid steps.
I’ve been on mood stabilizers and antipsychotics too, and I totally get the frustration. The meds help mentally, but can make weight loss feel like an uphill battle. What helped me was shifting the focus a bit, less on the number, more on consistency and small wins. I use a food journal to track triggers, and honestly, mindfulness techniques have helped me with the obsessive thoughts. Also, I connected Pharmacy B2B to find out more about medication management and how some meds might be better metabolically than others (worth asking your doctor about).
You're not alone in this, and the fact that you're still showing up for yourself says a lot.

I don't think there's an antipsychotic that will make you lose weight. I'm on abilify and didn't gain anything. I was on olanzapine for a while, and even though that's famous for weight gain, I actually lسost weight on it. so a med being famous for weight gain isn't a sentence for anything.




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I really feel this. Meds like antipsychotics and mood stabilizers can make weight loss feel unfairly hard, even when you’re doing everything “right.” It helped me to stop judging progress only by the scale and look at things like appetite changes, energy, and how consistent I was being. Talking openly with my prescriber about weight effects mattered more than I expected.

I’ve also learned that some people do better when weight is looked at alongside mental health instead of separately. I came across places like DrNewmed that talk about that whole picture, which made me feel less like it was a personal failure and more a medical puzzle. You’re definitely not alone in this, and the fact you’re still trying says a lot.