Re: metabolic syndrome -yes that too

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HI

I had been taking the psych med Seroquel for over a year when I started to gain

alot of

weight, specificaly belly fat. At that time I was tested in the drs ofice for

blood sugar and it

was high. She sent me for blood tests including a complete metabolic panel,

thryroid

function (I have hypothroid and she wanted to see if I was stable on medication

or had it

gone wacky) and A1c (another blood sugar test) there was a couple of other thing

she

tested for also but I don't remember what. She explained to me that she was

checking to

see if I had developed metabolic syndrome which includes, but is not limited to,

trouble

with blood sugar. I don't know what the other triggers for Metabolic syndrome

are. For me

it was defiately the Seroquel. I was Type 2 diabetic at that point and throid

function was al

over the place,also I lost alot of hair. I've been off Seroquel completely for

over a year and

nowmy blood sugars test normal consistently. I get my thyroid functin tested

several times

a year and it has been consistent on the same dose of medication. So I no

longer have

metabolic syndrome. Yeah for me (Good Body. Thank You.)

Wenzdai

> > > > >

> > > > > Hi,

> > > > > I was recently diagnosed with metabolic syndrome (syndrome X)

> > and

> > > > while reading up on it I found that studies are suggesting that

> > it

> > > > causes depression, alzheimer's, fibromyalgia and other problems.

> > Does

> > > > anyone else on the list have metabolic syndrome? Just curious.

> > > > >

> > > > > Gail C

> > > > >

> > > > >