Dont want to scare anyone but....

**sharose** · October 29th, 2007, 10:59 AM

OK thursday i went for my 3 month check up...everything was fine i got another pres...and went back to work . I was starving so i ate a half of a sandwhich...I didnt take phen that day becuz I had no more left. With in 15 mins of eating I got really bad gas pains , i was burping alot ...so i thought i ate too fast...I went home feeling the same way went to sleep with no problem .

I continued my daily routine...water when I wake phen then special k with soy milk...well the burpping was bad and i was dizzy...my face was beat red all day at work and i was passing gas. This wasnt normal gas pain like u get on the side of ur rib....its was as if my heart was being squeezed then released really fast...like as if when u try to make urself burp you get the paused in ur chest.

I was going to go to the hospital but I didnt want to over react....all day sat it was the same, My mom a few yrs back had a heart attack and she thought it was the stomach virus due to her symptoms.....THATS WHY I WAS FREAKING OUT!

I took a volume....thANKS too a friend....and THAT HELPED ME NO MORE SCARED FEELING NO MORE HEART FEELING WEIRD. IM THINKING MAYBE ITS PANIC ATTACKS..THEY RUN IN MY FAMILY.

SO HERE I AM TODAY I DIDNT TAKE PHEN ALL WEEKEND...BUT I TOOK IT THIS MORNING AND THE FEELING IS BACK A LITTLE BIT. I AM LEFT TO THING IS IT THE PHEN OR IS IT ANZIETY????????? WHAT IS TO PROVE IT? I AM DEFFINATELY GOING TO CALL MY DOCTOR..AND CAN U BELEIVE INSTEAD OF WORRING ABOUT MY HEART ......A PART OF ME IS SCARED ITS THE PHEN AND THAT ENDS MY WEIGHT LOSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

STUPID OF ME RIGHT? I TOOK THE PHEN TODAT TO TRY TO RULE OUT..I AM GONIG TO SEE AT THE END OF THE DAY HOW IT GOES...ALSO IT SEEMED TO BE THE PAIN EVERY TIME I EAT ...THEN AS SOON AS I LAY DOWN THE PAIN GOES AWAY.... AM I INSANE...AM I JUMPING THE GUN....????????? LETS SEE....

**scatanafas** · October 29th, 2007, 12:10 PM

Okay, first of all you should have went to the doctor or the ER when you were feeling what you were feeling to rule out what it was....instead of taking a valium that you got from a FRIEND!! Honestly, if it were a heart attack do you think sitting around and taking valium was a smart idea?

You can wonder about it but the truth of the matter is you won't know what is going on until you go to a doctor....

Phen taken long term CAN have effects on your blood pressure and your cardiovascular system. That is a proven fact...so you could be having a reaction to it.

I hope you feel better soon.,,,

**Motown Girl** · October 29th, 2007, 12:38 PM

No you aren't jumping the gun. Please listen to your body!!!!! Since you aren't feeling as much as the pressure you may need to take a break from the phen.

**gottadothis** · October 29th, 2007, 12:41 PM

i understand not wanting to go off phen but there are so many things to consider. Tell you dr and let him decide. Hope you are feeling better.

**Gen2007** · October 29th, 2007, 01:36 PM

That IS very scary. I would suggest that you let your doctor know what happened anyway...especially when heart problems run in your family. I hope you feel better soon.

**friendofgreen** · October 29th, 2007, 01:51 PM

yikes

that is scary--sounds like a panic attack to me

but i would definitely check with the dr

**sharose** · October 30th, 2007, 03:12 PM

so yesterday after taking the phen it took a while but i got some of the feelings back. They were as bad at all!
Today I didnt want to take phen but I popped one in before i knew it. AND I NOW KNOW IM GOING TO TAKE A BREAK FROM IT BECUZ I FEEL IT TO BE STRESSFUL WHEN I BREATH, I FEEL LIKE MY HEART IS A LUMP IN MY THROAT....

