u/Ill_Salt_1360

I’ve been taking the medication phentermine for about a month, I don’t take it everyday and I take half a pill - 1 pill just depends on how I feel.

At first side effects included increased heart rate, dry mouth but those have gone away.

I am well aware that it is a stimulant and my doc didn’t want me to be reliant on it and to still feel hunger. But I’m just curious if anyone else is experiencing this..

For context I’m not taking care of myself like I should. I worked at 8am today and have an hour drive to work and I hit the snooze button multiple times so i only have about 30 minutes to get ready. This is typical of me and I haven’t been able to break this habit of hitting snooze I typically get ready in 15 mins rushing out the door and I have since I was a kid.

I typically don’t eat breakfast as I don’t have time and I’m not hungry. But this morning I had an English muffin with butter and an Alani energy drink.

I have noticed with the phentermine it wakes me up and it being a stimulant I feel kind of hyped about 30 mins after taking it. Well then a couple hours later I crash and I am at work unable to eat due to being too busy and I get very overwhelmed, overstimulated, and kind of angry.

I don’t know if it’s the medication or a combination of these factors (not waking up great, not eating enough for breakfast and not really eating until 2:30 pm today.

I have a very stressful job as a vet tech and today for some reason was very stressful for me and I’m also at the end of my period so I’m already emotional.

I also have mental health issues (depression and anxiety) and I experience different mood swings throughout the day. I’m currently on Lexapro and have been for a couple years.

I’m just curious if anyone else starts to feel like they are crashing mood wise on the phentermine or is it just me?

All my life I have felt lonely, left out, shy, anxious and depressed.

I am now 29 (f) I am no longer shy but an introvert. I am proud of the accomplishments I have made and the progress I have made. When I was growing up it was so hard for to talk to people but I don’t Have a problem with it now and I’m proud of that.

But I have frequent moments where I don’t feel like any of my friends care of me and I just want to connect with someone other than my husband. I just want to be social, laugh with people, and honestly have a group of friends that’s super close. But it just feels hard to find.

I work with all women and I’m close with some of them and I want to make plans but I am a spontaneous person and when I have an idea in my head I want to do it right away. Like going on adventures but it’s not realistic not everyone can do something in hours or days notice.

My issue is also that if I make plans in advantage I forgot or I end up not wanting to go and I potentially flake.

I just feel like I keep talking to people about “oh we should do this” and it never happens. I feel like if I’m not making the plans no one invites me to do things.

Idk if it’s me and they don’t think of me but If I’m not the one initiating a hangout or making the plans nothing happens and I don’t know what to do with that piece of information.
Part of me wants to call these people out but I don’t want to come off clingy and in reality we haven’t really done much together anyways (I’m talking about multiple people btw)

I just feel lonely and I crave friendship, especially girl friendship. Like I want to have a best friend again.. someone who I am inseparable with, we can do hair/makeup together, we tell each other everything, we have sleep overs, we have fun, laugh and listen to music and talk on the phone together.

I have had these types of friendships before but now that I’m an adult it feels like it’s impossible to find, especially when a lot of people have kids (I don’t nor do I want to)

I know we all work and we’re tired and broke but I just want to have a close friend.

I’ve been taking the medication phentermine for about a month, I don’t take it everyday and I take half a pill - 1 pill just depends on how I feel.

At first side effects included increased heart rate, dry mouth but those have gone away.

I am well aware that it is a stimulant and my doc didn’t want me to be reliant on it and to still feel hunger. But I’m just curious if anyone else is experiencing this..

For context I’m not taking care of myself like I should. I worked at 8am today and have an hour drive to work and I hit the snooze button multiple times so i only have about 30 minutes to get ready. This is typical of me and I haven’t been able to break this habit of hitting snooze I typically get ready in 15 mins rushing out the door and I have since I was a kid.

I typically don’t eat breakfast as I don’t have time and I’m not hungry. But this morning I had an English muffin with butter and an Alani energy drink.

I have noticed with the phentermine it wakes me up and it being a stimulant I feel kind of hyped about 30 mins after taking it. Well then a couple hours later I crash and I am at work unable to eat due to being too busy and I get very overwhelmed, overstimulated, and kind of angry.

I don’t know if it’s the medication or a combination of these factors (not waking up great, not eating enough for breakfast and not really eating until 2:30 pm today.

I have a very stressful job as a vet tech and today for some reason was very stressful for me and I’m also at the end of my period so I’m already emotional.

I also have mental health issues (depression and anxiety) and I experience different mood swings throughout the day. I’m currently on Lexapro and have been for a couple years.

I’m just curious if anyone else starts to feel like they are crashing mood wise on the phentermine or is it just me?

Ok so Nina’s dad didnt SA her right?
She killed him because he was actually leaving them?
I just felt like he glossed over that and in the beginning it was such an important aspect of her dad “leaving”

So I’m conflicted about that.

I also hate that Bobby aka Dylan died due to the fire.

And on the last page she gets arrested right? Like that’s what he’s getting at?

Over all I really enjoyed reading this book. I loved how unhinged Nina was and all the tea in the book lol. I rated it 4 stars but would have rated it 5 if she came to terms with how she killed her father and talked more about it and also if her son hadn’t died in the fire that Maggie starts.