Lemonelmo89
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Due to me taking risperidone 6mg I've piled on the pounds Infact over the last year and a half I'd say I've put on 5 stone. Which I had previously lost from coming off my medication. Now this worried me enough but last week I found out the weight gains caused me to have high cholesterol. I'm yet to see my gp about this but I've read a lot about high and low cholesterol foods and Ive altered my diet as much as I can. I started this five days ago the minute I find out about my greater health concern than just putting on a few pounds(or a lot of pounds should I say). So now I'm going to keep a diary detailing my highs and lows of fighting this medication however much good it does me otherwise. I've spoken to my shrink about it and he said he will review in three months as to whether I can start being weaned off my meds. I also taken fluoxetine and lamotrigine. Apparently the Prozac can cause weight gain too so that's quite a bummer. Anyhow hello everyone! And welcome to my story xxx