How bad can the irritability and mood swings be when taking Phentermine?

My girlfriend and I are now done, she won't even talk to me about reconciling, just tells me it's all my fault. This drug will kill any sort of kindness or thoughtfulness in certain people. I am heartbroken knowing a drug ended my little family. I asked her to stop, but we all know how that went over. Good luck to you all, and I'm truly sorry that so many people have lost so much due to this little "magic pill".

I pleaded with her to please stop and offered to do anything I could to support her like going to the gym so she could lose weight through lifestyle changes instead. She refused to stop and was incapable of seeing how different she had become.

The next month we fought constantly. I would just look at our text message string from before she started taking and after and it was astounding to see how these angry text wars began. All the sweet affirmations she used to text became rare, and if at all, were very canned. Finally she agreed to stop for a period and she immediately went back to the woman I fell in love with and things went back to normal. Unfortunately she then started to feel out of control and self conscious once again about her weight. I don’t minimize this and believe me, I felt horrible asking her to stop because I also hated seeing her feel so self conscious when to me she genuinely was the most beautiful woman I had ever met in every way. I should say that I am the furthest thing from a controlling boyfriend but instead I was just trying to save our relationship.

All that to say, she started taking it again behind my back and I could tell immediately though she denied it. I asked her if I could hold on to the medicine just so I wouldn’t have to doubt. In fact I offered to give her a $500 deposit just so she knew she would get it back. Sounds extreme, I get it, but the affect of this stuff was that bad and that’s how desperate I was for it to stop. She refused and kept asking why I was so focused on the phentermine, continuing to deny that it was causing all of the problems that it was. Ultimately I had to walk away because it hurt so bad that she kept choosing this medicine over me. I could no longer believe that she truly loved me since she continued to do so. I know that wasn’t her but rather this evil drug. This stuff will change you and it will destroy your relationships like so many people on here have stated. You’ll deny it and you won’t be able to see it but I assure you, it will change you and respectfully, you’ll have only yourself to blame for not heeding the warnings from all the people who have said these same things, many even stating that they ultimately divorced. My heart is so broken right now. To lose someone so amazing over some stupid drug is both infuriating and devastating. Do not do this to your loved ones if you’re taking it or considering. To those reading this because you’re wondering if maybe this medication has changed someone you love, you’re not wrong. It has and my heart goes out to you. I know the desperation that goes along with just wanting the person you love to please stop and even if they do, having to wonder if they’ve truly stopped. I’m so sorry for your loss, because even if you still have the person in your life, I know you feel that you’ve lost the person they once were.

I don’t know what else to say. I love you so much Ange. I miss you like crazy. My heart is broken. You were the most amazing woman I had ever met. And to everyone else, please, please, please, PLEASE do not take this drug.

She has had depression bouts in the past but this seems to have unleashed the demon from within. Maybe this should be considered before going on this drug.

Isn't it odd that everyone on here sees it, and it is in the "rare" side effects but the one you love can't see it... Even when you confront them in a very loving way calm way. I have never seen my wife have such anger and contempt, and NOTHING happened to participate this. There were no arguments, she just loathes the ground I walk on right now, and she has repeatedly told me this. The hurt I have sustained has been real, and very tough to take. She has called me controlling and demanding, something I have never been. I am not perfect but, I will always be the first to back down in argument and the first to say I am sorry.

Our issue, like most people in a rut comes down to true communication with one another. I wish I had been smarter and taken an interest when she told me she was going to take this drug, I just was being the normal happy husband, telling her that what ever she needed... I was behind her. She was a perfect woman and the love of my life. We have an amazing son together and I am afraid for him, as well. I pray at some point she gets off of this drug and sees what it has done to her family.

If you see this before a loved one starts using this drug, talk to each other and let them know you will call them out if their personality does a 180. A wonder pill this is not... It is as other people have said pure EVIL! Good luck to everyone!

