Lets be honest, have you tried a successful diet pill?

Tee_geee
Tee_geee Posts: 47 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I just wanted to know has anybody tried anything over the counter for weight loss that actually WORK!!?
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  • Phoenix_Warrior
    Phoenix_Warrior Posts: 1,633 Member
    Never have, never will. What I'm doing is working for me, so I'm sticking with it.
  • southerndream24
    southerndream24 Posts: 303 Member
    Same as above. Never have and never will. I'm focused on a healthy lifestyle. That's the only thing that will work.
  • MysteriousMerlin
    MysteriousMerlin Posts: 2,270 Member
    They made me feel like I was being given a slight electrical pulse, like I was set on vibrate mode all the time. My heart would speed up, thump, and skip beats from time to time too. I lost my appetite, but I felt so horrible it wasn't worth it. I honestly don't recall if I did lose any weight, but the side effects weren't worth it.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I assume you work hard for your money...best to just hold onto your hard earned bucks...there is no magic weight loss pill; it's all snake oil.

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  • AlyRoseNYC
    AlyRoseNYC Posts: 1,075 Member
    Nope
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    Yes
  • CipherZero
    CipherZero Posts: 1,418 Member
    Start from the default that all "weight loss" products are crap.

    That said, I've only seem two OTC that actually have any science to back them up:

    * EC(A) stacks. Contraindicated if you have blood pressure or heart conditions.
    * Yohimbine HCl, in conjunction with fasted low intensity steady state cardio.

    Never tried either.
  • Iron_Duchess
    Iron_Duchess Posts: 429 Member
    Yes, I lost twenty pound with it, but I also almost lost my husband because of the horrible mood swings and episodes of rage. I gained the twenty pounds plus some back when I stopped them. In addition, I had to deal with the emotional aftermath, the anxiety, and work on fixing my relationships. So not worth it.
  • Ed98043
    Ed98043 Posts: 1,333 Member
    In the 80's my high school friends and I all took Dexatrim so we could be dangerously thin. Back then it contained caffiene, PPA and ephedra - all have amphetamine-type effects. PPA is now only available by prescription and ephedra has been banned by the FDA. So, yeah - we were risking stroke and heart damage, but we sure weren't hungry! So stupid.
  • WhiteRabbit1313
    WhiteRabbit1313 Posts: 1,091 Member
    Define "successful."

    I took Meridia (Sibutramine) and lost 30 lbs, but they banned it. However, when my doc took me off of it, 10 lbs. crept back on over the next few months. I think that there's no quick fix that will produce lasting results. Imo, if you fix your perspective/mind, set your determination/focus, then the rest falls into place.
  • grillnchill
    grillnchill Posts: 772 Member
    Nope
  • justal313
    justal313 Posts: 1,375 Member
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    Allows me to shake off the pain if I overdo my exercises, thus allowing me to get back at it.


    That's the only pill I've taken to help me lose weight...

    well... sometime this..

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  • sjayleen
    sjayleen Posts: 18 Member
    yes, PHENTERMINE 37.5 THEY WERE PRESCRIBED BY A DOTOR. AFTER I GAVE BIRTH TO MY DAUGHTER I LOST 30 POUNDS IN 2 MONTHS, I KEPT IT OFF FOR A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME BUT FELL BACK INTO MY OLD EATING HABITS =(
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    I took ephedrine in college. It was successful for keeping me awake in class.
  • jerryvo
    jerryvo Posts: 66 Member
    1 a day mens chewables have worked for me. I take 2 in the morning, eat healthy, and work out. The pounds have been coming off steadily. I attributed it to the ones that look like a bunch of grapes not the ones that look like raspberries.
  • IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym
    IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym Posts: 5,573 Member
    that's how I got here. No diet. No exercise. Just diet pills.
  • mingecrackers
    mingecrackers Posts: 152
    I tried phentermine, but it made me so sick and shaky and gave me heart pains. NOT WORTH IT
  • cmurphy252
    cmurphy252 Posts: 279 Member
    I doubt they'd be on this site if it were successful. Taking diet pills doesnt teach you how to change your relationship with food; therefore, when you stop taking them, you gain the weight back once you go back to your old eating habits (I can attest to that).
  • Mia_RagazzaTosta
    Mia_RagazzaTosta Posts: 4,885 Member
    Try to get an ADHD diagnosis. Thank me later.


