[health4life]

BUMPITY BUMP

[abbyinva]

i had to write a reply to this and was just wondering i am going to a weight loss clinic and i was taking phen 15mg and had to go up to 30 but when i go to get my medicine i have to see a nurse praticern and they give you vitamens to take daily and b12 i take once a week are you taking any kind of mulit vitamens and if your not you should i am just telling you what they told me

[Aliciacam]

I had to reply to this too. A long time ago, I lost a lot of weight, fast. I was not eating. Maybe a salad a day, and that was it.

I lost so much weight that I looked pathetic. In turn, I also lost a lot of hair.

I'm not a DR. But I would guess it has something to do with malnutrition. And I was not taking any kind of medication. I was actaully a teenager going through one of those "phases."

[Shezageek]

Hair loss is not listed as a side effect for Phen. It should be though. Take folic acid and B complex vitamins. That will help.

[ January 27, 2003, 04:56 PM: Message edited by: Shezageek ]

[Shezageek]

I was on the diet for about 8 months and lost 60 lbs. However, I too lost hair by the handful. When I washed my hair or just brushed it, I would lose a handful at a time. I took vitamins (Folic Acid especially) but it really didn't help a whole lot. The hair will grow back though. I now have thousands of hairs that are about 3 inches long where it is growing back.

I ate small meals properly, took my vitamins and still had a tremendous hair loss. Now, I weigh 125, look and feel much better. But, because of the hair loss, I wouldn't do it again.

Good luck in your diet. There is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Hang in there.

[sonny11]

I need to know if hair loss and itching will stop if I stop taking phentermine? And all the information I read say not to stop medicine abrubtly?

[ANNALISE]

hi sonny....i stopped phentermine abruptly cos of hair loss (am totally devestated..had i know this was a side effect i wud never have started them)...so far still losing the hair ....can someone pls console me and tell me i will get back my former crowning glory??

[LA-CHANY]

THE HAIR LOSS WILL STOP IT JUST TAKE'S TIME TO GET USE TO IT NEED TO GET THE WAY IT WAS BEFORE THE PHEN STEP IN.

[Krati]

I just wanted to say that I've been on phen for around 4 months, I eat regularly, (probalby still more than I should) and have lost 20 lbs. I have never had any hair loss, I still have really long dyed-blonde thick hair. I think I can contribute this to adequate nutrition ex, multi vitamins, lots of fruits and veggies.

[SHARONS]

BUMPITY BUMP BUMP

[Sweet_Girl]

OH GOSH! I HOPE I DON'T LOSE MY HAIR, IT IS THIN TO BEGIN WITH!

OK, WHEN I WAS ON ATKINS I WAS LOSING WEIGHT MAJOR FAST AND MY HAIR STARTED THINNING SO WHAT I TOOK WAS

NOURISHAIR- FROM GNC- YOU CAN GET IT FROM RITE AID TOO
AND I TOOK IT WITH BIOTIN, I TAKE ALOT OF BIOTIN 3000MCG.

[SHARONS]

Originally Posted by Sweet_Girl

OH GOSH! I HOPE I DON'T LOSE MY HAIR, IT IS THIN TO BEGIN WITH!

OK, WHEN I WAS ON ATKINS I WAS LOSING WEIGHT MAJOR FAST AND MY HAIR STARTED THINNING SO WHAT I TOOK WAS

NOURISHAIR- FROM GNC- YOU CAN GET IT FROM RITE AID TOO
AND I TOOK IT WITH BIOTIN, I TAKE ALOT OF BIOTIN 3000MCG.

I just took a bunch of Biotin and a hair vitamin. My hair is shedding too.

[UmAmer]

The day I saw your post about the Nexium products I was at Haircuttery with my son and they had a special on the shampoo and TWO big bottles of scalp treatment for only 34 bucks! I used it the next time I shampooed, and in just 3 days I can feel a change in my hair texture! I also found a bottle of prenatal vitamins from last fall (when I was preg) and I started those as well. I still find strands of hair in my hands, but I hope to slow down the thinning effect now that I "figured it out". I lost a great deal of weight using OTC diet piulls before the baby came, and gave birth "thin" but the year post partum and a very troubled marriage gave me a nice 30lb gain.
I am down 18lbs in a month and a half, roughly 2.5lbs a week and feel great about it. And getting bak into my pre-baby wardrobe is as good as buying a whole new one!

But thanks for the Nexium tip!

[Sivad]

I was taking a blood pressure medication (Atenolol) that made my hair fall out. I too had very long curly THICK hair. I couldn't get my fingers to touch together when I pulled it all up to put it in a ponytail. I had trouble finding scrunchies and ponytail holders that would fit my hair and hold it all. Now I still have long curly hair, just not thick anymore. I was proud of my thick hair too, although it was really REALLY hot in the summer time. I took the meds for a year and told my doctor I wanted to change because of the hair loss, she changed them for me and I have been taking the new ones since May and I haven't noticed any new hair growth. I didn't really notice hair loss with the phen because I was so used to it coming out by the handfulls. I have been off for 2.5 weeks. She still hasn't given me back my Phen yet and I'm still kinda unsure if the weight loss is worth the hair loss. I may have to do it all on my own :O.
When and IF you decide to stop Phen just remember that Phen is only a small part of your weight loss the rest is YOU! You can do it without the phen you'll just have to be stronger than the candy bar and cake lol. I lost 5 pounds on my own over the past 2 weeks. I had to work harder at not eating the things that tempted me but I DID IT . Good luck to you.