What do the Phen withdrawals feel like?

[nursietobe33]

Ew, I started feeling really weird this morning. I took my Phen about an hour late and I was feeling almost like I was having an anxiety attach or something. Real diaphoretic, shakey and anxious.

Has anyone stopped taken Phen abruptly? Are there withdrawal symptoms of some sort? J ust curious?

[StevieGirl]

I don't really have an answer for you, but I didn't take my Phen the week I was on vacation, and I didn't feel anything. I could finally poop though. lol

[nursietobe33]

Ya know, that may be what it is, It has been 3 days since I have last done that. Phen really stops you up.

I may have all these toxins just sitting in my body.

[Girlie31285]

you know, its really sad but it seems like I have a "schedule" now. I dont go to the bathroom all week long so on fridays at about 2 I take 3 correctol and friday night or saturday morning I "unload for the week" then start all over. I really hate that I have to use that to go but...what are ya gonna do?

[naz51]

I stopped phen twice (for several days each time) since I began taking it 5 weeks ago. A sense of panic, emptiness and anxiety was overwhelming. It resulted in my determination to use phen as directed; and lose weight as logically and intelligently as possible.

I don't know if it is recommended to skip days or change the dosage this way, but it's working for me. I take 1/2 for a couple of days, then stop taking it for 3 or 4 days. Then I take 1/2 for a couple of days, and take 37.5 for 3 or 4 days and gradually ease off of it again.

This gives the body and the nervous system a break. Meanwhile, it's as you put it so eloquently, a good time to unload and void the weekly waste matter. lol

I have never been addicted to anything, so I can only guess at the symptoms. Phentermine is not supposed to be addictive. Correct me if I am wrong, but, depending on this drug for weight loss and energy is most likely a psychological
dependency (I hope).

Love your posts,

naz

[nursietobe33]

ya know what I have to take correctol too, but I was trying not to take it. I thought I was actually becoming dependent on it.

Now that I think about it, it was Tuesday morning since my last you know what. 4 days is a long time for me not to go. Gosh I hate talking about BM's that is just nasty, just my own though, talking to other people about their's is old hat.

I dont poop and I don't sweat. Or atleast that is what I want everyone to think.

[CasinoGirl]

when I quit taking it I get very tired, depressed, and hungry. it lasts week or so. i don't take mine every day either and now I only take a half so it's not so bad. I didn't take one today and I feel fine but if I go a few days then the fatigue and depression starts to set in.

[StevieGirl]

I don't take mine regularly either. Some days I'll just take half, some I don't take any. I want to keep my body guessing.

Nursie - we might become dependent on softeners/laxitives while we're on Phen, but it's the Phen making us this way, so as soon as you stop taking it you'll go back to normal. Just being off of it the 6 days I was on vacation, I was going 2 times a day. lol

[beccah]

I'm stretching my last couple of pills out until my doctor's appt. on Wednesday and I haven't really felt much different. Maybe since I'm only taking 15 mgs? I can't split them in half either so it's "all" or nothing. I do feel the slight need for caffiene on the days without it, but that's only because I was already addicted to caffiene. I don't really feel any difference in the hunger factor.

[Bertie]

I have been taking Fiber One with low carb milk and I am going regular. Of course, I am not having the side effects any of you are having either. I am sleeping like a baby, still hungry, no palpitation. I do get a little energy for a while but it goes away. I know even before I started phen I had that problem so since I found Fiber One it has been my food intake. It has been God sent for me.

[nursietobe33]

Stevie girl, how oftern do you take it? I learned in Nursing School, the longer the stuff stays in you, the more likely you are to develop health problems. I wished I could take it every day, to push it all through.

[GoBrenda]

when I took it before, about 6 years ago, I was on it for about 8 months. When I stopped I had a hard time even getting out of bed I was so tired! It took me about 1-2 weeks to get my energy up. I gained back only 5 lbs after getting off of it. I had lost 47 lbs.

[GeorgiaGirl]

Try Dannon DanActives for the constipation. They work for me I swear, and they are actually yummy (and ward off yeast infections etc. just like regular yogurt.)The strawbeery is the best I think.

[megchrisl]

My father's doctor advised him that phen really doesn't have any addictive tendencies and will work for a few weeks or months depending on the person and then will dwindle....He said that its a quick fix and that most psychological effects are really just in a person's head. He doesn't prescribe it because he says it really doesn't last too long. I don't know if this is true, I haven't experienced too many problems when i go off, other than being a little more tired..... Although it works for a while for me, I think that I just like the energy, which in turns makes me feel better about myself and gives me more willpower to lose weight. I don't think I take it for the appetite supressant anymore. If it was so great, no one in the US would be overweight! LOL

[monifa]

I got tired &depressed when I stoped taking it.I also cried over anything for the first week,but who knows it could have been because I was pregnant (I didn't answer your question did I?)

[mmmmdale_jr]

Severe fatigue is what hit me, but other than that, I was good. I tried to come off a few weeks ago and wound up going back on it because I was so tired, I was falling asleep at my desk. I got the pills I can cut in half and am doing that and when I finish, I am finished because I have got to do the rest of this on my own.

[StevieGirl]

Originally posted by nursietobe33:
Stevie girl, how oftern do you take it?

The softeners? Maybe every 3 days. Just depending on how things are "moving along" on their own. I haven't taken any since my vacation though (2 weeks). Things seem to be fine so far without it.