    (totally kidding)
  • gabbygirl78
    gabbygirl78 Posts: 936 Member
    No OTC diet pills have worked for me but Phentermine is awesome. helped me shed 85 lbs and I kept it off for 2 years but then went through a divorce and got laid off from my job, went to nursing school and gained it back. Now I'm about to get back on it and get this weight back off.
  • joannadalina
    joannadalina Posts: 112 Member
    I wonder the same thing.
    Especially about Herbalife.

    But I always hear that when you stop you gain the weight back and then some. So I stick to the old fashion way, good ol exercise and eating healthy.

    Best of luck!
  • shelbelw
    shelbelw Posts: 48 Member
    Yes. The Sudafed you have to sign for at the pharmacy. It cut my appetite in half. Unfortunately, it also gave me heart palpitations and higher blood pressure. But for the eight months I used it, I dropped weight.

    If your question is, "Have I tried a HEALTHY, successful diet pill?" then the answer is no.
  • asp415
    asp415 Posts: 1,492 Member
    oever the counter made me sick to my stomach. Meridia worked, but of course they took it off the market & my weight went back up.
  • bcf7683
    bcf7683 Posts: 1,653 Member
    1 a day mens chewables have worked for me. I take 2 in the morning, eat healthy, and work out. The pounds have been coming off steadily. I attributed it to the ones that look like a bunch of grapes not the ones that look like raspberries.

    Why not the raspberry ones? Don't they have ketones?? :embarassed:
  • Amylith
    Amylith Posts: 1 Member
    I've used a few. One was a carb blocker, worked ok, when I ran out I gained the weight back, and when I bought more it was like my body had built a tolerance and it didn't work anymore. I tried one of the "energy/suppressant" types, made me shaky like other readers said. And I only lost like 8 pounds. I tried Lipozene for awhile and that worked well, it works by making you feel full when you're actually eating, so you eat less. As soon as I stopped taking it I gained the weight back, and my downfall with it was that if I intended to have a pig out session, I wouldn't take the pills (you take them right before you eat), so my own behaviors that got me fat still kept me fat with the pills. I've given up on the pills and what is working for me now is getting to the gym instead of the kitchen when I am having a bad day. Good luck!
  • elkahallick
    elkahallick Posts: 1,138 Member
    I just use the shake weight that I ordered off of an infomercial and an easy button from staples and Walla.......
  • asianmonkie
    asianmonkie Posts: 264
    Nope. It leaves me constipated and super anxious like my head was going to explode!
  • kjimmie4848
    kjimmie4848 Posts: 123 Member
    I took Stacker 2 with ephedra stay awake when I worked overnight shifts. I never got hungry and my heart stayed racing. Then they were taken off the market for killing people or something so no more pills for me.

    ETA: Ephedra? Ephedrine? Idk.
  • starlaca
    starlaca Posts: 779 Member
    Yes. The Sudafed you have to sign for at the pharmacy. It cut my appetite in half. Unfortunately, it also gave me heart palpitations and higher blood pressure. But for the eight months I used it, I dropped weight.

    If your question is, "Have I tried a HEALTHY, successful diet pill?" then the answer is no.

    Funny you mentioned the Sudafed. I've been taking the same thing but the off-brand one for the past several days because my allergies have been really bad. I've noticed that I have way more energy and am hardly ever hungry. Now I know why you have to sign for them at the pharmacy. It's tempting for me to keep taking them but I know that the smart thing to do would be to not.
  • mamadon
    mamadon Posts: 1,422 Member
    Over a period of twenty years, I tried both OTC diet pills and one prescription. Some worked in the short run, but none for the long haul. This is the first time in my life anything has ever worked. What is working now is this; eating at a calories deficit.

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