[zoey]

Kaydee, are you still taking this medication? Did you get it from a doctor or online? I would really suggest that you make an appointment for a complete physical with blood work and make sure there's no other problem. Then you can develop a plan with your doctor.

[crystalpalace]

I just started taking 15mg. of phentermine in capsule form yesterday. the only side effects i had was that my left eye had twitches on and off for a few minutes and also i had pain in the top of my head, but not severe. has anyone ever had their left eye twitch briefly from it?

i plan to stay on this for four weeks, but my concern is that once i stop taking it, i will be more hungry than ever and eating like a pig and also depressed because the serotonin is no longer being released like it is when you're on phentermine. so, i was wondering does anyone have any suggestions for getting off of it?

i was thinking since i'm on one 15 mg capsule a day, maybe i could take one capsule every other day, and also start opening the capsule and dumping some of the medicine out and taking it each day with less and less medicine inside. do you guys think this would work?

if it were in tablet form, i could just cut it up and take less and less each day, but i'm taking the capsule and i don't know if it would be safe to switch at the end to a tablet, since there are so many different versions of the medicine.

thanks for whatever input you can give!

[gwils]

i was wondering is there anyone else besides me who suffered with severe constipation using phentermine? at first, i thought it was the water pills the doctor gave me but i stopped using the water pills. now i'm very constipation. if so, how do you continue using without being constipated?

[Ian]

How much water are you drinking in each day? What kinds of foods
do you usually eat? You could possibly prevent future constipation
while on Phen by increasing the fiber in your diet. A good rule is
to only eat whole grain breads, cereals, or anything like that.

As far as what you can do right now, I'm not sure. I do know
that other people in the forum have had to deal with constipation
just like you are, though. I'm sorry you must experience that. :(

[sessy]

I don't seem to have any problems with constipation, thus far. My only thing has been that I have achy muscles, specially my stomach (like from doing abdominal work) and my upper thighs (like doing squats)....Has anyone had these symptoms? I also had not ate since Sunday afternoon until today, and when I tried to eat a salad, I got so full so fast, I felt like I was going to throw up. Does anyone else get the feeling that they want to throw up after they eat?

[Ian]

Please try to eat more often. Your body is starving now. That's part of the
reason that you felt like throwing up after you ate. Your metabolism is
also very low. If you don't eat at least 3 meals a day, your body will
try its hardest not to burn the calories you eat, and it will try to store them
as fat instead.

A key to success with weight loss and Phentermine is to use the Phentermine
to help yourself eat better foods in the right proportions and teach your body
to love them! Also the extra energy from Phen helps make it easier to start
teaching your body to love exercise too!

[crazybeautiful]

Originally Posted by oxygen

My neighbor told me about phentermine since they had lost around 9 poudns in the first week. 1 and a half weeks later they'd lost 10 more pounds. I saw how it was working well so I went online and ordered the
phentermine 30 mg blue and white pills. It cost me $139, but I thought that since it worked for my neighbor I'd lose weight with it too.

The first week was really great I lose 8 lbs and had way too much energy. After that I didn't lose much more and later I've gained it all back plus a couple pounds, but I'm still taking Phentermine because I need the energy. Has this happened to anyone? I've read that it can be habit forming for some people and I almost feel like i need phentermine just to get up in the morning.

I have been taking phentermine for about 2 1/2 weeks.. The first week and a half, I lost about 9-10 lbs. I would drink a diet shake for b-fast and for lunch, then have dinner plus numerous glasses of water. I couldn't have been happier! The second I would wake up and see the pounds drop day after day filled me w/ the happiness I'd been searching for and gave me the confidence and hope to loose more weight. Yet since then, I haven't been loosing any more weight and haven't seen any drastic results. I am afraid that I am already immune to the pill after using it for only 2 1/2 weeks!! I also worry that despite the fact that it doesn't seem to be working for me anymore, I will become addicted to it. Honestly, loosing weight and my body image is ALL I ever think about; it has taken over my thoughts, feelings, & actions literally. I'll keep u updated on my progress! :=)

[Trinity524]

I just started taking phentermine on Friday... Did anyone keep a journoal of how much weight the lost and the dates?