Cyproheptadine for Anorexia User Reviews (Page 3)

• Anonymous
• March 18, 2011

"I wanted to share my experience with Cyproheptadine. If you want to gain weight, it really works. I have tried everything to try to gain weight: shakes, vitamins, etc. I have tried it, and nothing worked. Until one day, I found the answer-Cyproheptadine. If you are wondering like I was and asking, does it really work? The answer is YES! YES! 117-124 pounds in one week. ;) Happy weight gaining."

• Per...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 24, 2015

"I have been thin my whole life, as are my parents and sister, who has had two children. I am 5'6" and about 92 lbs. I started Perfection again, as I was on it last year in February for 1 month. I take 2 pills at night. You can definitely tell there is an increase in my appetite. My doctor prescribed me 60 pills and two refills. I plan to gain at least 20 lbs. I will weigh myself at the end of April and May. I try to snack on peanuts and fruit throughout the day. I will return with results at the end of May. Wish me luck!"

• Ste...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• June 8, 2016

"I started taking these pills in January 2016. I was 112 pounds, my height is 5'5", my age is 33. It is now June 8th, 2016, and I weigh 148 pounds. I am so excited, these pills really do work. If you're looking to gain weight, I take my pills three times a day with a multivitamin."

• Jul...
• February 3, 2017

"I have always had a hard time gaining weight since I was a teenager. Nothing that I tried before worked but cyproheptadine. It took me years of research, and I tried a few different methods, different diets, etc. Doctors would tell me that I was going to gain weight with age, but I absolutely hated the way my clothes looked on me and how skinny I was. One beautiful, happy, lucky day, lol, I saw a post online about cyproheptadine and decided to do a little research. I asked my primary doctor to prescribe it to me, and she did. I gained about 15 pounds or more with this medication in just a few months. I was about 100 pounds, and now I am at 123. I only take the medication if I feel that my appetite is poor, I just pop one of those. Great!"

• Lob...
• July 5, 2016

"I've always been quite underweight and absolutely hated it, tried this years ago and quit a few pills in due to the tiredness caused. Gave it another shot 6 weeks ago and have gained a stone already (usually impossible!). I've been taking one a day which is a low dose, and my appetite has easily doubled. I used to feel full halfway through a meal and feel anxious going out for food in case I couldn't finish it. Definitely not a problem anymore. I've given it a 10 as it has made such a huge impact on my self-esteem already, and unexpectedly resolved what I believe to be urticaria overnight. The only downside is the tiredness; makes getting to sleep nice and easy, but waking up is so difficult! Long way to go still, but very happy so far :)"

• Sha...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 7, 2019

"I've been taking this medication for about 2 weeks, and I'm not sure if I've gained much, but it's definitely helping me eat more! I've been too skinny my entire life, and I hate it! Just like fat people hate being fat and are sensitive when people point it out, so are us bony people! Like I literally hate when people say, 'Do you eat much? Look how skinny you are,' and things like that! It's rude, and I'm insecure about being this skinny! It's hard to gain weight and make myself eat! I don't have an eating disorder, but I also don't have an appetite most of the time normally. But now that my doctor has prescribed me this, it's making me eat at least 3 meals a day and snacks in between. I weighed 112, and I'm 5'9. So you can imagine I'm very skinny and slinky. My boyfriend says to make small goals like 10-15 lbs, but I want to gain 40-50 honestly. My healthy weight would be 155. I can't wait to finally feel okay about myself again!"

• Don...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• September 26, 2018

"I did use cyproheptadine for 5 months. I was a 45 kg skinny dude, now I am 68 kg. I did stop cyproheptadine for a while, and my weight gain doesn't go away easily because it's normal eating weight. I was very skinny, now I am very muscular. I totally recommend it for skinny dudes, but with gym training, because weight gain is crazy with this pill. ❤️"

• Aqu...
• May 13, 2019

"This medicine is a miracle, I gained 10 pounds. This is what happened. My doctor took me off because Medicaid doesn't pay for it anymore, so he just wrote the prescription and told me just to pay for it at the pharmacy, which was fine. It was when I got off them that I lost all my weight, which made me so mad. So I went back to my doctor, and he fixed the problem just by prescribing some more. I was down to 138 lb, now my weight again has me at 143 lb. In two months, my goal is 155 lb. I'm 5'3". I hope everyone does well on their weight gain journey with cyproheptadine."

