Always Unstable Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Is anyone here taking diet pills? I gained 20 pounds from Depakote last year and I still haven't lost it and it feels absolutely disgusting. I exercise a lot when I'm feeling manic but otherwise I don't have the energy. I just wanted to know if diet pills would mess with my other meds. I will ask my pdoc tomorrow but just wondering if anyone here had experience..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt07 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 What do you mean by diet pills? Stimulants? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Always Unstable Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 I don't even know. Like all those diet pills and stuff that are always advertised everywhere. I dint know what kind of pills they are just that they make you lose weight supposedly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonfly23 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 (edited) Yes I have had diet pills induce mania. I would talk to your Pdoc about it Edited July 21, 2015 by dragonfly23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Always Unstable Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 Yeah, I will talk to him tomorrow. I didn't know that they could cause mania. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonfly23 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Yeah, I will talk to him tomorrow. I didn't know that they could cause mania.If you take enough, I have been able to get a manic episode started. Not recommended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Always Unstable Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 Ha yeah, I don't another manic episode. I don't really need any episode , lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wadjet Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 My gp just prescribed phentermine for me and now I am wondering if I should take it. Maybe I'll wait till I talk to my pdoc. My manic episodes are almost always a mixed hell that I don't want right now. I want to lose weight, but not enough to risk an episode. It seems that lots of people take metformin to lose weight. I tried to ask the doctor for that but he said it wasn't one of the official uses for it so he wanted to get me something that was officially for weight loss. Maybe if I tell him I can't take phentermine he will let me take metformin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon0422 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 I've never taken an advertised diet pill, but I have taken Topamax....that, while mainly being a seizure med/mood stabilizer, has the added side effect of weight loss. That was what I was given to lose weight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Yeah, I will talk to him tomorrow. I didn't know that they could cause mania.If you take enough, I have been able to get a manic episode started. Not recommended. there is no way I cans unlearn this now. I've tried to trigger mania by little sleep and by blue light, but no dice. Maybe this is the holy grail? God help me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Yeah, I will talk to him tomorrow. I didn't know that they could cause mania.If you take enough, I have been able to get a manic episode started. Not recommended. there is no way I cans unlearn this now. I've tried to trigger mania by little sleep and by blue light, but no dice. Maybe this is the holy grail? God help me!No. That isn't right. It just isn't. We're here to help. We are not here to tell you how to trigger mania. This isn't fair to the OP or to any of us that answered the OP out of concern. I know it's ultimately a bad thing, but after a long depression it's rather welcome. And I am far from the only person to try to trigger mania here. Even so, I have actually been quite good about zapping mania with zyprexa. At most I let it go a day. But I can't say that I don't enjoy it. That just wouldn't be honest. I know there are others here in the same boat. What really keeps me in check is the possibility of going mixed. That is a hell I really Cannot go through again. I apologize if I was insensitive to the concerns of the OP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissaw72 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 FWIW ...I have taken dexatrim in the past, overdosed on it, in combination with benadry. I went to tell someone, and we walked over to the ER (I was still "ok," the meds hadn't taken full effect at that moment).I ended up in the ER for the day because they could not get my blood pressure down. I don't remember the numbers but do remember them saying it was seriously high. After they finally got it to come down and I was ready for discharge, the left side of me was weak/tight at the same time. I could still walk and talk upon discharge, but they said they weren't surprised given how high the BP was. (And i had to have massage therapy for a year to get it back to normal). Then I go to see my pdoc at the time, and he said "I think you had a mini stroke." So since then I haven't touched an OTC weight drug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 FWIW ...I have taken dexatrim in the past, overdosed on it, in combination with benadry. I went to tell someone, and we walked over to the ER (I was still "ok," the meds hadn't taken full effect at that moment).I ended up in the ER for the day because they could not get my blood pressure down. I don't remember the numbers but do remember them saying it was seriously high. After they finally got it to come down and I was ready for discharge, the left side of me was weak/tight at the same time. I could still walk and talk upon discharge, but they said they weren't surprised given how high the BP was. (And i had to have massage therapy for a year to get it back to normal). Then I go to see my pdoc at the time, and he said "I think you had a mini stroke." So since then I haven't touched an OTC weight drug. I swear I think I had that happened to me two years ago. I've never been the same since, in any case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonfly23 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Yeah, I will talk to him tomorrow. I didn't know that they could cause mania.If you take enough, I have been able to get a manic episode started. Not recommended. there is no way I cans unlearn this now. I've tried to trigger mania by little sleep and by blue light, but no dice. Maybe this is the holy grail? God help me!No. That isn't right. It just isn't. We're here to help. We are not here to tell you how to trigger mania. This isn't fair to the OP or to any of us that answered the OP out of concern. Opps, I did not mean to be insensitive to any OP. I tend to blurt out (type) before thinking fully.Rephrase: I would not attempt taking diet pills without the knowledge and counsel of your Pdoc, it can effect your mood. For me it induced Mania, which of course we all try to avoid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Always Unstable Posted July 26, 2015 Author Share Posted July 26, 2015 Thank you all for your suggestions! In the end pdoc wouldn't give me anything except a leaflet for a weight loss group. I decided to go it my own way instead. I won't mention it here though as its not really condoned. But it's working for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gearhead Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Colorful aside: my pdoc suggested that I refrain even from drinking caffeinated coffee or tea (I don't drink soda) as a precaution against mania. So I can't imagine stimulant-based diet pill would be safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Always Unstable Posted July 27, 2015 Author Share Posted July 27, 2015 Colorful aside: my pdoc suggested that I refrain even from drinking caffeinated coffee or tea (I don't drink soda) as a precaution against mania. So I can't imagine stimulant-based diet pill would be safe.My Pdoc warned against coffee too. I don't drink soda either. I do drink green tea though which he said is okay so long as i don't over do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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