Weight Loss
"Here&#039;s my situation: female, mid 30&#039;s, smoker, drinker, bipolar depression. I was already taking wellbutrine for depression, so I just stopped taking it when I started with Contrave. Smooth sailing. The benefit of having bipolar in this situation is that the medication I take for that, Lamotrigine, is not only a mood stabilizer but an anti-seizure med. The bottom line: I haven&#039;t thought about smoking at all, haven&#039;t felt the need to drink and don&#039;t even think about it, and my mood and temperament is even keeled. This is great! I have found a med that tackles all of my problems, and it works! So I&#039;m on week 2 now. After the 1st week, I lost 8 pounds in my gut. No change the 2nd week. I have been staying under 1200 calories/day and exercising"