Thanks for your reply on it CamW. I'm glad it doesn't do what the other ones you described before do. That's scary. I lost some weight on it anyhow-22 pounds. I know regulating the diet and exercising is best but for some reason I couldn't do that at one time and had to lose weight for serious health reasons and fast. My cholesterol and triglycerides were sky high 338-660. I do need to get back into exercising and soon. I noticed it helped with the depression I suffer from but it also made me edgy and irritable at first and caffeine can make it worse. I do notice a similarity to the effects of effexor except it hasn't made my body temp. go up and down like effexor did. I went off the Meridia and back on and off and that probably wasn't wise but I was so irritable and at times it seemed not to work. I know a lot of it is sticking with my diet journaling and calorie counting and I'm doing that again. I wish I were more diet conscious than pizza conscious! I am back on it (meridia) and also back on risperdal for ptsd/depression. This combination doesn't seem to bother me as much as zyprexa/meridia. Some warn against these combinations, I'm aware. The zyprexa had me eating everything in sight, seriously. I even ate in the middle of the night. Found crackers all over the place. Yes, my genetics is a part of it. I just want to be healthier. I'm not aiming for skinny at this point. I was near there years ago but also was taking overdoses of diet pills way back then. I don't do that now. Thanks again.

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