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laconicsax

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1. Atypical antipsychotics can do that.
Tue May 8, 2012, 06:18 PM
May 2012

It's been a while since I looked into it, but I seem to recall that it has something to do with dopamine inhibitors making the brain think the body's blood sugar is too low. IIRC, the receptors that give the brain a sense of blood glucose levels are mediated by dopamine.

I was on a long term trial of an atypical antipsychotic and I was hungry the whole time, even when I had just eaten. It led to significant weight gain that I'm still working on reversing.

I was over the moon as far as mood was concerned, but it came at a heavy price.

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