I was on Seroquel for almost three years for bipolar, and I recently gradually stopped with the approval of my doctor. One of the reasons, among many, that I stopped was that I could not take the weight gain anymore.
I was a Marine for 8 years and have never been overweight until I started taking medication. First I was diagnosed as simply depressed, and I was on Effexor xr for a year or so. I gained some weight with that, too. I stopped cold turkey when I quit my job to go to school and subsequently lost my insurance. I lost the weight I had gained on the Effexor almos immediately, without much effort or diet change at all.
I have been off of Seroquel for about 2 weeks now and feel geat, and am finally able to sleep without it. I am eating better and exercising more, but I haven't lost any weight and have actually gained a couple pounds. Does anyone know if this is normal, especially since I went gradually off of it, and will my body ever get back to normal weight-loss ability wise after taking Seroquel? How long before I notice a difference in weight gain?
I gained 20 pounds in about 2-3 weeks after starting seroquel at 300mg. Over the past couple of months I have gradually stopped taking it. Now it has been about a week that I have stopped taking it and I cannot lose the weight! Over the past 4 weeks I run about 45-60 min a day and eat very small amounts of food. My Dr said it might be that seroquel has effected the way I use insulin which is making it difficult for me to lose weight. I want to know how long I have to go on like this before I lose weight!