Overthinking Side Effect

I’ve been diagnosed for 6 years now and have gone through a fair amount of medication to find the right mix.

A year and a half ago I had a hypomanic episode which caused an adjust to my meds. Since then I’ve had minor depression at one point but have felt fairly stable. I like feeling like this, I can enjoy the kids, I don’t get irritated easily, I can just feel decent and go about life.

The thing is I gained 70 lbs.

I have always been fairly active, even depressed I at least wanted to walk. But I haven’t wanted to walk, run or exercise since going on my current mood stabilizer a year and a half ago.

I’m quite nervous about changing medication and I’ve made so many efforts to exercise but they fall short. Now my annual blood work is showing some concerning signs. I’m so worried about bringing this up to my psychiatrist because it’s been so long…

Why is finding the right mix so hard?