I’ve been on Abilify for a month and a half, and so far the scale says I’ve only gained 4 lbs, but that seems like a lot, and I’m tired all the fucking time. I’m terrified of gaining weight for legitimate reasons: 1. family history of type II diabetes and heart problems (my father and grandfather both died young (like age 43) of sudden heart attacks) and 2. I used to have an eating disorder, and one of the things that mostly causes me to mentally unravel and become suicidal is weight gain. Dumb but very true. As it is I barely eat anything and frequently starve myself which is obviously unhealthy and not helping with the metabolism issues caused by the medication. I’m also on Prozac. I want to get off Abilify if it is causing weight gain, which according to my research it does. Does anyone have experience losing weight on antipsychotics? Are there any that are weight neutral? The psych nurse prescribing me medication told me I won’t gain weight as long as I eat healthy and exercise daily, but I’m exhausted and sleepy 24/7 and I’m not sure how much I should be eating. I’m slightly overweight, I’d say if I lost 7-10 lbs I’d be in the healthy zone. Plus the extra weight has made me depressed and I’ve regressed with my therapy because now I’m focusing on my weight again instead of my issues. It just sucks ass. Does anyone have any advice about what seems like fighting a losing battle trying to lose weight on an antipsychotic? Another thing is I don’t even know if I need to be on this medication. The only things I’ve been officially diagnosed with are depression, anxiety and BPD. I expressed concerns to the psychiatric nurse practitioner I’ve been seeing that I may have symptoms of bipolar ii such as hypomania, and then he put me on abilify, but that’s so far from an official diagnosis and we’ve only had telemedicine appointments over the phone. He also dismissed my concern that the medication would cause weight gain by arguing that if I stay active and maintain a calorie deficit weight gain would be impossible, but according to cursory google research that is incorrect.