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How Can Anxiety Disorder Along With Fatty Liver Be Treated?

My wife has been diagnosed with fatty liver. She is 15 lbs overweight. We do not eat red meat. We eat fruits and vegetables, chicken and turkey. sh has lost 5 lbs. recently. she goes to our local Y 4 days a week. She is 58 yrs old. She is bi-polar and suffers from anxiety and ptsd. What else can she do to chang her diet to reverse this
Wed, 19 Apr 2017
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Treatment taken for biploar disorder often have metabolic side effects which mean it can cause weight gain etc.
Treatment like Olanzepine , valproic acid, risperdal etc cause weight gain and increased appetite
i suggest to look at the current treatment she is taking and seeing if this is not the case
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How Can Anxiety Disorder Along With Fatty Liver Be Treated?

Treatment taken for biploar disorder often have metabolic side effects which mean it can cause weight gain etc. Treatment like Olanzepine , valproic acid, risperdal etc cause weight gain and increased appetite i suggest to look at the current treatment she is taking and seeing if this is not the case