How Long?

bubblygirl927 · 08-03-2006, 06:08 PM

Is phentermine supposed to start working immediately? I took it once yesterday and then again this morning and my appetite is NOT surpressed (I took todays about 4 hours ago, it is 37.5mg). Is it supposed to take a few days to work? I bought it online and I am afraid that I have been scammed

**susanpesek** · 08-03-2006, 08:57 PM

:grin: Hi, bubblygirl927! For me, they worked even better after I had taken them 2 months than after 1. :eek: I was always hungry but still able to control my appetite more than before I took them. A little trick I tried was making a menu for myself at the beginning of the day and giving myself times of when to eat. Before each 3 hour-spaced mini-meal, I would drink as much as I could of lemon water. (I add an Equal packet and call mine lemonade. )I could do it if I knew I could eat again in 3 hours! The funny thing is that the phen continued working better even into the 2nd month!

Good luck. HOLD ON!! BEAT THIS THING ONCE AND FOR ALL! If I can do it, ANYBODY can do it!

PS Check with the phen photos identified on this forum. If you describe them for Top-Dawg, he can tell you whether it is real or not. He's a pharmacist~

amandads · 08-03-2006, 09:01 PM

Most people feel the effects from taking Phentermine the first day they take it. It may be that you have a natural tolerance to it, it's rare but it does happen.

If you are worried about the pills that you got, describe them for me and let me see if we can't figure out if you got the real thing or not, or take them to a local pharmacist and see if they can tell you. Until we know for certain, I would recommend you stop taking them, just to be safe.

bubblygirl927 · 08-03-2006, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by AmandaDS

Most people feel the effects from taking Phentermine the first day they take it. It may be that you have a natural tolerance to it, it's rare but it does happen.

If you are worried about the pills that you got, describe them for me and let me see if we can't figure out if you got the real thing or not, or take them to a local pharmacist and see if they can tell you. Until we know for certain, I would recommend you stop taking them, just to be safe.

They are white with blue specks and says A-159 on them. I guess if they haven't started working on day 2 they aren't going to work?

amandads · 08-03-2006, 10:25 PM

They sound real to me. I would say it's a very good probability that you just have a natural tolerance to them. That can't be helped. I'm sorry that you bought them w/o knowing.

**sweet4jay** · 08-03-2006, 10:32 PM

Hey Bubblygirl! Don't quit taking them! Those sound like the real deal!
Reason why I say don't quit taking them is b/c just from personal experience, I can say that it took a good 2 1/2-3 weeks for the appetite supression to kick in for me! And it seems like the longer I'm on them, the more my appetite is being supressed! I'm nearing the end of my 5th week, & still feeling quite a bit of appetite supression!!! I no longer have that jittery energized feeling, but on the other hand, I never get tired or sluggish during the day either! I'm always wide awake & alert, even up until it is time for bed! :shock: I only noticed the jittery, energized feeling for like 3-4 days at the most. It leveled off after that. One thing that hasn't changed over the entire course of taking these is my dry mouth! It started on Day 1 & hasn't let up since!!! I'm still thirsty when it's time for bed at night! That's how bad it is! But, it's actually a good thing cuz drinking lots of water is sooooo important!!!

GL to you, & I sure hope you start feeling the effects soon! But, if you can stand to, I would stick it out for at least 2-3 weeks & see if your appetite starts diminishing!

tlove043 · 08-04-2006, 06:47 PM

I am new to this forum but I am so glad that I came across it, I was told about phentermine from a friend and was just about to order it online from one of the "avoid" list of pharmacy’s. :eek:
I would just like to ask a question about the difference in the 15mg,30mg,37.5mg. I have taken diet pills in the past (Pen-phen) and (redux) :( before it was taken off the market and lost a lot of weight. So I am really nervous about taken anything else, however i need to loose about 80+ pounds i'm currently at 266 @ 5'7. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to start out slowly but not so slow that I can’t see any changes. Has anyone used the different doses and the effect of each. I am exercising 5 to 6 days a week and eating well, so I just need a little advise on what to do to get a little more help? :grin: Thanks In advance!!!

**sweet4jay** · 08-04-2006, 08:11 PM

I can assure you that Phentermine is completely safe when taken as advised!!! It is NOTHING like fen-Phen! That was a combination of 2 drugs that proved deadly when combined! This is just ONE of the ingredients of fen-Phen, so it is completely different!!!
I'm not sure about the 15mg dosage, but the 30mg is time-released capsules, which means a little bit is released into your system all day long. The 37.5mg tablets are all released into your system at once, but the effects last for 12 hours. Some people like the time-released better, some people like the tablets better. I guess they work differently for everybody! You just gotta find which one works better for you! Personally, I like the 37.5mg tablets better! The 30mg time-released capsules didn't work very well for me. I still felt hungry most of the time, so I switched to the tablets & immediately liked those better! But then there are other people who say that they lose more weight taking the 30mg ones... :???:
So, it's just an individual thing.
GL to you!