SO here I am almost 2 years out. I had gotten down to 262lbs from 330 and now I am back up to 272!!! This 10 lbs has been lingering for too long. Along with that I will be started infertility meds soon and they also put weight on - sooooo

I bit the bullet and started on phentermine today to get this 10lbs and hopefully more off before starting meds.

I have to say it really works awesome - no appetite.

I had a Protein shake for Breakfast

tomato Soup for lunch

flounder filet and squash for dinner

Just wondering if anyone else has any experience with this drug??

I was wondering,is this something that you get from the band doctor or your regular physician? What are the brand names? I remember taking Tenuate and Ionamin years ago but don't know if they were phentermine.

I took phentermine in the past as well. I will never do that again. They made me very jittery, irritable, my heart was constantly racing and my mouth was always feeling like it was full of cotton. Meridia did the same thing to me. No thank you, that is why I have the band, to live my life without diet pills and dieting.

Hi Susan I totally agree with you. The phentermine did the same thing to me and I will never go there again as well. I had gotten the band to get away from all that diet stuff as well and it feels real good to finally be off all that stuff.

I did take Phentermine for 3 weeks to get off of a plateau... I got off of it and ALL the weight came back on! The Dr. had told me that Phentermine + the band was safe, no weight gain when you get off of it but I put mine back on. 6lbs off in 3 weeks and then only 5 days to put all 6lbs back on.

cherg, that's funny!!! yeah ... that euphoria is a GREAT thing if you can handle it! hmmm .... you're making me reconsider!!!!