Looking for people who are trying out Contrave? Thoughts? Is it working?

Hello, I started Contrave on Monday May 22 so far I love it! It took away all my cravings... I now feel I have to almost force my self to eat. I've had minor side effects like light headaches and not being able to sleep very well but I also feel lots of energy hope it continues to work

I am also taking it. I am just about to start week 4. For those who have successful, what are you eating and how much? What does your food diary look like?

tescamilla13 wrote: »

I started taking it yesterday and I felt horrible, I had to leave work and go straight to bed. I slept off and on from 11:00 am until today around 11:00 am. Had a horrible headache, nausea and even had a little vomiting before bed. Didn't take one today, not sure if I should continue taking them.

Hi, Tescamilla, did you continue taking the Contrave and did it get better? I am supposed to start it today, but have concerns about the side effects.

Hi, everyone. I started taking Contrave this morning. No side effects at all, I did take it with breakfast so maybe that helped? I was worried based on some previous posts so I didn't have any caffeine this morning. I want to lose 50 pounds.

After a long talk with my doctor I decided to give Contrave a try and just started it this week. Of course during week 1 you are only taking 1/4 of the ongoing dosage (including none in the evening when I'm usually the most challenged) so it is hard to really give a read. So far no apparent side effects, though when meal time approaches I am getting a bit of the light-headed low blood sugar feeling. I'm going to put in more energy tracking that to see if it is the Contrave itself, or if it is the result of my skipping a between-meal snack. That would be good for weight loss, but I may need to force myself to snack a bit. The key question is, does it help me actually carry out my plan to eat an apple or almonds rather than finding myself detouring to the lure of chocolate or pretzels?

The main positive impact I've noted is that I'm only eating 1/2-2/3 of what is on my plate. Normally I'm a clean plate kind of guy, where even if full I keep wanting to take one more bite until it is all gone. The last few days, without even thinking about it, I just put my fork down when I was full. If that holds, this is going to work well.

Hi everyone... looking for lots of support and encouragement. Feeling a bit down as of right now. I started Contrave on June 10 and as of today (7/31) I've only lost 5 lbs. I can't seem to budge. My cravings are down somewhat though I know I still make some wrong dietary decisions. My exercise level is minimal due to a work injury to my hand. I am walking a lot though so I'm getting something at least. I need to get down another 7lbs or more by 9/7 when I return to my doctor. The side effects I first experienced were nausea, headaches, dizziness, flushing and constipation. All but the headaches and nausea are gone (thankfully), but I gotta tell ya they are kicking my butt. I'm so drained by the end of the day with the pressure in my head and neck. The nausea comes on about an hour after my morning dose (6am) and usually subsides by noon. Sometimes it doesn't start up after the second dose, but when it does it's the same time period. I can tolerate it though. The headaches are another thing. It doesn't matter if I take Excedrin, Advil, etc. it doesn't budge. Am currently on the full dose - 2 pills in the AM, 2 in the afternoon.

(Forgot to add into my original post - I'm looking to lose 80lbs and then some. I'd be happy with getting down to 200 by Thanksgiving, which means 25lbs right now.)

My biggest complaint / concern is that I have zero support system. Well that's not entirely true - I do have my husband, but he's not in need of serious weight loss like me. My family is practically non-existent, my co-workers are "difficult" and catty. I have a busy neighborhood and the people are very nice, but I'm an introvert so chatting up with them is hard. Besides with my work schedule and then physical therapy in the evening, it makes getting out all the more difficult. But enough with the excuses... I really need some encouragement. I recently won a 70lb heavy bag and finally tracked down a stand for it. I plan on using it in my backyard since I have limited indoor space. I used to do kickboxing and loved it, but then scheduling conflicts made me cancel that membership. So I'd like to start that up again. My husband is setting it up tonight and I plan on getting out there and doing what I can with the limited use of my left hand. Everything else works fine - legs, right hand / arm - so there's no reason why I can't at least do 3/4 of my body, right? Hopefully with the combination of that, plus a stricter diet I can drop the required pounds in a month (though praying for more).

Please feel free to message me with your thoughts, ideas, anything. I love to write so I will respond. Together we can do this... please nudge me along the way.

p.s. - how do you friend request someone on this board?

Today is day 9 taking contrave

SW 340
CW 328
1st GW 300
Main GW 200

After day 5 seems like weight started falling quick.

rscontreras1 wrote: »

I started Contrave Oct 2015 and by Feb 2016, I lost 80lbs and unfortunately ended up in the hospital for 3 weeks. Apparently I lost too much weight in a short period of time compromising my system. Ended up with pancreatitis and gall bladder disease. Had gall bladder removed and now I am taking medication for pre-dibetes.
I gained some of the weight back and my question to the group is will I lose weight if I start taking 1 pill a day? I found that at the max dosage of 4 pills was very strong for me. I had zero appetite and oftentimes went days without eating.

How big are the pills ?

Hello all! I am about to go back onto Contrave in a few days. I was out for a couple of months at the end of 2015 but I couldn't afford it anymore. I lost about 20 lbs so I know it will work for me.

My question is about where you got your rx filled. In 2015 I used. CVS with the discount card and it was $70. Now I'm using Walmart and they want to charge me $99 with the discount card! I'm like what!? Has anyone else seen a price hike or should I go back to CVS?

This is my second week on contrave just wondering how everyone is doing? I have a few side effects for the first couple of days (headache and nausea) but I haven't experienced anything else since. I haven't weighed myself yet, I plan to weigh myself Friday.

5ft 1
SW 160
GW 125

angleeho1801 wrote: »

Let me know how it works out. I've been considering trying it out. Did you get it thru your doctor or the company? Thanks! Angie

I will definitely give an update. My doctor prescribed them for me. I asked for phentermine and she prescribed these instead.

I started it yesterday and my appetite was gone within 30 minutes and was gone for the day. So this morning I decided to eat breakfast before I took it and was so glad I did. I just tried to eat a salad about 12 hours after taking the pill and I feel like I'm 7 months pregnant with a taco baby. I def needed a curb in my emotional eating but I do need to eat some so this is concerning since it's only 1/4 of the full dose. Other than that I do feel a bit agitated or easily frustrated which stinks because I'm generally chill. Will keep trying

I started today. I'm hopeful. Going to drink lots of water today as I've heard that minimizes the side effects.

SW 197
GW 130

Hi all, I just finished reading 95% of this entire thread. I started Contrave yesterday. Starting weight is 185 and goal weight is 155.

I'm only on day two, but so far I am as hungry as ever, BUT I noticed today that even though I was hungry, I had no real interest in eating. It took me forever to eat my lunch as I kept putting it down to do other things. It's an odd feeling. My normal state is eating when I'm not hungry and today I was not wanting to eat while actually being hungry.

Side effects not really bothersome at this point. I'll try to come back here and check in in a few days.

This cracked me up. I just started last night and feel fine but noticed i kept putting my lunch down which is so odd because normally I’m shoving it down!
If you get this let me know how you’re doing!