Forty Pounds Heavier

I generally don't advertise the fact that I have gained weight, especially not how much.

The Nurse Practitioner reads over the paperwork I had just filled out--pausing briefly on my list of medications and then turns to another page, which on it was a simple question, "have you lost or gain weight recently?" I responded "yes" and then wrote "40lbs."

She looks up at me, incredulously, "You've gained forty pounds?"

I nodd.

"Did the doctor mention why? Is it the meds?"

"They said it was the meds," I agreed. I didn't start gaining weight until Stanford put me on Seroquel. You don't have to search very hard before you find an innumerable amount of personal accounts of gaining weight on Seroquel.