There is a point during the day where you come down from the effects of the drug wether you've burned all the energy off or not because our bodies can't handle a hyperactive state for too long. This "come down" happens rapidly. When I say rapidly I mean I would basically be in a manic state, experiencing a positive "I love life" mood then not even 30 minutes later I was ready to tear anyones head off that came near me. Sometimes I would still be manic but it would be more violent or aggressive. This can be very dangerous if you're not willing to exercise and burn off the energy or reduce the amount of phentermine you take. THIS IS NOT AN EASY COP OUT SOLUTION TO LOSE WEIGHT! I gained the weight back the first few times because I was relying on the pills to keep the weight off. Guess what. If you don't change your eating and exercise habits you're still the same lazy f*ck you were 30 lbs ago. Get off your butts and do something besides popping pills. Tell your stubborn wives to read this. If she doesn't wanna change then she's probably a selfish b*tch and always will be.

Afterwards of course I continued to take the pills because I believed what the Dr told me and I went into depression crying and very very sleepy my cousin tried helping me get a job at the hospital where she worked but I was in no shape to even think about finding another job. Two days before my wedding I stopped taking the pills I had gotten back to 120lbs (I had went through a lot of stress a couple years back and had gained slot of weight I had gotten to 160 lbs never had I ever gotten that big except when I was pregnant with my kids) on my honeymoon I started experiencing stomach pains and diarrhea really bad but I still didn’t figure out it was the pills I thought I had food poisoning the pain and diarrhea continued even when I got home one day I woke up on the toilet didn’t know how I got there no one was home I had a trail from my bed to the toilet I must’ve passed out on the toilet. I called my dad and he took me to the hospital they didn’t really do anything they checked me and dismissed it as a virus that needed to run it’s course... it was soooo bad I had to wear a diaper to school (I couldn’t control my bowels) I finally started feeling better and stopped my bouts of crying and started feeling like myself and I stared doing research on the pills and i found out that the pills do if you take them for a long period of time in my case it was non stop for about 6 months! They will cause mild schizophrenia and with in a year I went from 120 lbs to 193lbs after I stopped taking the pills I couldn’t control my eating I could never get full..

With obesity a huge problem in our society surely this drug is extremely profitable allowing the manufacturers to hide negative reviews online. I stopped taking the drug and started to feel myself again. Thank God my husband loves me enough to have seen through it! Well, that was not enough. After a couple weeks I convinced myself that perhaps I could take it again if I just took LESS. Instead of 3 pills a day I only took half in the mornings. That shouldn’t be so bad right? I told myself I would only take it long enough to loose 15 pounds. I made it halfway losing 8 pounds but I also lost complete control of my emotions too. I couldn’t calm myself to think clearly. I was suspicious and paranoid. I got myself (and my support system) worked up to the point where I made legal decisions that affect both mine and my husband’s lives and even ended up in the hospital for 5 days because I became suicidal! Please do NOT use this drug! Please find a healthier solution for losing weight. You may think you can handle it like I did but it really does sneak up on you and makes your sanity slip right through your fingers like water trickling through no matter how tightly you clench your hands. I was making important decisions as if I was a robot believing stories I created in my head, awake many nights with a fast heartbeat and overworking mind focused on protecting myself. All the while, this drug is what I needed to protect myself from! I wish you luck on repairing any damage you may have made and loving your body as you find healthier ways to transform it. I have learned my lesson the very hard way to be more cognizant of what I put into my body.

Many women expressed becoming depressed and regret destroying their perfectly fine relationships by affairs or divorce. Mine verbalized the space and separation idea a year ago and after a month became mellow and back to normal. I can only assume she stopped taking the drug. Oh and sex resumed. A year later it's back with a vengeance. Seems like she's back on it. Plus she's menopausal. Confronting her about this would probably really be the last straw. I'm gonna have to for the sake of our son. In speaking to a pharmacist it seems that this drug is popular among older women.