This is the first prescribed med I have taken. Not counting many other over the counter diet pills. Over all it works for me. I dont care too much for some of my side affects but they ar\'nt over bearing. One of the down sides are that some days I cant sleep that well. I stay up for a while and dont fill sleepy. And other days I am tired.

I also loved this book. I couldn't put it down! It gave me great comfort to picture my son in such a wonderful place and that I will be with him some day. It is easy reading and very uplifting.

oh, there is a blip going on... in the list it says 2 replies, and click on it and there is only one reply from 1/7/07 so I'm hoping adding another reply will fix it. This post caught my attention because I have just started back on Meridia.

okay... so someone posted and it did not post? Software hiccup? I do hope the person posts again as it would be nice to know if there are any other people here using this medication.

I took this drug for about 4 months at the beginning of last year. I loved it! (as much as you love any drug, smiling)

You have to be just as careful, you need to cut back calories and I exercised. I also had to get my BP checked every other week at my doctor's office, but that really wasn't a problem, I got to weigh in while I was there.

I lost about 46 pounds, but that's not what I loved about the drug, I loved that I wasn't hungry all the time! I loved that when I ate a meal I felt FULL! I wasn't thinking about food all the time. It was such a blessing!

I had to find a new primary care doctor because my family doctor left private practice and my new primary care doctor HIT THE ROOF when I asked for my refill. He said this drug was terrible for one's heart valves. And the new primary care doctor also said that everyone gains the weight back once they stop taking Merida.

Who knows. I thought it was a great tool to use while trying to lose weight.

My sister took Meridia, and she had great success. However it did give her the shakes pretty bad and it made her pupils very dialated it looked like she was on some heavy drugs at time because you could barely see the colored part of her eyes. The minute she stopped taking it she gained back all the weight she had lost and then some. She ended up doing weight watchers which she is still on and is having slow, but tremendous success. Good luck!

My dr. had me try this several years ago, when they first started advertising it. Unfortunately, and disappointingly, it had no effect on me. But, luckily, I did not have any of the side effects associated with it either. Different things work with different people - I'm sure there are others who have had great success with Meridia.

where can I get this book? Thanks

This was an excellent book. It was a little hard to start reading, but I did find comfort in it. So much, I may read it again. I ordered a copy for my Dad to read hoping it would help with the loss of my Mom. ~Connie