I’m considering taking amphetamines for weight loss. Have you tried it? How did it affect your mental health? Did you lose weight? What kind of diet did you follow? What are the drawbacks?
Amphetamines made my symptoms worse.
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what symptoms got worse?
The voices got louder.
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I was on phentermine from my doctor. It gave me a energy boost but my body got used to it quickly. Didn’t do much for me, eating less has done more than the pills. Even on aps.
Don’t think I mean eating less through will power. I have an autoimmune disorder we haven’t determined yet - doc thinks it may besero-negative lupus with psoriatic arthritis- and I recently can’t hardly eat.
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Sounds dangerous and off-label. Good luck getting a prescription from a reputable doctor.
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Have you thought of taking an EC stack? Helps with weight loss. Ephedrine and caffeine
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My doctor just said she would give it to me once I’m stable on my meds. Of course God only know when/if that will ever happen. But I just don’t know if I want to chance it and then get destabilized again. I think she said it was what @anon4362788 tried phentermine. So maybe it won’t even work?!?
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@FatMama do you think ephederine is safer than amphetamine? Don’t they make meth-amphetamine out of ephederine. When I used it for allergies they made me swipe my driver’s license and sign my name to agree not to participate in illegal activities with the ephederine. It used to freak me out like what the hell am I taking here. lol
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It works for some people By speeding up the metabolism. Problem is that your body adjusts so fast. Some people will them take double. Google phentermine reviews or stories. Oh and as soon as you stop taking it the weight can come right back. For your health I’d stay away.
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I asked two former psychiatrists about Adderall. One said yes initially, but changed her mind after I got paranoid. She then said I could get more and worse symptoms.
The second said no because it counteracted the medication I was taking. You know APs block dopamine, while Adderall increases dopamine.
I looked into it a bit online and it seems risky and dangerous. I think even modafinil is dangerous. But some people do really well on these things, especially if they had ADHD. I’m not sure I have ADHD. I was never diagnosed.
I think I could benefit from Adderall for negative symptoms, but I think taking L-Theanine and Sarcosine with my AP is just smarter and safer to do.
If I wanted to lose weight, I would just take a mid-to-high dose of Topamirate/Topamax. I lost 40-70 lbs on it before. I’m really thinking about trying it again as I’ve regained all my weight due to APs.
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I took it for awhile and was a bit jittery but was more motivated. I’m not sure if it legal in USA but is in Canada.
Pseudoephedrine is what they use for meth. Quite different
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Topamax is my mood stabilizer. I take 200 mg a day. I still haven’t lost very much weight. But I’ve basically stopped gaining. I go up and down 5 to 10 pounds, which isn’t that much for how big I am. Sometimes my appetite gets under control and I make a little headway and I start feeling better and something happens and my stress and anxiety spin out of control and I run for the comfort of food and undo all the progress I’ve made. There seems to be a disconnect in my brain that losing weight makes me feel better in the long run. I just get caught up in the instant gratification of putting something in my face. I can’t seem to break the habit for long. I’m trying though. I thought if I could just get a boost from the amphetamines I could get the ball rolling. The doctor said she would do it for 2 months only. I think I want to risk it.
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I asked my pdoc for them for concentration and weight loss . He replied he doesn’t prescribe those to sz patients.
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I know, my old doc wouldn’t even have a conversation about it. This new doc was like I’ll give them to you for 2 months, them you have to go off for a month. Then I don’t know if I get them for another 2 months or what, she didn’t say. But I sort of is implied that i could get them for another 2 months. I don’t remember exactly how she put it though, I’m trying to remember for sure.
I don’t have experience with amphetamines, but I would think they would make your already-bad anxiety even worse. I wouldn’t chance it.
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I used to get them for ADHD. Since I had a manic episode my pdoc stopped the Adderall and added Zyprexa and I’ve gained tons of weight. I hope he will prescribe be adhd meds again someday.
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