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Is There Any Alternate Medicine For Antidepressant And Bipolar?

I am on an antidepressant and a mood stabilizer medication for bipolar, and I have noticed major weight gain, I am taking efexor and abilify efexor at 150 mgs onces a day and abilify at 15 mgs once a day, I was looking at different medications to see if there were any that would be less damaging to my waist line then these two, I have put on almost 40 lbs and would like for the weight to go away
Tue, 28 Jan 2014
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Hello,
Thanks for choosing health care magic for posting your query.
I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through.
The weight needs to be controlled well. You may go for regular aerobic exercises and take a low calorie appetite. Abilify is a good drug to reduce the weights.
Hope I am able to answer your concerns.
If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you.
In future if you wish to contact me directly, or need further details, you can use the below mentioned link:
bit.ly/dr-srikanth-reddy

Wish you good health,
Kind regards
Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.

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Is There Any Alternate Medicine For Antidepressant And Bipolar?

Hello, Thanks for choosing health care magic for posting your query. I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through. The weight needs to be controlled well. You may go for regular aerobic exercises and take a low calorie appetite. Abilify is a good drug to reduce the weights. Hope I am able to answer your concerns. If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you. In future if you wish to contact me directly, or need further details, you can use the below mentioned link: bit.ly/dr-srikanth-reddy Wish you good health, Kind regards Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.