Hi, i'm new. A little story.

[bitestones]

About 3 years ago i forced myself to join a local Kyokushin Karate class in hopes of improving my physique and overall health. I was taking antipsychotic drug - Olanzapine Actavis. It made me gain weight so i quit my training. I've been away from class for about 5 months. I couldn't lose any weight even when i was eating fine and went running. I have quit this drug and i immediately started losing weight. Now i plan going to my class again in september. I feel ashamed for being a quitter. I am re-studying my orange belt at home because i have forgotten stuff. Still taking my antidepressant drugs though because of my mood problems. Anybody else here having psychiatric issues?

[Harkon72]

Yes, I have suffered acute mental illness at times for over 20 years. I take Lithium Carbonate. I find that some martial artists can have a strange attitude towards me, at times there has been some discrimination while dealing with some associations. I tend to walk away, if they have a problem it's a reflection of their ignorance and none of my concern. The people I train with now are a mature class, they see for themselves what I am like, they can see the martial artist and not the condition. I am open and honest about my mental problems; overcoming them has been one of my greatest achievements.

[Nidan Melbourne]

What was the antipsychotic used for if it is ok to ask?

I've suffered from depression (severe) and am not allowed to take any form of meds due to being prone to addiction.

Can you elaborate more on how it made you quit? I quit for a few years and i suffered greatly because of it, and i wish i hadn't because it would have helped me with it. But hey it happened and am happy to be back.

Often there are drugs that make it difficult for people to lose weight.

Don't feel like a quitter, even though you stopped you had quite a good reason to due to your health. I felt like that but since i got back into it I am doing it for my mental health first then my physical health (obviously physical health was returning when i restarted).

Like you i also train for my physical health (weight loss for me ) but I also train for my mental health.