Looking for friends taking Phentermine

I started taking it today. You'll get a lot of hate from people on these types of forums for taking phentermine. I've been a member of MFP for years. When taking phentermine you can't just take it and expect permanent change. You have to use it as an aid to help you change your lifestyle. I've made dietary changes, workout four/five times a week, and count my calories. I'm using the phentermine as a tool to help aid my weight loss. I'm still going to put in the hard work so I can make this a permanent change in my life. My reason for taking it is my family history of diabetes and heart disease. I've been obese for a while so I know my body has to be taking a toll. I need to lose the weight as quickly as I can to avoid/improve these health concerns.

tincanonastring wrote: »

Man, all these people taking phentermine again and again. It's almost like using it doesn't actually teach you anything about how to control your eating habits.

@tincanonastring! Do you really think anyone is listening? Heart damage is very permanent! Counting calories, so passé.

Phentermine was wonderful to me when I took it in 2003, I ended up losing 75 lbs. Like everyone once you go off of Phentermine you slowly or quickly gain weight back. I am not here to talk about the weight loss or weight gain, I want to tell you what happened to me once I took it on and off for a year. My liver enzymes exploded, I went from high triglicerides to Nash to a small scar on my liver so they now call it "Non-alcoholic liver cirrohis" Thank God it is only a 1x1 inch patch and I have been able to keep it there with meds I have to take twice daily. On top of that I have developed huge amounts of kidney stones. Seriously, I had 8 in one and 6 in the other one and had to have surgery to crush them all. I went from diabetes free to type two diabetes and am now on insulin. My health went downhill fast. Both my gastric doctor and my kidney doctor blame the Phentermine. I was able to keep the weight off for 3 years and then everything went to hell. Please, Please, Please be careful. It has taken me 10 years to get my health back up enough to have weight loss surgery which is what I am having on Feb. 29th. Phentermine nearly took my life it def gave me 10 years of hell that I am hoping to now build back up. As much energy as you are feeling now, Fatique took over my life once it all went to hell and I could barely get out of bed to get my kids to school and then pick them up. It was the most horrible after experience I have had in my life.