My wife began taking 30mg Phentermine in June 2015 and after 5 months moved up to 37.5mg. She does not exercise but we both have a healthy diet. She has lost 30 pounds but she is a completely different person. I looked up the side effects and noticed irritability was on the list, but in the past year irritability is just a small part of what I've noticed. Since taking this medication she has changed. There is so much anger and displeasure not only with me but everyone she works with. The smallest thing can set her off and even if it's dealt with or fixed right away she is unable to move beyond it. She dwells on things often becoming more angry days or weeks after the original issue had already been resolved. There is nothing else I can think of in the past year that could have caused the personality changes I've seen.
Please help me and let me know if anyone out there has seen or experienced similar behavior from a loved one who has taken Phentermine.
How bad can the irritability and mood swings be when taking Phentermine?
Question posted by NeedHelp702 on 1 May 2016
Last updated on 13 July 2024 (1 week ago) by Antonio18
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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.
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