New to Phen and have a few questions.

[alynn]

Hi. I am relatively new here. I recently started taking 15mg of Phen. I was wondering how long it takes before the drug starts to help with your appetite? And I know everyone in here REALLY stresses to drink water. Why? I weigh about 165lbs at 5ft tall, 28 years old. I would like to lose about 35-40lbs. My biggest problem is that my appetite basically controls me. When I am eating breakfast, I am already thinking about lunch. At lunch, its dinner. Does anyone else feel like this? Should I increase to 30mg next month or can I try to take two 15mg spaced out during the day(or should i just hold off for another week)? Any input would be appreciated. Thanks...

[candygirl]

hi im new here too but i love this site it is so helpful. i am on the 15 mg also and my appetite is almost gone but sometimes late at night i get hungry. my dr said we would try the 15 for a month then if i was still hungry at night we would go to the 30. i start a new job jan 3rd 10 hour night shifts so i think i am going to go ahead and have him put me on the 30 so i can get thru the nights without a snack machine. there is a post on here about water that is really great i just like going thru all the old posts and getting helpful hints. i am so glad i found this site. i was 197.25 on dec.15 when i started and today i was 190 i thought that was good with xmas and all the temeptations. well good luck. :p

[nal]

Alynn - http://www.gifs.net/animate/welcome.gif

I definitely know how you feel - appetite in control of life.

Phen has really helped me with this issue. I take 30 mg. at noon each day. I have a little breakfast (usually some protein) at about 10 am. By taking it at noon, the effect gets me through until late evening. I do get the munchies at about 9 pm. I TRY to control them, but I find now that I can have just a few bites of something, and stop. So that's progress!

I'm not writing well this morning....I'm sure others will have more support to give.

[marian]

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I started taking 37.5 mg. and it helped with appetite control the first day. It made me very thirsty so I drank at least eight 8oz. glasses per day. This is really important. There is a lengthy thread about water consumption that will help you to understand why water is important. I think it was posted by Moonwatcher.

[ December 27, 2001: Message edited by: marian ]

[TheGirl]

I take 37.5mg of phentermine each morning around 9:00 and it helps to control my appetite. However, I have found that over time I have to make sure I eat healthy and less, otherwise if I start eating more the phentermine doesn't seem to help. Also, I am only able to use them for 3 months at a time, then they stop working. So I take a month or so break and start them back up. I've never tried less than 37.5mg, so I don't know if 15mg would do it for me.