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Appalled by my accelerating weight gain and stinking, sweaty body odour I decided it was time to take the bull by the horns and arrange to see the lifestyle advisor. I doubt there'll be any magical treatment but maybe I'll get inspired to do the obvious.I have to get referred by my GP so on Thursday I went to see Portillo. He asked what I'd been up to and when I told him about the holiday to Spain and then playing at a gig for three hours he was pretty well gobsmacked. In fact he looked totally incredulous.We chatted for a while and he checked out my blood pressure which was fine and the oedema on my legs which was not. He says he has never seen anyone get oedema like this from antipsychotics. I presume it'll go when I stop my quetapine. Anyway, hopefully it won't be long before I start...

Things are going really well at the moment and I'm much more active. I have a general sense that everything is as it should be and going right. We had a nice weekend. As well as going out for a meal, we also went out for a long walk and I took some pictures....I have been getting up and writing and recording for an hour or two most mornings then getting out for a walk in the afternoons before making dinner. I'm sleeping nicely, about 7-8 hours which is a good indicator of well-being for me. The weather has been glorious all week so yesterday I took the opportunity to get the garden tidied up while up above me I could hear the geese gaggling, flying south for the winter. Hopefully this will be a time of change for me as well as the...