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Psychiatric Meds and Fat
Most of us who have been treated with psych meds gain weight, there are a lucky few who escape this side effect, and then many that gain a moderate amount and then what seems a large significant...
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The politics of fat
I’ve dealt with being fat now for about 15 years. I follow fat news a bit. When I spot an article about it I read it. When I’m alerted to something about it on TV I watch it. There is a ton of myth...
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The weight is dropping off
I always wondered what would happen once the neuroleptics (antipsychotics) were gone. Would my body, fat for so many years, just stay that way? I suspected yes. I somehow figured my body had simply...
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Does my butt look fat?
I’m a regular reader of Shapely Prose, a fat acceptance blog created by Kate Harding who has an article in Salon today. I link to this today just because her piece in Salon is so exactly my experience....
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The fat melts away: psychiatric drugs and fat–a commentary
So I’m feeling really skinny. I’ve lost about half of the 100 lbs psych drugs put on me. I do not want congratulations! No. Really because it generally strikes me as insulting. There is nothing to be...
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Psych meds make you fat
This was a response to Therese Borchard’s piece from June 18th at PsychCentral. She is writing about good eating, lifestyle and exercise habits in the context of taking psychiatric drugs, which is...
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Fattened by pills
Psychiatric pills that is. An article by Paula Caplan in the Boston Globe: It is striking that the weight of many Americans has ballooned just as the prescribing of psychiatric drugs has surged. The...
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Our brains on exercise
It's hard to understand why the importance and primacy of exercise is so often overlooked and/or buried in the treatment and care of those who suffer from mental distress. It is nothing short of...
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