Anyone taking Adipex (Phentermine)?

Does anyone know if it's safe to take Phentermine if you've had your gallbladder removed? Just got a RX yesterday and completely forgot to ask.

I am on month 3 of Phentamine and you can see my weight loss below. Although I have a lot of the side effects, the fact that I am losing weight has helped my body image immensely! Can anyone share their experiences with coming off Phentamine and how your body reacted? I'm worried about not managing my appetite and stress eating.

I'm actually just finishing up month two and am down 13 pounds! It feels great! Maybe not as much as I could have lost but this is such an improvement for me that I'm not complaining. My last day of work is today as Ive been laid off. Plan on starting to exercise tomorrow to compensate for feeling down about being out of work. Also go to the doctor tomorrow to check in. I love watching my belly fat disappear and my waistline return.

I have just started taking this today. I was on it a long time ago (last year) and have been dieting hard core since March. I am down 54# now and hoping to lose 100 total

I was searching Google for information on Phentermine when I came across this post...

My PCP just prescribed me 37.5mg Phentermine, because I've experienced a significant weight gain following a miscarriage last fall. I'm excited to add this to a healthy diet and regular exercise (I begin training for my 2nd marathon next month) but I'm curious...

TO THOSE WHO HAVE TAKEN PHENTERMINE IN THE PAST (BUT ARE NO LONGER USING IT): what happened once you stopped taking it?? Did you gain any/all of the weight back?

I've read a lot of comments from people who are on it now and "hoping" not to gain the weight back- and some from people who "know someone" who gained all the weight back... But I'd really just like to hear from people who have gone through the entire experience and come out the other side. Thank you!!

I was on it about 17 years ago, when it was prescribed in combination with fenfluramine, and lost around 50 lbs. Then I lost another 10 after coming off it, and was at my goal, a size 4. I kept the weight off for 10 years by continuing to keep a food diary and exercising regularly, until I had a baby and became more sedentary. I also was dealing with a bit of postpartum depression, which sapped my motivation and energy. I had no problems while I was on phen, and I had none when I quit. Yes, it was harder to control my appetite, but I was motivated by the big weight loss and great lifestyle changes I had made.

After many attempts to lose the regained weight over the past 6 years, I'm back on phen. Critics on these phen threads always say you will absolutely regain the weight if you use diet drugs. That's absolutely true--if you lapse into old habits. But I have also regained a lot of weight lost by normal dieting and exercise, and I regained it quicker than I ever did after my phentermine diet. That leads me to believe that it has nothing to do with the drug, and everything to do with sustained habits. Phentermine is a tool to control an out of control appetite, and nothing else. Weight loss maintenance hinges on continuing to exercise and watch your diet after you've reached goal, whether you take phen or not.

I took it last year from Feb to April lost 45 pounds but have since gained 37 of it back.

So... You gained back 3/4 of what you lost? Why do you think that was?? Was it due to poor diet or lack of exercise? I'm curious as to why nearly everyone who takes it has the same experience... Wondering if it's being treated as a "magic" pill instead of something to assist onself during a lifestyle change in becoming more active and eating healthy?

I was on it about 17 years ago, when it was prescribed in combination with fenfluramine, and lost around 50 lbs. Then I lost another 10 after coming off it, and was at my goal, a size 4. I kept the weight off for 10 years by continuing to keep a food diary and exercising regularly, until I had a baby and became more sedentary. I also was dealing with a bit of postpartum depression, which sapped my motivation and energy. I had no problems while I was on phen, and I had none when I quit. Yes, it was harder to control my appetite, but I was motivated by the big weight loss and great lifestyle changes I had made.

After many attempts to lose the regained weight over the past 6 years, I'm back on phen. Critics on these phen threads always say you will absolutely regain the weight if you use diet drugs. That's absolutely true--if you lapse into old habits. But I have also regained a lot of weight lost by normal dieting and exercise, and I regained it quicker than I ever did after my phentermine diet. That leads me to believe that it has nothing to do with the drug, and everything to do with sustained habits. Phentermine is a tool to control an out of control appetite, and nothing else. Weight loss maintenance hinges on continuing to exercise and watch your diet after you've reached goal, whether you take phen or not.

Well said, ido. But don't waste your breath, if you know what I mean. If you talk about taking diet pills here, the only thing you can do is defend it. It's not even worth your time. I can't remember, did you join the FB group? If not, it's a place you can ask questions, discuss concerns, etc. Most of all be free of this back and forth.

Oh, I know. I don't bother to defend it anymore. But this time I was responding to a poster who asked for a story from someone who had actually had a good result with phen, because all they had been hearing were anecdotes from people who knew someone that had gained back all their weight right away after going off it, rather than any first-person experiences.

I've just discovered Phentermine on the web and it seems like a good idea to kickstart weight loss in combination with diet and exercise. I don't have that much to lose (about 14lbs to ideal weight), so am finding it hard to make any headway but know that if I can shed 5lbs my motivation will increase and keep me going. I need to lose it for a special event by September. But I'd like advice if anyone is able to give it, about how you know whether you are buying Adipex/phentermine from a reputable source if you get if off prescription? Especially in the UK? Thanks

Yes, you're probably right, but I'm going round in circles as life is stressful at present so I'm exhausted and then eat. Sounds as though a short blast of phentermine would provide a temporary solution to both problems and help me move forward rather than feeling stuck. I wouldn't want to take anything in the long term.

Arden, I don't think a doctor would give it to you if you only have 14 pounds to lose. They have some kind of guidelines; not sure if it is BMI or what. I know you have to be either obese or pretty far up there on the overweight side.

