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Weight gain due to medicine
My mother had mental illness paranoid. she is fine as mental health. before medicine her weight was 62 kg after 3 months it is 68 kg.
thats why she refused to take medicine.
please explain what should we do?
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Some meds increase and some decrease weight.. consultat ur doc for same..don't stop medicine by urself, disease may come back
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consult ur psychiatrist
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don't stop meds by urself. tell ur problem to ur dr..
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Hi.. some medications can cause weight gain. However there are medications which doesn't effect weight. Consult your treating psychiatrist for further management
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U can ask to change to the drugs which are less gaining on weight
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Consult to knw about drugs which won’t cause weight gain
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You need to consult your psychiatrist, there are medications which don't increase weight much and those which can reverse the same. But if she stops without psychiatrist advise, she is likely to relapse with symptoms which will be more troubling. Consult an astute psychiatrist either in person or online and seek remedy. Good luck
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Some antipsychotics can cause weight gain, do not leave the medication on your own, consult a psychiatrist to shift your mother on a different anti psychotic
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Dr. Vishal Bhatt
Psychiatrist
4 yrs exp
Rajkot
Medicine will work on different receptors m sometimes it can increase your metabolic parameters.. just insist your mother for exercise that's only way or we may switch to other medicine that have lower side effect profile
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