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A member asked:
Doctors always say to eat healthy and exercise to lose weight after antipsychotics. i stopped abilify and the weight started to come off naturally. this didnt happen with zyprexa. why?
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Most likely reason is you are fewer calories and or exercised more. Use the app Cronometer to track both and see.
Answered 2/18/2023
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