anyone ever used medications to help with weight loss? - Page 4

JeannetteDavis · 08-21-2007, 07:34 AM

I'm sorry that it still isn't working for you. I swear that if I was paying that much for a pill, it should work for me within 20 minutes.

As for the apetite suppressant, I used to get the mental munchies.....you know, when you're not really hungry but you figure you just want to grab something anyway. With the fastin, I don't even get the mental munchies. I just don't want much to eat at all. I tend to have to remind myself to eat. I don't know that it is for everyone, but for me it is doing a good job.

ndbeckner · 08-21-2007, 09:13 AM

I am starting fastin today. It is a prescription drug which tricks your body into believeing you are eating. THis speeds up your metabolism. With hypothyroidism,I need something to boost my metabolism so I can get the weight off. I am hoping that between making myself exercise as well as eat right, when the weight finally comes off I will be able to keep it off. I was un aware that fastin was an appetite suppressant. I thought it was just a metabolism booster. Hmmm. I really didn't want an appetite suppressant. Maybe I will still try it. I have to do something and gastric bypass it out of the question in my book.

911mom · 08-21-2007, 09:47 AM

When you get this prescribed, does insurance usually pay for it? If not is it expensive? Good luck with it!!

ndbeckner · 08-21-2007, 12:29 PM

Well I went today and got my fastin. I have taken one for today, and feel a little "different". That may be do to the fact that I have been up today since 2:30 am. Yeah, a little punchy. I will see what tomorrow brings. Anyway, my insurance did pay for it and so my co pay for the generic was $10. I figure that isn't too bad. I just hope it works.

ndbeckner · 08-22-2007, 08:20 PM

Ugh! I am not taking fastin anymore. I feel awful and on top of that I found out it is primarily an appetite suppressant. That I don't need. That is a behavior I need to learn to control on my own. Starting tomorrow it is just diet and exercise. I will let you guys know what I find works, but I am miserable right now.

lovingthem · 08-22-2007, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by JeannetteDavis

I'm sorry that it still isn't working for you. I swear that if I was paying that much for a pill, it should work for me within 20 minutes.

As for the apetite suppressant, I used to get the mental munchies.....you know, when you're not really hungry but you figure you just want to grab something anyway. With the fastin, I don't even get the mental munchies. I just don't want much to eat at all. I tend to have to remind myself to eat. I don't know that it is for everyone, but for me it is doing a good job.

well maybe i need to switch pills, hehe. because i am like you--i get the mental munchies. right now, i am stuffed beyond control because i got upset with my hubby and just ate something, even though i wasn't hungry at all. he just peed me off so bad...i took it out on a bunch of sweets! and while it was only a bowl--i feel so stuffed, it's like i'm going to burst!

if a drug could curb my mental munchies, i'd be whoa...cool

so maybe fastin would work for me. where do you get yours from? doctor, overthecounter, online, etc.?

CindyB · 08-22-2007, 10:20 PM

I just ordered a natural weight loss supplement called "Fuco-thin" (made by Garden of Life). It should be here Friday... so we will see if it works or not.

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lovingthem · 08-22-2007, 10:31 PM

cindy...hopefully it will work for you!

well...i just made a super long post, that got erased. so that sucks.

to make a long story short, i am bloated, constipated, and irritated. this is day five since i started alli and i have not had a healthy poop since friday, the day BEFORE i started. most people hate the side effects of alli, but i'd give just about anything right now to be able to poo my brains out! i am in pain, and the bloating is horrible.

not only that, but i gained 2 lbs!

i know that the weight gain is from the bloating. i honestly look like i have gained 10 lbs in 2 days...my belly is that extended. my entire back is killing me. somehow, i don't think this was what should have happened LOL.

despite it all, i am surprisingly lighthearted about this. i can't stop giggling at myself. i don't know why, maybe to take away my frustration at this not working for me.

i continuously read about the people losing 2 lbs per week on alli, and those who eat a little fat and run to the bathroom...and i just want to scream at them! my intestines are probably writhing in pain right now...darning me to an eternity in the pits of fire LMAO...

right now i feel like, "why me?"

i am considering switching doctors. i really need help with this weight control situation...and i have not been satisfied by past doctors. i just need someone that is going to sit down with me and come up with a feasible and doable plan for me, whether it's drugs, or surgery, or some type of easy to do diet change. because i just can't do this on my own...not even with the help of an "fda approved over the counter drug."

blah.

maybe i'll give it about 2 days to run through me (if i ever poo again)...and then i'll talk to a doctor about this.

the site says to drink lots of water to aid with the side effects. i drunk 5 cups yesterday, and i'll admit, it did alleviate some of the pain. today i didn't even take the pills, and i'm back in a ton of pain AGAIN! so i am stumped right now...not really sure what is what and where it's coming from. i haven't read too much info about people being CONSTIPATED from alli...but i sure am one of them!

que sera, sera...what will be, will be (or not).

*sigh*

lovingthem · 08-23-2007, 09:49 PM

woohoo!

i went! and then i went again! and again! they were relatively small, but they were SOMETHING lol.

thank heavens--at first i thought i killed myself from the waist down!

now...i'm not sure if i should continue or not. i am tempted. i may start in the morning again, depending on how i feel. if i do though, i will be sure to drink LOTS and LOTS of water with the pill (read that 12 oz per pill is a good amount)

lovingthem · 10-06-2007, 09:31 PM

well...

here's my update!

i haven't lost a single pound with the alli! despite using it correctly AND having a very good time on it, no weight came off after 1 month of use. i had treatment effects, but they WERE controllable...i never once had an accident, or used the bathroom without knowing i had to...so overall i do recommend it, as it is not as bad as some make it seem...

but it just didn't knock any weight off me. and that's odd, because i WAS noticing i used the bathroom ALOT more, and i saw the oily stools, but hmm...

now...very odd, but my neurologist has me on a small dosage of topamax. and one of the side effects? you guessed it...weight loss.

i am very iffy about this drug, so i am taking it VERY slowly with it. i took too much of it for 3 days and had some crazy side effects, among them, loss of appetite. so i am sure that if this works for me, and my dosage ups, i will lose some weight with this drug. because for those 3 days, i ate only because i had to, NOT because i wanted to...i had no real craving for anything, and guess what? sweet things turned me off! so hmm...i may get the help i need after all...provided that i can handle the other effects of this med.