I'm so hungry
Thank you, olanzapine.
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TL;DR: Olanzapine, an antipsychotic medicine I'm on, is well known for spiking hunger, leading to weight gain. I write about my indiscriminate binge-eating where olanzapine could have played a prominent role, and the resultant health anxiety.
PS: I am not a mental health professional. This is an account of my personal experience with a psychiatric medicine. Nothing in this piece can be construed as medical advice. Do not self-medicate or go off medication without consulting a doctor.
PS: I am not a mental health professional. This is an account of my personal experience with a psychiatric medicine. Nothing in this piece can be construed as medical advice. Do not self-medicate or go off medication without consulting a doctor.
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Day before yesterday, shortly after waking up, I started having chest pain. Pins and needles, with occasional heaviness. Soon, my jaw started to hurt. So I arrived at the conclusion that any logical person would: I was having a heart attack.
My chest is a busy, confusing place. I frequently feel breathless at even the slightest exertion. Last year I went for a full body checkup, including an echo cardiogram, and all the results came out okay. In fact they were the best they'd been in a long time. I attributed it to my regular workout and healthy diet routine, and clean air. My resting heart rate had fallen to a calm 70 from the usual 95-100. Why then did my heart feel so out of control so often?
