heart palpitations

[fatgirluk]

Hello everyone I am writing on the forums first time. My question is I have been taking Phentermine for 5 weeks now and nearly always feel great. I cannot imagine not taking them right now in my life. I have lost 18 pounds in the last 5 weeks and I feel good about myself.

I have had nearly all the side effects written here in the forums the only one I am worried about is that I have had heart palpitations where my heart rate increases and becomes really loud and fast. This has happened a few times and usually resolves within a few minutes. Also one of the reasons I want to lose weight is because my blood pressure has always been borderline - 140/90 is usally the lowest reading I will get if I'm lucky.

I took my blood pressure a couple of weeks ago whilst on Phentermine (I'm taking the 15mg once a day) and it was 170/110. So my question is should I stay on the Phentermine because I'm losing weight and feeling great and not worry about these side effects or should I stop Phentermine completely or may be just take it every other day? I would really like to know your opinions and advice.

Thank you all for your help.

fatgirluk

[greeneyedsista]

Please see your dr asap. Stop taking the Phen. It's raising your blood pressure. You could have a stroke! Please be safe and immediately see your dr. I was 140/90 but the weight loss has brought my blood pressure down to normal. You may need to switch to different meds.

[jazzymom70]

Hi,

I am new to the forum. This is my first time posting. I usually don't post much, I usually just read along and keep up with all the progress, this somehow motivate me to keep going. I am a mother of one 14 year old daugher.
I start phen on 11/29/06 and I was 218. I am only 5'4" tall so that not very cute on me at all. When I last weighed in on 12/19/06 I was 204. I'm really pleased with the weight loss from phen. I replied today because the same thing happened to me when I first started with my blood pressure. I was getting readings around 175/114. I continued to take the phen and my blood pressure did eventually come back down to normal readings. I also notice if I take my blood pressure right after taking the phen (like 30 minutes after) it is up but if I re-check during the day, it goes back down to normal.