• Anonymous
• July 26, 2009

Cyproheptadine "I used this for a severely underweight toddler (borderline failure to thrive) to gently bring the weight back onto the growth chart. I managed to bring the weight up from off the chart to 25% (for a 90% height baby)."

• gat...
• January 11, 2009

"I was only 90 lbs at the age of 47 in 2005. I started taking cyproheptadine syrup in March of 2005. I gained 50 lbs in a month's time. In April of 2005, I was weighing 140 lbs. I still weigh 140 lbs, and my husband says I look good. I'll tell anybody who wants to gain weight to get cyproheptadine syrup."

• Bon...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• September 15, 2015

"My 17-year-old son was 5'8" and 106 pounds. In less than three months, he has increased his weight to 125! He looks amazing. Prescription was for 3x a day, but the weight gain he has achieved has been with 1 to 2 pills per day. We are both very happy with the results."

• Anonymous
• December 26, 2016

"I must say this medicine has really helped me so much. I recommend this to anyone looking to gain weight. When I first started, I was maybe sleepy the first week, but I got over it. I have been on this med for almost a month and gained 10 pounds already, and I'm in love with the results."

• dlo...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 28, 2016

Cyproheptadine "I have been underweight in my life. I was searching for any kind of magical trick to gain some weight. Even I purchased oral steroids just to get rid of my skinny structure. Finally, I read about the tablet Periactin. But again, there was a problem that tablet Periactin is not available in many countries. Its UK brand medicine requires a valid prescription. Then I went to a doctor, got a prescription, and ordered these pills. Point to be noted: in the first few days, you will only feel sleepy, roughly the first 5-7 doses if you are taking 4 mg/day. But you will clearly see a difference in your appetite. This pill is tailor-made for weight gain. Absolutely worked so far. I took 12 tablets, it means 1 tablet/day and gained 4 kg weight."

• lin...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 20, 2018

"I am using this tablet called Cypro Vita (cyproheptadine) for weight gain. It's my fourth day, and all I feel now is just sleepy. How long does it take to have changes like increased appetite? Can someone please add some comments."

• Sli...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 18, 2018

"I was prescribed cyproheptadine for weight gain. I’ve struggled with gaining weight all my life. The first couple of days, I was extremely tired, but after 2-3 days, that wore off. However, my appetite has increased. I’m literally always hungry! I’ve only been on this medication for a week, and I've already gained 5 pounds. I swear none of this would’ve happened without this medication. My goal weight is now only about 15 pounds away!"

• Sti...
• August 25, 2015

"I promised myself I would share my experience with this after I tried it. So here it goes. I grew up the skinny kid all through my life. I was in XC and track, and then I bought this stuff and let it sit on my shelf because the sleeping side effects were too strong. After a while, I tried to give it another shot. I eventually got over the tired side effects and kept up with it. I put on weight so fast, it was scary. I went from 140 to an overweight 190 in a matter of months. I'm a 5'9 male, and for the first time in my life, people were calling me chubby and fat. If this is what you're looking for, then you found it, but be careful of what you wish for. I can't fit into any of my clothes. My belly and face are so big now, I don't feel like myself."

• Omg...
• April 24, 2017

Cyproheptadine "I had C. diff a year ago, and it made me lose so much weight! I told the doctors I was unhappy with my weight, and I couldn't eat due to stress. I got assigned these pills, and I was only supposed to take 2 a day, but my cousin was supposed to take 3 a day? Well, about two months later, I gained 15 pounds. At first, I couldn't tell, I just knew I was eating a lot more. Then slowly, I noticed I gained weight, also, in your belly area is the worst!!!!! But I'm going to start back taking the pills. Recently, I stopped because I've been busy and was a good weight, but now I'm unhappy again with my weight, so 3 times a day I will take them!"