Like idojpdex, I also see a doctor who specializes in this field. I know some people buy it illegally on the internet, but I would never take it unless I was monitored. At every visit, my doctor listens to my heart, takes my blood pressure, sometimes gives me an EKG,. She asks for blood test results frequently, just to check things out. I just couldn't do it any other way.

about 10 years ago I was on it. combined with low carb diet and exercise I lost about 30 pounds in about 6 weeks. then i got off it and stuck to the diet and exercise. (added in healthy carbs like fruit and grains but upped my exercise) and lost another 30 pounds. was able to maintain that until I graduated law school and got a job that required longer hours with a lot of catered unhealthy meals. plus was back to my family where food is the center of everything. took me about 2 years to gradually gain it all back. so I would say the best way to do it is to work out and eat healthy and ease off of it. of course if you aren't on it and still have bad habits you would gain weight. why wouldn't you??

So true! I can't tell you how many pounds I've gained back without phentermine having been in the mix. It all comes down to maintaining the lifestyle changes once you lose it, no matter how you lose it.

I have taken it before in the past and I did gain the weight back due to not eating healthy! I started again on May 14, 2014 and after 9 days I lost 8 lbs with eating better along with exercise! I had to stop right after the 9 days due to surgery along with anesthesia and I was able to keep my weight down for those 3 weeks without the pills because I was eating right!! I was just able to go back on my Phentermine prescribed by my PCP and I am back to dropping weight again

Arden, I don't think a doctor would give it to you if you only have 14 pounds to lose. They have some kind of guidelines; not sure if it is BMI or what. I know you have to be either obese or pretty far up there on the overweight side.

Like idojpdex, I also see a doctor who specializes in this field. I know some people buy it illegally on the internet, but I would never take it unless I was monitored. At every visit, my doctor listens to my heart, takes my blood pressure, sometimes gives me an EKG,. She asks for blood test results frequently, just to check things out. I just couldn't do it any other way.

Untrue I was barely ten pounds over and my doctor gave it to me. Very easy to get. I said hey I quit smoking and now I replaced it with eating and I'm turning into a huge blob fat *kitten*, she said her take this for a month to get your eating in control. I had been on it twice and the first time at 145 a doctor suggested it because he felt I was so fat (jerk)
I have kept the weight off, so heart problems, took half in am and pm

I started taking the supplement in August of 2010 and I quit taking it in April of 2011. I also did weight watchers while on the pill. Once I got off of it, I did not gain the weight back. My weight has fluctuated here and there, but that is because of my own eating habits or lack of awareness. I will not say that the pill is the be all end all, and I am very much aware that diet and exercise is the best and most effective way to lose weight and stay healthy. However, I am a firm believer that people actually do need help. I am not saying that it should be a pill, or Jenny Craig, or weight watchers, or whatever, I think this decision is best made by the person. Some people can count calories and exercise and do just fine, some people need a support group to reassure and coach them, other people need the pill to help them adapt and change their habits. I am one of those people. I am an extremely motivated and driven person, except when it comes to weigh loss. I do really well for a little while and then I do terrible. I am not able to stay consistent on my own. I understand that it did not take a day to put on and it will take more than a day to take off, but having my appetite suppressed allows me to consider what I am about to eat because I am not eating just to eat. It gives me gradual results which allows me to stick with it. The first time I took it, I lost 60 pounds and I am still down about that much. I will say that it should be used as an aide, not as the only thing doing the work. I have known people who have gained all of their weight back after getting off of it, and I also know people who have been off of it for years and are still maintaining their weight. I understand both sides of this argument, but I don't feel it's any different than taking a sleeping pill for sleep or whatever. Yes we all need to sleep, but I am working extremely hard to be healthy. If this allows me to do that, than so be it. I eat healthier than a lot of people I know, they just don't take a pill. I think if you use it as an aide, learn to eat healthy, and implement exercise, then you are using it for its proper purpose. If it makes you happy and helps you get where you are going, I wouldn't worry about what the consensus says.

I was on it about 17 years ago, when it was prescribed in combination with fenfluramine, and lost around 50 lbs. Then I lost another 10 after coming off it, and was at my goal, a size 4. I kept the weight off for 10 years by continuing to keep a food diary and exercising regularly, until I had a baby and became more sedentary. I also was dealing with a bit of postpartum depression, which sapped my motivation and energy. I had no problems while I was on phen, and I had none when I quit. Yes, it was harder to control my appetite, but I was motivated by the big weight loss and great lifestyle changes I had made.

After many attempts to lose the regained weight over the past 6 years, I'm back on phen. Critics on these phen threads always say you will absolutely regain the weight if you use diet drugs. That's absolutely true--if you lapse into old habits. But I have also regained a lot of weight lost by normal dieting and exercise, and I regained it quicker than I ever did after my phentermine diet. That leads me to believe that it has nothing to do with the drug, and everything to do with sustained habits. Phentermine is a tool to control an out of control appetite, and nothing else. Weight loss maintenance hinges on continuing to exercise and watch your diet after you've reached goal, whether you take phen or not.

Well said, ido. But don't waste your breath, if you know what I mean. If you talk about taking diet pills here, the only thing you can do is defend it. It's not even worth your time. I can't remember, did you join the FB group? If not, it's a place you can ask questions, discuss concerns, etc. Most of all be free of this back and forth.

What is the facebook group, can someone send me the link? I started taking it last Saturday, and I'd love to meet some people doing the same!