Anyone taking Phentermine?

[OverIt2007]

Wow... Thats awesome Sunny! How long have you been AF??

Im still working out my drinking issues.. Not sober but working at it. Arent we all.

[Rusty]

Hi Over,

Great to see you again! ....I took Phentermine for just a little while in 2006 before my drinking was at its worst....but my blood pressure so high because of my drinking that my doc told me I had to stop drinking to bring my BP down. Of course, I didn't stop drinking, and the Phentermine really did nothing for my appetite. I didn't notice that it made me wired, though.

Rebirth-you are right about the upper-downer syndrome. I mentioned my aunt who was a drinking alcoholic of 30 years....that's why she got addicted to AL....she took diet pills during the day to give her energy and to help her keep her figure, but then she was soooo wired by the end of the day that she used AL to calm down....a vicious cycle that lasted 30 years. Now she is AF and DF, and she is a totally different person. When she was on diet pills and AL, she was really psycho. She drove everybody bananas.

[Rusty]

Sunny,

I wanted to add that I have a whole script for phentermine and now that I'm AF and my BP is ok, I might try it again. I don't want to waste all those pills I paid WAY too much for. :-( Congratulations, too, on being AF!

[Sunnyvalenting]

Overit,
I am 9 months AF. I didn't diet at all for 5 months and only then started to exercise every day for an hour and cut back on food. I take just 1/2 of the phentermine/d or less because I know I could get too wired and be too hyped up. I will allow nothing to stand in the way of my abstinence. Not even fat! I would rather be fat and abstinent than slim and drinking.
I recently started a weight lifting program. I have only done it for 2 days so far. I am interested in seeing how it works out. I am walking 3 miles/day too. Between the diet and exercise i continue to lose at a reasonably rapid rate.
sun

[Sunnyvalenting]

Overit,
what is left to "work out" on your drinking issues?

[muchthought]

Sunny - Hi - I took phentermine a couple years ago and lost 25 pounds. I have mostly kept this weight off, (the baclofen put 10 pounds on, but I have lost 5 in the last couple weeks through diet/exercise.) I wanted to warn you that for most people (including me) eventually the phentermine effect wears off. It starts to not suppress appetite, and then, at least for me, it started to make me anxious and I couldn't sleep. I loved it for the 6 months I took it, and then it just didn't work anymore. Good luck on the diet, and congratulations on the AF. I am doing really well the last couple weeks.

[Sunnyvalenting]

I only take about 1/3=1/2 of the pill and not every day. I want to have the experience of the discipline of the diet and just occasionally take the edge off of the hunger. I have been doing it this way since july 1st. No tendency for it to wear off so far. I don't know that bac makes one gain weight. Do you have any information on that? I did gain weight at first because I was substituting food for al but that has changed. All the best
Sunny

[rebirth]

I thought Phen was banned? It is here in the UK

[Sunnyvalenting]

The phentermine part of Fen-phen seems to be relatively safe. It has been around for decades and was not implicated in the heart valve problems they saw with the other part of the combo. It can, however, raise BP, pulse rate, and cause other problems. I am very careful with my dose. My BP has actually lowered due to the weight loss and exercise. My arobic fitness level has gone from below average to above average on a 5 minute walking/pulse rate test at my gym. It (phentermine) has been very helpful. I do get hungry at night after dinner and try to eat just healthy snacks but it is a difficult time for me and too late in the day to take any phentermine. I may try eating dinner a bit later in the PM.
Sunny

[rebirth]

sunny is phentermine a prescription only?