So I know what most of you are going to say CICO, intermittent fasting, exercise, keto… Except I’ve done all that and lost nothing and still gained weight on Olanzapine, Lithium, Lamictal. I used to be at 85kg and now during a period I didn’t look after what I ate I am at 100kg which I hoped I never reached. I still exercise because I do a sport I love and enjoy and it’s so good for my mental health and my body to move. But I swear I’ve been eating reasonably, there’s no added sugar in my diet, I stopped ordering take out, I stopped fast food. My meals are usually whole grains, legumes or vegetables or both, yogurt and fruit as desserts. I used to be on Metformin and it didn’t help me lose weight at all. My psychiatrist doesn’t want to hear anything I told her I was unhappy with the weight I gained and she said to me “would you prefer being overweight or in depression? We tried other meds they didn’t work”. But like okay we could still look into other meds we didn’t try at all like Latuda, Depakote? I can’t even change psychiatrist. It’s tiring.
I am seeing a nutritionist on December 9th. I hope he’ll understand my struggle.
If you’re taking medications that mess with your hormones, they could be preventing your weight loss.
As your medical advisor said, for some conditions the treatment has trade-offs, and you have to balance those with the outcomes you want.
Especially given the number of medications you’re taking, I would be hesitant about making drastic diet changes without looping in your health care provider. Dosages, and the effectiveness of medication, can be drastically impacted by diet.
Metabolic mind foundation has a good write up, that you can use to consult with your health care provider. To come up with a going forward plan. https://www.metabolicmind.org/families-and-peers
You said you had tried time restricted eating, and low-carb high fat (keto) before - what was the outcome?
The outcome of both of those was feeling extremely tired, like no strength at all, having a foggy brain, and become dehydrated even though I drink a lot of water (this one is especially for keto).
We’re you taking 2g of electrolytes while you did those? What you describe is similar to what is often called keto-flu when people’s electrolytes are low.