Adipex

From my experiences, you'll be better served by developing a regular exercise and healthy nutrition regime. I know it's super tough to get going, but once you stick to it and get some results, it'll become a lot easier to stick to. Treat your workouts as a scheduled appointment that is non-optional, unless you're legitimately sick. Weight loss pills for the most part are crap. Time and consistency with proper nutrition and exercise will get you to your goals.

I take a stimulant similar to Adipex-P (for other medical reasons) and it will not help you as much as you would like to think. Like the posters mentioned above, you need to work through the fatigue and get into a routine. That is going to ensure your long term success far more than taking a pill ever will.

Here is a true story for you: currently I am about ten pounds from normal bmi and goal weight. I was once at my target weight, but after my 7th marathon, began to pile on pounds. I've been an athlete a while but I (incorrectly) assumed I could eat whatever for the most part since I work out so much.
Anyway, I didn't change much about my exercise, butthe one thing I did change was that I began tracking my food on here.
Nearly 7 months later I am down 51 pounds. I did not use drugs, such as the one you're considering, I monitored my eating habits more closely and remained active. About a full month before I decided to lose weight, a friend of mine went on adipex. With a month head start on me, she lost 34 lbs. So if you're thinking getting on the drugs will help you lose FASTER-- wrong. This girl was a full 80 lbs heavier than me to start, so she could have and should have lost weight faster initially.
On top of this, one can only stay on drugs for so long and they lose their effectiveness, never mind the other side effects others have mentioned. So now, she has stopped losing weight with a lot more to go, AND because she has not spent the past several months tracking her food and getting acquainted with healthier food choices and portions, as well as how to move past cravings without the use of drugs, shes starting to gain again--while I still lose on my drug free path. Now, you choose what you want to do.

I have taken it three times in the past. Every time my heart rate jumps super high and my left shoulder starts aching (heart related pain) so I get off of it. I have been desperate and didn't want to have to buck up and eat right and exercise, so I thought every time that maybe it would be different, that maybe this time adipex would be the magic fix. You definitely won't feel hunger, but that's about it. It's not a magic fix. If you just have willpower and get over the first week of restricting your calories, you'll get used to it and be just fine and won't need the pills. IMO, those pills are bad news. Just stick to a good diet and exercise and the weight will come right off. Promise.

I have been prescribed this in the past when I was almost 300 pounds (120 pounds ago). It is an appetite supressant. Personally, I had to force myself to eat -- I was never hungry and it elevated my HR significantly. Due to eating less, I did lose weight in very short order.

But when tapering down and quitting altogether, my appetite went back to normal and I was ALWAYS hungry and my energy level dropped. Most of the weight came back as quick as it left.

I would not recommend taking it. Do whatever you have to do to start an exercise regimen, stick to it, and count every Calorie you take in. Your energy level will go up after your body adapts to your new routine. The weight will stay off this way and you'll feel much better.