pizotifen weight gain and increased appetite

Same with me, gaining around 3lb a week ever since started this. Also heaviest ever been but was skinny to start with anyway, though im sure when i stop it will dissappear. Probably little you can do to totally stop the weight gain after all in a side effect but I usually eat something like rice to stop me from being starving agin within an hour!

Is not a nice side effect tho is i. I am seriously going to ask my kids onsultants about an altenative as m 11 year old keeps asking me if he is fat - thats not healthy :-(

The medication itself does not make you put on weight- it simply increases your appetite. If you eat everytime you feel hungry you will likely put on weight but if you just eat what you did before starting the meds you should not have a problem (this is what the neurologist told me). The fact that the meds make you feel so tired increases the risk of you not exercising which again increases the likelyhood of gaining weight- hence why its considered a side effect. I have been on it for a year and have actually lost weight. I take multi viatmins to combat my tiredness and just eat a healthy breakfast lunch and dinner.  My headaches have completely disappeared which is amazing to me as I had a headache everyday of my life! I seriously LOVE this drug. I eat organic brown rice with a fried egg every morning for breakfast and that keeps me full till lunch. I also have a few veg shakes during the day if im hungry.

Rhiannon, both my 11 yr old and my 14 yr old take pizotifen for migraine.

Its very difficult with children when they feel hungry and dont always want to eat say fruit or a healthy equivalent. I will be asking both kids consultants for an alternatve.  They are both active kids but I have definitely seen a change in their body shapes which isnt good (specially in school). I hope you get on ok with it or find a suitable alternative if not :-)

Think there is an element of slowed metabolism or something, its not all just increased appetite as i dont really eat any more than i did before started taking it, having always been skinny before and could eat loads and loads and have never gained any weight at all suddenly out of nowhere since starting piz gained 1.5 stones and still gaining. Not a prob for me cosgone from skinny to normal i guess! but the answer is probably eat healthy exercise more, or stop taking and find alternative but you will probably still gain some weight. And in any case the alternatives have worse side effect profiles (propranolol, tricyclic anti depressants etc) pizotifen is at least fairly tame

I'm glad the tablets are at least helping you. my daughter has spent the last 3 days taking Sumatriptan as well as she's still been getting migraine. Hard isnt it. She also has stomach migraine which is quite common isnt it. Just spoke to the GP and am having her referred to a different hospital which may help :-)

Yes, I cant understand y theres so few tablets in the Sumatriptan boxes - she gets  but its still not many. Sounds like you've had a hard time s would be good if the piotifen sors it out completely for you. Thanks, am hoping a new Dr might be what sh needs:-)