Tenuate is used for weight reduction, I had it many years ago from a "diet doctor", it is a stimulant, I am almost sure. I think this is why I had better mental concentration, weight wise it peters out, and then in my case the doc said to stay off of them.
You may want to ask CamW at our drug question forum, he would be the best to ask.
You can also read up through the internet,just don't take all the varying info to heart, it is best to ask your doc or pharmacist.
Stimulants can help in the areas you found improvment, I found when I was taking phenterimine I felt great, had motivation, mental acuity, weight loss was fine, but I liked the improved concentration, that I have never had in my life, this helped former T and pdoc realize that I was ADD, through different written tests, besides Bipolar-II (mild) the sad part they urged me to stop using stimulants fearing it may trigger a manic episode being that they DXed me as Bipolar also, they did say the thing is to treat the Bipolar and then go onto treating the ADD, my present pdoc (cause we had to relocate) just seems stuborn to give treating the ADD a try (if he doesn't work with me with that issue I will have to find a pdoc that will) but getting back to your improved feeling on the weight loss pills, I know from experience you can get hooked, and then fall into a deep depression and suffer from extreme fatigue so I would advise you discuss this with your doc to avoid any unpleasant reactions, it can really suck.
I am wishing you the best, I know this can be frustrating, and you know when I was taking weight loss meds I too, was able to socialize in the 3d world, so much better than ever, and did excellent in college too
Too bad the things that make us feel good, perform well, etc. are said to be dangerous, makes me ponder that.
I just wanted to add that I was later put on antidepressants in the SSRI category, plus wellbutrin, the one over a few years that worked for my depression was Celexa, but it petered out after 2 years and then my pdoc changed my mood stabilizer and that certain mood stabilizer I am on has helped address the depressive side of Bipolar-II, though it isn't an anti-depressant, but it has helped in that area while preventing any hypomanic episodes
Like we all say, all meds work differently for each individual, so it is almost like "one size does Not fit all", ha!ha!
Best Wishes [small]
Please take care,
DE

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SOLON
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