• kii...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 29, 2016

"Yes, the hype is true with this med for appetite increase (also used for allergies, which works wonders). This will... I repeat, this medicine will make you sleepy, dizzy, and a bit lazy the first few days. I would say give it a full week before the sleepiness becomes manageable. I can recommend taking 2 mg, then up the dose every few days. **DO NOT take a full 4 mg at first, it will knock you on your butt. (Dissolving the tablet in juice or taking it with a full meal might help with the drowsiness.) Started this med at 100 lbs, 9 days later, I'm at 108 lbs. I rate it a 9 and not a full 10 because of the extreme drowsiness/sleepiness in the beginning. One last thing I recommend is to eat healthy foods to gain weight."

• Gin...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 22, 2016

"I am the stalker who reads posts for my own benefit, but rarely contribute. Today I decided it was time to give back in the form of sharing my experience. I have ALWAYS been a hard gainer. I've had four kids and still maintained a size zero (93 lbs) weight at 5'1. After fighting to gain weight for the last two years, I was up to 108 lbs. Fast forward after having the flu followed by new braces, which limited eating, I ended up 96 lbs and fragile looking. I tried to gain it back, but since I was a hard gainer, I couldn't. Went to my doctor, got these pills after reading posts and gained 11 lbs in ten days. From 96 lbs on 5/1/16 to 107 lbs on 5/11/16. Drowsy days 1-2 only. Now no sleepiness and mega appetite. 4 mgs three times per day."

• Pau...
• March 4, 2016

Cyproheptadine "I was 9 st 4 lb, wanted to put some weight on, tried calorie drinks and eating more, but you can't eat more if you're not hungry. Did research, found these pills. Doctor had never heard of them but prescribed me 3 months of pills, 3 a day. I took 1, felt shattered, so I take half a tablet a day. No side effects, and now 10 st 6 lbs in 7 months, feeling a lot better. Just give your body time to get used to them."

• Moc...
• February 11, 2016

"I started taking Apetamin syrup, which is the generic brand for Periactin. It contains the same ingredient-cyproheptadine-which stimulates your appetite. I couldn't find it in stores, so I ordered it on Amazon for $17.00, and it arrived in 2 days. I'm 4'11, and I've always been small and had a hard time gaining weight, except during my pregnancies. This stuff works!!! I have been eating everything in sight, and for the first time, I'm able to finish my entire meal. I started taking this on Jan. 31, 2016, at 95 lbs. By the time I weighed myself on Feb. 10, I had gained 7 lbs. I couldn't believe it. I knew my clothes felt tighter and looked better on me, but I was not expecting a 7 lb gain so fast. My goal is 120 lbs :) BW=95 lbs, CW=102 lbs, GW=120"

• Kgo...
• February 16, 2016

"I was prescribed this medicine because I have weight issues. I can gain weight, but I lose it fast. So my friend told me years ago about it, so I told my doctor. I took it on February 10th, I was 113, now it's Monday the 15th, I'm 119. So yes, it does work, and I'm also over the sleepiness. I love it, no bloated gut at all."

• nic...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 6, 2019

"I have been tiny my entire life. In 2007, I had to have emergency surgery. It turned out I had a band around my intestines. I had abdominal surgery and my appendix removed. The doctor said I was born with this band, and that's why I was in a lot of pain. He also said that's why I was not able to gain weight, because the band was wrapped around my intestines. It's been over 10 years, and I still haven't picked up weight. I recently had my first baby on April 19th of this year. I gained 20 lbs but lost it right after having him. I went to my OB for an appointment, he said he was going to send me to a specialist but wanted me to start taking this medicine. I hope this helps because I am 34 years old and very underweight for my age. It's very annoying when people say, 'You mustn't eat.' 'How much do you weigh?' So I will post my updates, I just got the medicine today."

• Jes...
• February 15, 2015

"I love this medicine. I had to take it while I was pregnant because I was not eating, and I was losing weight. So this was a great booster. Now I'm pregnant again, and I'm looking forward to having this medicine again if needed."

• Eri...
• July 12, 2015

"I've only been on this medicine for 2 months. I take 3 a day. I was 145 when I started, and now I'm 170. I love this medicine because I couldn't eat to save my life. Now I'm only taking one pill a day, so I won't eat as much. Great medicine."