Some thoughts about hunger and eating

[Schizophonia]

1 minute ago, Sugarcoat said:

I don’t think I notice any change in my appetite from the meds actually. 

Because the issue is deepest i guess. 

Or synergy between the two medications.

Edited Sunday at 05:23 PM by Schizophonia

[Sugarcoat]

3 minutes ago, Schizophonia said:

Because the issue is deepest i guess. 

Or synergy between the two medications.

You mean Prozac decreasing appetite and olanzipine increasing making them cancel each other out?

[Schizophonia]

1 minute ago, Sugarcoat said:

You mean Prozac decreasing appetite and olanzipine increasing making them cancel each other out?

Yes, exactly.

[Sugarcoat]

2 minutes ago, Schizophonia said:

Yes, exactly.

Maybe😹

[Schizophonia]

10 minutes ago, Sugarcoat said:

Maybe😹

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[Schizophonia]

21 hours ago, sholomar said:

Eating like anything can be a psychological addition as the body craves the dopamine release that the food brings. Also, certain medications such as antidepressants (SSRIs, Seroquel, etc) can increase appetite, as can marijuana.  Really it comes down to two types of people... those who let their emotions and impulses control them and those who learn to mindfully observe them while taking different action.

All of personal development is about seeing that your thoughts and emotions are not actually "you" and self discipline is about being able to act in spite of the emotional urge to do something else. That "battle" will always be there, due to our genetics. It's easy to not eat when food is scarce, as it was most of our evolution. It's harder to do when food is abundant, and so delicious compared to anything we ever evolved on. The sheer amount of dopamine stimulating hedonism we are exposed to is unlike anything we ever evolved on.

 

Did you try Seroquel ?  

 

[sholomar]

2 hours ago, Schizophonia said:

 

Did you try Seroquel ?  

 

Took 6.25 mg last night to see how it would affect sleep. Even with that small amount it worked great. Was trying to go totally drug free in this whole process but need a bit of help with the insomnia after giving up THC.

[Schizophonia]

2 minutes ago, sholomar said:

Took 6.25 mg last night to see how it would affect sleep. Even with that small amount it worked great.

Cool.

Indeed it's a very small dosage.

2 minutes ago, sholomar said:

Was trying to go totally drug free in this whole process but need a bit of help with the insomnia after giving up THC.

Have you tried anything else?
In moderate doses seroquel is essentially a powerful antihistamine.