Reply #248: Nope. [View All]

Many meds cause weight gain:

http://www.psycheducation.org/hormones/Insulin/weightgain.htm

Weight gain is clearly caused by medications used to treat bipolar disorder, some more than others.

This weight gain can be so large as to have its own serious health consequences, so we need to take it very seriously.

Physical activity and diet can help prevent this weight gain, and sometimes reverse it -- but simply telling patients to eat right and get exercise as a means of coping with the weight gain medications can induce is pretty close to an insult and generally simply attempts to shift the responsibility for the problem to the patient. It takes more than this simple advice.

More meds that cause weight gain:

http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/causes/weight_gain.htm