Phentermine ... Is it Harmful? Posted: 08-17-07 13:04pm
I would just like a professional opinion
on Phentermine, and whether it is harmful.
I heard recently that it can harm the
heart valves. Also, if anyone has
personal experience with it, I would love
to hear about it. I was on it myself for
a few months, but am scared now to take
it. It definitely works!
Thanks!
Christina
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womaninpain
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Jul 2007 Posts: 179
Posted: 12-28-07 23:28pm
I took Phentermine for months. I must say
that I lost about 15lbs with it but
although it did not make my heart race or
make me shaky it made me stay awake, I
wasn't hyper and was tired but couldn't
sleep. I realized that if I missed a day
on it I would crash really bad and I would
sleep the day and night away. So I started
to take it so that I wouldn't crash BUT it
stopped helping me in the weight loss
department and I just became an insomniac!
I became addicted to it because I feared
the consequences if I got off of it. When
I finally weened myself off of it I had
horrible sleeping patterns and actually
became very irritable, I had to take anti
depressants and sleeping pills just to get
me back to normal and with all of that
going on I ended up gaining all of my
weight back..honestly I would not
recommend this to anyone! I have never
been able to keep up with pills in my life
and have never been addicted to anything
other than cigarettes but this was a
horrible experience for me all around. The
whole process was about 2 years long and
now I am fat but back to normal at least.
