My friend is on anti-psychotic medication and has managed after an increase in weight to not only lose it but, keep it off!
She describes it as "never feeling full". So she would eat a good meal but, then would still crave more food. She said the secret to beating the weight increase is to make yourself a meal which YOU KNOW is a healthy sized meal and then use your self-control when you get hungry again to tell yourself "I am not hungry, it's the meds making me feel hungry"!
I know this sounds quite simplistic but she gained 2 stone (28lb) and managed to lose it and keep it off so she is at her normal weight of 9st at her height is within a healthy range so it can work!
The basics are that although you have eaten a good healthy full meal, something in the meds is telling you that you are hungry....if you use common sense then you will learn that you aren't really hungry!
To use an analogy with drug addiction...you think you need the drugs (psychologically) but, in actual fact YOU DON"T..,your psychologically addicted!
I would use a food diary and write down everything you eat (like a diet etc) then you will start noticing patterns off eating that you know full well you don't need so you can start adjusting your eating pattern and retrain your brain (and your tummy) exactly what you need and don't need.
I don't understand why this is not explained better by psychiatrists when they prescribe the drug as it would probably stop many people who benefit from the meds to stay on them![]()