Headaches, Low sex drive, no energy, Help

[elle0307]

Headaches, low sex drive, no energy,ear sensitivity,I have experienced it all! I started taking Ephedra type pills when I was 19 and lost about 20 pounds I continued to take them off and on over the next 3 years when I felt I was starting to gain weight. After awhile they stopped working. I remembered my friend had taken Phen with great success so I started taking those (blue and yello) When I first stared taking them I was in heaven!! My mind felt clear, high energy, able to get tons done and the weight just stared falling off. I got down to about 135 after 3 months and then the side effects started. I thought I had a UTI and I started getting anxious and having headaches. I went to the doctor many times for various tests and was told I was fine. I stopped taking the phen and the symptoms went away. When I stopped taking the pills I lost all energy and could barly get out of bed. After a few months I started taking them again, and again after a few months the side effects slowly got so bad I had to stop taking them again. I took them off and on for about a year and a half. At that time it was very obvious to me that the pills were the root of my problems. I waited about six months to see if the sympoms would go away so I could start taking them again, they never went away completly! Now it has been about a year and a half since I have taken Phen. Unfortunatly, I feel that I have done permanat damage to my nervous system. I have panic attacks, get severe headaches almost daily, and have no energy. I used to love talking to people and now I just watn to be alone. The headeaches are the worst! Nothing helps, even perscription pain pills make me feel anxious andb weird. I have no sex drive and it has been a year and a half. I have spent soo much money at the doctor gettting blood tests, thyroid tests, MRIs, hormone tests and everything comes back fine. I am at the end of my rope and would love and help or advice that can be offered, as far as what to do or meds I can take. Additionally, I am posting this so that the people that are having some of these severe side effects stop taking the meds before it is too late. If I could only go back to the way I was before the meds I would gladly do so and be overweight. Now I am overweight again and can not even work or workout because I get such bad headacehes and get so anxious for no reason. It is like I am still on the meds, even thought it has been a year and a half. I do not have insurence since I had to quit my job. Please help or ask me any question I would like to make sure that nobody else has to go through this in their life.

[cs2006]

I'm so sorry this happened to you and I just posted about having side effects on another forum called SO SAD! but I have only been on them since Tuesday and today its Friday. I feel beyond miserable. They helped with my appetite, but I think I would rather go the long route and try to lose the weight by exercising and dieting without any help from diet pills. In the long run that's what would have to be done anyways to maintain a healthy weight after getting off the pills I believe. So far nausea and being unable to concentrate is by far the worst of my side effects. I think I'm going to stop taking them starting today. Were you warned of these side effects? The only thing I was told was that my doctor wouldn't be able to give me sleeping pills if phentermine kept me awake. Sorry I couldn't help - - Cecil

[Jennifer1971]

A lot of what you are going thru happened to me, but it was the ephedra that triggered it. What was odd was it wasnt while taking it that made it happen, it was about a year after I had stopped. I lost 40 lbs using ephedra products, then I just continued my workouts and eating. I noticed though that I was always tired, and had symptoms of adrenal burnout. I then had my 4th baby, and started having a lot of anxiety and even a panic attack. I was given anti anxiety meds that helped a lot. I tried ephedra again to lose weight, and one pill made the symptoms of the panic attack come back, and it scared me enough that I have never touched it again. Since I have learned that ephedra exhausts the adrenal glands, and when that happens you can be in a state of fight or flight (severe agitation/anxiety) constantly. I took a course of adrenal repair vitamins, and have my anti anxiety meds for those times that I get real anxious (usually related to my cycle so somewhat homone triggered I guess). I have been on the phen (same dr gave them to me) for 2 months, and the oddest thing to me, is I have had no anxiety at all with it. In your case it may be different, but I would guess it started with the ephedra. I take vitamins now too, one to keep up with nutritional needs since I eat less, and 2 as a precaution as I do worry that maybe the anxiety will return, but as I am not a dr or anything, I am not sure of the similarities or differences in ephedra and phen.

[rica_will]

I have taken phen two days and day one I was fine. However day two, yesterday evening I had the worse feeling of my life. My head was hurting beyond any pain I have ever felt. Nausea was an understatement and my anxiety level, through the roof. Although I really want to lose weight this situation is more than I can handle. I guess this method is not for everybody because the feelings that I felt were terrible it's now 4 am I can't sleep and I still have a bit of a headache that stared around 6 pm and nausea