adipex/phentermine

I was on it for 3 weeks. My aunt introduced it to me after taking it for a year and a half. She didn't take it the whole time, she forgot pills constantly and never exercised. But she lost weight and kept the weight off even after not taking it for months. And I don't mean 10lbs, she lost 30lbs.
But back to my experience. I only stopped becuase I was pregnant, no other reason. I took one pill a day, in the morning and it was hard to eat. I had no appetite. The first day or two I felt shaky and dizzy at times. One time I took it and it stuck to the back of my throat I felt like I was in a movie where they speed things up, it was crazy. But after I started eating regularly, probably 3/4th day, I loved what it did. I had so much energy and I did exercise. I am really bad with cravings but I had so little appetite my 3 or 4 sodas a day went to MAYBE half of one. It was nice having the boost in energy and nice not being hungry. If I wasn't nursing I would totally take it again.
ETA: with diet and exercise I lost 10lbs in three weeks. I was pregnant after so I van't tell you if it kept weight off though.

I've been on Phen for a little over a month and have lost 21 lbs. Of course that was combined with a controlled calorie, low carb/sugar, high protein diet along with exercise. I recommend it as long as you're changing your lifestyle along with it. The side effects I've experienced were a little jittery-ness in the beginning (that's resolved now) and dry mouth. Since it can affect blood pressure, I'm closely monitored by my doc.

Good luck to you!

I have been on it. I can only take it for a short period of time for it causes anxiety, irritability and insominia. I think it is a great "jump" start...I lost like 13 pounds in 3 weeks. Most of your weight loss from the pills are in the begining as your body adapts to it pretty quickly. It does raise your blood pressure so if you go to the dr let him/her know or they may freak out that its high. I also noticed increased and clearer thinking on it...

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I was on adipex for 6 months and lost over 55lbs. Since stopping it I have continued to lose weight and have lost a total of 79lbs total so far I know the pill helped me with portion control and helped with carb cravings . Not addicting at all .

I know some coworkers that claim that adipex has helped them, but they don't look any smaller to me.

This is my thrid time taking it.. The first time was 5 years ago..BAD experience! My doctor just put me on it and did not educate me on what to expect or what I should be doing..SO needless to say...I stayed up for days, hair started falling out, shakey, my face and skin started looking very rough..I did lose 20 pounds, but that time after stoping I gained it back and more..
My second time around..after gaining 90 pounds in one year..I went to a weightloss clinic..Best decision I ever made! My doctor there did the full bloodwork up, and went through my medical history. Then we went from there...I discovered that with my PCOS that I needed a little more structure to how I diet. She put me on Metformin for the PCOS, and then phentermine.. Only this time she stressede I must eat! and drink lots of water! not only to keep me hydrated but drinking water keeps your metabolism going, flushes fats, hydrates your hair, etc...She also said I need to take vitamins, and she broke down my meals into a higher protein, mild carb diet..That way my body was not crashing, from the phentermine..She also recomended me take half my phentermine early in the morning, and then mid afternoon take the second half, that way I had a choice. If I was still energized around 1 pm then hold hopld on the second half..drink more water and have an apple..that bit of sugar from the apple would boost my energy level without putting me ovee the top and staying up all night..It actually worked! Anyway..I did a month and a half...lost 30 pounds and have yet to gain that abck..I stopped due to getting pnuemonia
(couldn't mix meds with inhalers and meds to treat pnumonia) anyway after getting sick money was tight and could not afford to continue buying the pills and seeing the weightloss doctor..

so two years later I am starting again...Different doctor unfortunalty. but same game plan..I have all my material from the last time to help me. I have been on it this time since last saturday...no bad side effects..I am taking half a pill each day and depending on my body will take the second half later..This way my body is notting getting used to a high dose so quickly and then stop working later.. I have something to build up to, and hopefully stay on it a little longer and continue to work..

I have taken it several times. It seems to help less and less. I lost 40 lbs the first time. I have now lost 28# after 6 kids with diet and exercise alone. I feel so much better doing it this way then on phen. Although I did think it helped the first time i took it.