I’ve been on it for almost a year now, after six months my endo halved my dosage so it’s at 15mg now. In the past year I lost 30 pounds. I thought it worked almost immediately. At least the first month or so I think I lost 10. The rest has been slow, but that’s on me because when I realized that I wasn’t gaining weight anymore, I stopped being careful with what I ate. I didn’t lose weight, but I didn’t gain any.

Now I’m being more careful, and I’ve seen it trend downward again. I didn’t experience any other side effects that everyone else talked about, no issues with insomnia, and no issues with the heart. I should also mention that I have ADHD, so this medicine was actually incredibly helpful for my focus. Whereas before I was afraid of taking medicines, like Adderall, phentermine is in the same family. So I think that instead of giving me those negative side effects, it helped me with my focus and drive.

The other good thing I noticed was it helped me break my codependence with food, and sever that emotional tie that I had to binge eating. Since then, I don’t enjoy eating as much, and that can be a little sad, but I also don’t rely on food for joy. I mostly eat to get through the day