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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have taken phentermine on and off for years. For me personally, it works amazing for the first couple months but after that it starts to lose its efficacy. On top of that my cravings come back with a vengeance and the weight just creeps back on unless you really maintain a strict diet and exercise regimen. [/quote]

How do you get it on and off for years? Is your doctor willing to prescribe it for you upon request? General practitioner?[/quote]

I am in NYC - there is a place I go to called NY Weight Loss Specialists or something like that in midtown. Since they don't take insurance they'll pretty much take anyone on as a patient as long as you're overweight. You don't even have to be severely overweight. They also give you the b12 shots. I used to be very overweight 10 years ago and lost a lot of weight on their program. I was able to keep it off for about 5-6 years but due to stress, drinking too much, anti-anxiety meds, being lazy, etc some of the weight has crept back on. So I'll go back to them whenever I want to get it back in check. It will work initially for me but as soon as I go off the pills and shots its so hard to maintain. And then the cycle continues.

So after having DB I vowed I would try to lose weight naturally through diet and exercise before turning to the pills because I want to be able to keep it off. And so far just by doing low-carb/sugar and cutting alcohol plus working out 5-6x per week I have lost 30 lbs since February. I am really convinced those pills mess up your metabolism so I wouldn't advise doing it unless truly a last resort. [/quote]

Actually I should clarify above it was anti-depressants to contributed to weight gain, not anti-anxiety. Also many times you can just google "medical weight loss" in your area and you can find places that will prescribe the pills for you. If you are not severely overweight they may give you a little bit of hard time but all you have to do is give them a sob story of how you used to be so thin and yadda yadda and have recently gained all this weight and they'll treat you. [/quote]

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