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Posted by River1924 on July 16, 2006, at 2:12:10
Hello,
In one of life’s unfunny ironies, I began .25 mg of risperdal at bedtime on Wednesday in the hope it would help me be more organized and more active. Among other things I want to go about the business of losing 100 lbs (to reach about 15% bodyfat.) Well, it is now Saturday eve and my weght has increased from 306 (prior to any doses) to 310 (thursday night), to 312 (friday night), to 314 tonight. I’ve actually been exercising and haven’t been hungry. (For example, except for 2 eggs and a slice of toast, I forgot to eat on friday.)
Question 1. Is this eight pounds of water weight? I can’t conceive that I just gained eight pounds of body fat in three days.
Question 2. Can a low dose of this medication be stimulating? My past experience with this drug at 1 mg was that it made me thoughtful but pretty comatose. I might have taken two doses that time. I realize, my meds do work differently now. (I had 10 pints of blood removed last fall to get rid of excess ferritin (iron)and since then meds which did nothing (like provigil) work, meds that worked okay (like dexedrine) work almost too well and meds I found intolerable (like riperdal) seem tolerable and even work. My doc said .25 mg would do nothing but I feel better (even if I'm digusted by the scale.)
Any comments? River.
Posted by Dinah on July 18, 2006, at 19:21:01
In reply to Risperdal, .25 mg, awake and up 8# in 3 days, posted by River1924 on July 16, 2006, at 2:12:10
I initially found .25 mg Risperdal somewhat stimulating, and it also decreased my appetite.
But I am pretty sure that my recent eight or so pound gain was caused by a month or so of increased Risperdal useage.
Posted by River1924 on July 19, 2006, at 3:28:52
In reply to Re: Risperdal, .25 mg, awake and up 8# in 3 days, posted by Dinah on July 18, 2006, at 19:21:01
I recalled buying some vitamins, etc, after my visit to pdoc. I stopped a supplement called ethyl ester creatine Sunday afternoon. The next evening, my weight had dropped 10 lbs to 304. Weird. R.
Posted by Dinah on July 21, 2006, at 17:10:21
In reply to Sorry, my mistake... weight gain was from... » Dinah, posted by River1924 on July 19, 2006, at 3:28:52
Wow. That's some supplement. I guess it caused water retention.
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