reductil
as many of you may know, i used to be so big that i'd give mr. creosote a run for his bucket. when i decided to lose weight, my doctor prescribed reductil.
now, reductil is sibutramine and acts very much like speed that you can buy from dodgy men on street corners. it was an experimental drug at the time, so i was only to be given them for 6 months.
after the initial 6 months, i'd lost 2 stones, so my doctor decided to increase my dosage.
this is where it all went tits up.
i didn't lose any more weight, biut the increased dosage meant that i was extremely tense, jumpy, paranoid and angry. i slept an average of an hour and a half per night. my skin looked grey, my hair was lank and i had the attention span of a stunned kitten. after 2 years on this stuff, i saw a new doctor, who immediately stopped me taking them. i felt rough as a sandpaper gusset for a few days, but i'm glad i wasn't taking them any more.
reductil dispensation has now been stopped in england, as it has been linked to strokes and heart attacks. a woman on the same weight loss course as me suffered a very bad stroke after 2 weeks on the pills.
i consider myself bloody lucky and, to anyone considering sibutramine as a weight-loss aid, i'd say this: don't, just don't.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Wed 22 Sep 2010, 17:51, 5 replies)

Bloody hell.
That's a bit scary.
(Spleep Shit, or get off the internet., Wed 22 Sep 2010, 18:06, closed)

the scariest thing is
that the NHS are suffering crippling cuts, so much weight loss surgery has been stopped, causing desperate people to try and buy this stuff online. even if it is the proper stuff, they're putting themselves at risk.
i don't blame the NHS, they're just trying to do what they can with what they've got.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Wed 22 Sep 2010, 18:09, closed)

"i slept an average of an hour and a half per night"
Eeep, how did you avoid going completely bandana's?
(Sadarse works like Mist condensing mud flaps, Wed 22 Sep 2010, 18:28, closed)

i've always suffered from insomnia
to a greater or lesser degree, depending on how stressed i am. if i wasn't used to bad sleepless nights, i'd probably have gone completely tonto. i've known mates who've been awake for 3 days after hitting the speed, they looked ready to be committed!
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Wed 22 Sep 2010, 18:33, closed)

urrghh
Was given something like this about 20 yrs ago because i was 11 lbs over the ideal weight for my height.
I lasted barely 6 weeks as a spaced out non functioning bug eyed heart pounding useless lump.
Couldnt eat, sleep, read or watch TV, spent most of the time sat in a chair praying for everything to slow down.
Did however amuse my mum when she caught me ironing at the speed of light
(insomniac-surfer oh go on then, just this once, Wed 22 Sep 2010, 22:50, closed)