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

BEWARE! This drug is powerful in changing your mood and personality! Yes, I lost weight but it’s just not worth it and I ended up gaining it back anyway. I got this medicine prescribed to me by a weight loss doctor and was so anxious to lose weight that I didn’t even do research on it. I literally popped it in my mouth as I walked out of his office. During the next week I was starting arguments with my husband that ended in rage and tears. I still didn’t put it together though. So as I was fighting with him and not going home fully ready to almost end the relationship I was still popping these pills three times a day as instructed. Finally, it dawned on me to research the side effects and sure enough it described my dramatic mood swings on various sites. I must say, it wasn’t easy to find though. 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.

Please let me start by expressing my empathies. I found out that my wife of 18yrs was/is taking this nasty little drug. Lying next to her one night with one arm wrapped around her I felt her heart beating rapidly. Easily I estimated a resting heart rate of 130-140 BPM. I asked her why? No answer. Thought it was very odd. So through a little investigation of my own the next day I went though her medications and picture ID each one of them. Phentermine came up and I realized it from the combination "Fen/Fen" regretfully used about 25yrs ago by many individuals across the country. Through further research on the drug, ALL of the symptoms of RAGE, ANGER and disdain that she exhibited were found and more. The smallest issue set off the most cataclysmic reaction that resulted in her bringing up every issue that made her upset in the last 18yrs even if it wasn't accurate or true. Read the reviews online about this drug. 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.