Latuda and Weight Gain

[car103]

What has been your experience with Latuda and weight gain. If you gained? How did you deal with it? Could you lose the weight?

[LoveforAll41]

I am sorry that there hasn't been a lot of responses to your post car, I guess we don't have a lot of experience with latuda as a community. A quick internet search says that latuda has less weight gain than other antipsychotics...

How often does Latuda cause weight gain?

Among adults who took Latuda: A total of 3% gained weight. They gained an average of 0.2 to 0.9 pounds (0.1 to 0.4 kilograms). Between 2.4% and 4.8% had an increase of at least 7% in their body weight.

Are you just starting it? I think that most drugs are worth trying, I am all for new things. For myself, (I struggle with binge eating) I gain a lot of weight if my anxiety and depression are bad. If a drug helps, even if it did normally cause weight gain, feeling good mentally would probably help keep weight off as I would be more likely to do stuff and be active.

I hope that things are going well for you and wish you peace, strength, and hope.

[car103 in reply to LoveforAll41]

Thank you for your response. I'm going to try to be my brother's kidney donor. Obviously, I'm ineligible on Lithium. They may also cancel me out over mental health. At the end of the day, I need to have stability. I am worried about trying something and it's not a good fit. Only family member; he needs my kidney.