Anyone taking Adipex (Phentermine)?

PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!! LOL. I've been on wellbutrin for about two months for depression and has been really helping me out, but come to find out one of the side effects is appetite suppressant. it is helping me with both my issues no longer hungry no longer want to eat I'm well under 2000 calories a day from about 4000. my question is can I /should I combine wellbutrin and Phentermine together is anyone taking the two together? I going to ask my doc this week if he will write me a script. Please I need advice I've heard there are a lot of bad side effects from Phentermine is it worth the risk compared to the weight loss???thank you for your time guys please feel free to add me. Happy Easter!!!

spammy??? yes i'm really asking... Wellbutrin is well known for reducing hunger sorry you didn't have the same effects

I took these same drug years ago . I did lose 75 pounds unfortunately I lost it so quick that my gallbladder started developing stones and I had to have my gall bladder removed. You can lose weight with the help of this drug, but at some point you will have to come off of it and sometimes maintaining a weight loss is harder than trying to lose weight. Good luck to you. Most of us on this site know exactly how you feel....

I took these same drug years ago . I did lose 75 pounds unfortunately I lost it so quick that my gallbladder started developing stones and I had to have my gall bladder removed. You can lose weight with the help of this drug, but at some point you will have to come off of it and sometimes maintaining a weight loss is harder than trying to lose weight. Good luck to you. Most of us on this site know exactly how you feel....

Oh boy, that sounds painful. You make a really good point. The hard part is coming off of the drug. I have found that my appetite comes back with a vengeance. I had my internist prescribe it for me before, and he really didn't monitor me. Now I am going to a diet clinic. I feel much safer getting my blood pressure taken each month, and discussing concerns and problems with the doctor. Getting monitored is making all the difference in the world. I told the doctor my fears of coming off the drug. She said she will wean me off of it very gradually and monitor me for a few months after that.

For most people (women especially) the fear of being fat or staying fat or getting fat is simply the fear of being socially ostracized, socially marginalized, less loveable or unlovable. Sad but true.

Good point. It reminds me of that cartoon where a tubby man looks in a mirror and sees a guy with a hunky physique. And a slender female looks in the mirror and sees an overweight, out of shape woman.

I like that my daughter's generation doesn't seem to be affected by it. Or maybe it's just her and her friends that are secure in who they are. I grew up with big sisters that had magazines laying around that showed us what was wrong with us and what we needed to change. I believed every word.

So, I've been trolling these Adipex threads for about a week now. I started on Adipex 5 days ago. I'm 29, 5'5, HW- 190, SW 181, CW- 172. I also have PCOS, and a family history of Type 2 Diabetes (but not me).

I have a history of dieting- more intensely at times but basically for the past 15 years I've always felt like I was on a diet. I've gotten to the point where exercise is just part of my daily routine- i workout frequently- weights, crossfit, hot yoga, spin, cardio 5-6 days a week.

Because I've been "on a diet" for so long I really do make mostly healthy choices, but I had become slightly relaxed on just how healthy I was eating.

Well, I kicked it up a notch at the beginning of the year (Jan 2014) . I cut my my caloric intake to 1,200-1,400 range and my weight had barely budged in 3 months- literally I lost 2 pounds in 3 months.

I went to see my doc in March and told him I was just so frustrated. Its almost depressing to do it all right- measure, count, weigh, track, exercise and see NOTHING change. So he gave me Adipex. But i didn't start taking it right then. First I decided to try one more thing- eat for my PCOS.

So 5 weeks ago I went low GI, low carb and I cut grains, legumes, sugar, dairy, soy and alcohol- 90% of the time (a few cheats here and there so I can stay on track). In those 4.5 weeks i lost another 2 lbs.

Finally i said screw this- and started taking Adipex. In 5 days I've lost 3.2 more lbs. I hope that the weight keeps coming off for me.

All these people that say "track and exercise and you'll lose weight"... its sadly not always true for everyone.

I'm so worried that once I stop taking it, even though I will maintain my exercise and low carb/ essentially paleo lifestyle, I will start gaining again. I cant keep going on like this- Being obsessed with food/ calories and depressed over my body and weight, and the inability to lose weight.

Has anyone been in a similar situation? Made Healthy choices, regular exercise and still not able to lose- took Adipex, had success and kept it off?

My personal experience with Phentermine was not a good one. It was GREAT while I was taking it. I lost 35 pounds in a few months and loved it! As soon as I stopped taking it the weight started to pile on. After 6 months being off of it....I had gained 60 pounds more than my starting weight. I am still struggling to take that weigh off.

What they don't tell you is how confused your body becomes once you stop taking it.

My personal experience with Phentermine was not a good one. It was GREAT while I was taking it. I lost 35 pounds in a few months and loved it! As soon as I stopped taking it the weight started to pile on. After 6 months being off of it....I had gained 60 pounds more than my starting weight. I am still struggling to take that weigh off.

What they don't tell you is how confused your body becomes once you stop taking it.

I'm sorry to hear you had a poor result. I lost 60+ pounds on phen about 20 years ago, and I was fine when I came off it. I maintained the loss for 12 years +/- 5 lbs. because I continued to track calories and exercise. I had a baby and got lazy, so I gained much of it back, but I'm back on track again. I have gained plenty of weight back after dieting without phen, too. In my case, I think it's more about retaining good habits than it is some sort of post-phen whiplash.

I used it a few years ago with great success, I did gain the weight back but only because of my pregnancy. I felt it really helped and I would use it again if I could. I now live in Ohio and the drug laws are very different than in Florida. I think as long as you realize you must keep the life style change up, you can keep the weight off after you get off them.

My experience exactly. Ugh.

Junebuggy,

You're lucky to have such a daughter. There'll be so much less to worry about as she gets older

I believed all the evil advice and suggestions of Cosmo, Mademoiselle and Glamour magazines too. Including what a terrific idea it was to *kitten* around. Which they're still advocating, by the way, for women in their marketing sphere. I suppose it made up for how fat and ugly I felt too when I was in my 20s and a mere 140 lbs at 5'6'' - courtesy of what those magazines suggested. How wrong I was.

Those mags are *really* bad.

I'm so glad I undid that brainwashing in my 30s. When I was actually fat. HA HA HA HA HA HA! The unexpected silver lining

Nice to meet you Junebuggy.

Nice to meet you too, Newmeadow!

My sister and I were recently looking at old photos of ourselves where we were tiny! And we thought we were fat, at a Size 5. I wonder if those magazines have anything to do with young girls becoming anorexic.

I never really undid the brainwashing. Bu I am somewhat more realistic now. I can look in the mirror now, at 140 and 5'1 and I like what I see. 140 is still over the range that is supposed to be normal for my height. I wear an XL, but I still feel good. A few months ago, when I was in Plus Sized clothing, I felt miserable about how I looked.

It's kind of embarrassing to say, but I probably care more about how I will look than about the health benefits of losing weight.