MANY PEOPLE SAID PANIC ATTACK BUT WHO KNOWS. I TOOK MY BLOOD PRESSURE AND IT WAS FINE, MY HEART RATE WAS FINE. sO IM NOT SURE WHAT THIS IS. aLL I KNOW IS THAT FOR 2 MONTHS I NEVER HAD THIS FELING SO WHY WOULD IT HAPPEN NOW?

WHAT AM I WAITING FOR WELL I DONT KNOW... IM CALLING MY DOCTOR TONIGHT....ITS THERE LATE NIGHT. iT IS JUST WEIRD THAT IT IS ALSO HAPPENING WHEN I EAT..... I HAVE NO MORE BURPS OR GAS JUST A LUMP FEELING BEATING ONCE IN A WHILE IN MY THROAT.
sCARED AND WEIRD

**tomiekal** · October 30th, 2007, 11:00 PM

I have been having the same problems for about a week or two. I started Phen at the beginning of October. We'll into my 2nd week I became very shaky and nervous, my legs felt like jello, and I kept having chest pains. I e-mailed my doctor because I thought I was about to die. He told me it was symptoms due to me not eating like I am supposed to. He told me to half the pill and continue to take. He told me if that does not work to stop taking the meds. So I am taking half of the pill. On Yesterday I realized that I am having the terrible gas. My chest hurts and my back. It is moving around constantly. I am constantly burping or trying to pass gas to relieve the pressure. I have taken gas pills and they seem to work for the moment. I have drank diet cokes to get myself to burp. I really don't know what it is , but I am about to stop taking the meds until I go to the doctor sunday.

**sharose** · October 31st, 2007, 01:56 PM

OK...i did take another phen today...im hooked on phen on loosing weight in being a size 8 instead of 12 which i was!
Im stupid I know, however i havent gotten not one feeling! I am beging to wonder if me not taking them for some days screwed me up and i had to get use to them .
Or it could have been gas!
Thank you al lfor ur concerns.....I am keeping track and writting everything down.
I may sound stupid for continueing taking phen with out knowing whats wrong....but i do feel ok..

**lovesisters** · November 1st, 2007, 01:58 PM

Originally Posted by sharose

OK...i did take another phen today...im hooked on phen on loosing weight in being a size 8 instead of 12 which i was!
Im stupid I know, however i havent gotten not one feeling! I am beging to wonder if me not taking them for some days screwed me up and i had to get use to them .
Or it could have been gas!
Thank you al lfor ur concerns.....I am keeping track and writting everything down.
I may sound stupid for continueing taking phen with out knowing whats wrong....but i do feel ok..

WHEN I FIRST STARTED PHEN ,I WAS FEELING THE SAME WAY BUT COME TO FIND OUT I HAD TO GET MY GALLBLADDER REMOVED I NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEM WITH MY STOMACH UNTIL I START TAKING PHEN DONT GET ME WRONG I LOVE THE WAY HOW YOU CAN LOOSE A LOT OF WEIGHT FROM THE PILL BUT I JUST WONDER DOES PHEN PLAY A BIG PART OF STOMACH PROBLEMS WHEN YOU TAKE THEM

**jwgmommy** · November 1st, 2007, 10:15 PM

hi, you replied to my post the other day about panic attacks.. yes, i did feel like i was going to die.. so scary.. i thought i was going to pass out.. and i couldn't breathe.. it lasted a few minutes then it faded away.. i am guilty of having coffee in the morning and a soda in the afternoon.. but maybe i'm not eating enough too? sounds like you probably did have a panic attack... this is my 3 or 4th time on phen, last time was last year, and i've never had this before, but i really had to think about my life right now and there is a lot i'm worried about and stressed over, that could of possiably built up.. i have cut back to a half pill and is better, i took a hole one the other day, and started getting symptoms a little bit, but not sure if it was my head or what, being leary of having anther attack.. well, hopefully you feel better, and good luck!