kandydk
March 29th, 2009, 04:59 PM
Ok- 4 days ago I started taking Phentermine 37.5mg, I've been doing pretty well side-effects wise but I did notice that my hands during the course of the day would seem cold and a little numb. The skin on my hands would seem really loose too almost saggy I thought maybe I wasn't intaking enough water so I drank a few cups, and it seemed to help. Towards the evening my neck muscles would tense up and get rock hard for a few minutes and then relax, I figured it was from tensing up or something. Today though I got up took my pill and drank about 1/4 cup of coffee and then a cup of water, nothing out of the ordinary but about 2 hours ago I noticed my hands were freezing, and so were my feet. nothing I could do -warm water, gloves, would keep them warm.. I got a little panicy and my heart started to race and my anxiety level rose. I was freezing but with no goosebumps, I took my temp. and it was just over 94 degrees! I called the emergency room to see if I should come in or not and they told me to call my pharmacist. By that time I had slipped on a sweatshirt and thicker socks. My pharmacist said that it sounded like my blood pressure was low and that she said I shouldn't take my pill tomorrow and call my Doctor, she also said that Phentermine should do the opposite and if I stayed on the pills I should onlt take half for a while until I get used to it.
I got pretty paniced and tried to just calm my self down and I couldn't find anything on the internet that listed these things as side effects until I found this forum with the previous post about the lady that had cold hands & feet. It made me feel a lot better....
My temp is back up to normal and I just feel a little jittery but my hands will get cold & stiff for a few minutes and then go back to normal and the back cold again.. This was happening mildly until today it seems more extreme. I drank some warm water and ate a banana but if anyone has any advise- whether I should just try to get used to this or stop. Thanks
I got pretty paniced and tried to just calm my self down and I couldn't find anything on the internet that listed these things as side effects until I found this forum with the previous post about the lady that had cold hands & feet. It made me feel a lot better....
My temp is back up to normal and I just feel a little jittery but my hands will get cold & stiff for a few minutes and then go back to normal and the back cold again.. This was happening mildly until today it seems more extreme. I drank some warm water and ate a banana but if anyone has any advise- whether I should just try to get used to this or stop. Thanks