Sick of people asking me if I'm pregnant

[LissyD]

i always swore I'd never be all shallow and bothered about my weight, and anyway, surely it can't be that hard to lose weight? I lost my baby weight staright away and was dead proud of myself, till I went on risperidone. Now I look about six months gone. Whenever i talk to someone all I can think about is whether they think I'm pregnant, and I try and work it into the conversation that I'm not before they mention it. I try to exercise, but I work, study full time and have a 14 month old, as well as having to keep an eye on my mental health, so I never seem to get round to it, and I can't stop eating, I'm hungry all the time. i'm actually seriously considering asking my dh for another baby just so I don't have to worry if I look pregnant (obviously thats not the only reason, but it's a big one) What can I do? I miss not having to think about how I look.

Is risperidone for depression? Sorry no idea. Perhaps you ask for a different medication that doesnt have that side effect.

can you talk to yur doctor about changing meds if that one is causing weight gain?i doubt its doing your mental health much good feeling like you do about how you look.

Apparently all the anti-psychotics do that. I talked to my doctor and he basically told me to eat less. I tried to reduce my medication and started seeing things again

IME doctors arent ery understanding when it comes to weight gain,alot of them refuse to accept that the drugs cause it and think you must just be over-eating,even though if you read the 1000's of forum posts/blogs on the net about them its pretty clear they slow your metabloism and you gain weight even if you eat next to nothing and excersise like mad.

if you became pregnant again,would you have to stop the meds?i dont know much about anti-psychotics as ive only ever been on AD's.

apparently I'd have to see a specialist in manchester (I live in preston) as the drugs are really dangerous but it could be worse if I came off them suddenly. Thing is, if I get like I did last year and can't go on drugs and theres a baby to think of as well it could end up being a hospital situation so god knows. I really want another baby, and its likely to be ok, but it does worry me that I could get ill again (they reckon I prob have bipolar disorder with a psychotic element) as it was terryfying and I missed out on a lot of DDs first year.

i found this site helpful when trying to lose the weight i gained on venlafaxine.i know thats an AD but the information covers all psychiatric drugs,and there is a section on weight loss and weight management if you are still taking medication.

i hope you will be able to have anoher baby if you want