I took it for about a year. I did lose some weight on it, though the weight loss stopped relatively quickly for me (though I was going through a lot of health problems and stress at the time, including taking prednisone which makes you hungry all of the time).
There were a couple of side effects. Problems sleeping (for the first few weeks), moodiness, but also a sense of almost aggressive invincibility (the drug did begin as an antidepressant), and this is a little embarassing, a dramatic increase in libido.
I felt sort of like wonderwoman on it. When I stopped losing weight, I didn't want to stop the Meridia, and wouldn't have if it weren't for the expense. My husband (then fiance) was relieved though, apparently I was too "amazon" for him while I was on it.
Colleen
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