Comments on: Hydroxycut Causes Liver Damage And Death

By: Nina

Nina — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:41:27 +0000

I have a friend, who right now has complete liver failure…he took hydroxycut for years. I am outraged!!!!Is there a class action suit against this company?

By: Nikki

Nikki — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:44:00 +0000

i still am taking hydroxy cut now and even though i have read the recall i will still take them …

By: Andrea

Andrea — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:29:57 +0000

I’m in healthcare, and I had a young, thin patient come in one day. They were taking about 3 times the recommended dose and was having anxiety attacks and really f-ed up heart arrythmias. I know this was overdose and kind of a “duh”, but it was sad to see it in real life. I don’t know why this person even used the stuff – they seemed slim and healthy enough to me.

By: Rei

Rei — Mon, 11 May 2009 02:11:40 +0000

Chelsi…I was about your age when I started dieting obsessively aided by diet pills.
I too was plagued by suicidal thoughts.
At seventeen those suicidal thoughts ceased to be only thoughts.

I survived, thankfully.

I urge you to get help now. Get a councellor talk to them about how you feel.

Your dad is in the wrong here and you need to understand that. You can still love and respect your dad even though you know he’s wrong to give you those pills. He’s trying to help you with the weight thing, but he skrewed up. YOU are not a disappointment.

Get help now and learn to accept and love who you are. If you do that now, then you’ll save yourself a lot of heartache in the future.

(btw…as a survivor…It DOES get better. Suicide is a permenant solution to a temporary problem. GET HELP)

By: LadyGrey

LadyGrey — Fri, 08 May 2009 22:11:39 +0000

Chelsi: I don’t want to be too alarmist, but since you’re having stomach pain every day, it wouldn’t hurt to get checked out by a doctor, especially since you’ve been on this drug. Talking to a doctor would also be a way to find out about treatment for depression, if that’s something you’d consider.

As someone who’s been through depression, I wish there was something I could say except I know it sucks but it can get better. The only way to guarantee that it will never get better is to kill yourself. As long as you’re alive, there is hope.

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 08 May 2009 18:57:53 +0000

Chelsi, you are breaking my heart. I’m trying to think what I would have wanted to hear at 15 and 180 lbs and a parent who buys you diet pills and the words are not coming. I will tell you that at 37, I still have parents who are still obsessed with my weight, so that problem won’t go around with time.

I guess looking back, I wish I had someone who could have shown me all the great things about self so that I could love that person instead of waiting to love myself when I was thin. My own self-loathing has only contributed to my weight and not helped in my life at all. So think about all the great things about yourself, write down 5 a day and read them to yourself every day. That’s a start.

Depression is tough, that doesn’t go away by itself either. Is there anyway you could get counseling? Would your parents support that? This may sound counterintuitive to someone who hates their body, but when I got really, really depressed, I became obsessed with baking (specifically pizza) in an effort to keep myself afloat. Maybe you can find something like that to get through the dark times. And if you do, remember each failure gets you closer to your goal, not further away.

I wish you the very best and hope to hear how your are doing.

By: chelsi

chelsi — Fri, 08 May 2009 11:54:57 +0000

I’m 15 years old and I weigh about 180 pounds and I’m only 5′ 5”. I have had issues my whole life with my weight. I am not only depressed all the time, but I diet and exercise. And it doesn’t work. My dad bought me hoodia pills about a year ago.. I took those for a couple months but they did nothing. Then about a month ago he bought me caffeine free hydroxycut and taking those I didn’t lose weight either. So 2 weeks ago he bought me the real hydroxycut and after taking those for 3 days I had already lost 10 pounds. I felt so good about myself and I exercised way more and ate just about nothing but water and yogurt. I continued using them throughout the 2 weeks, and my friends noticed I was always so hyper, and they also noticed I got really moody and depressed. I was still depressed. Actually more then ever. My stomach always hurts and I’ve thought about suicide almost everyday, at least 2 times a day. With my stomach hurting all the time I miss school, skip class, and just want to sleep away the pain. That’s when my dad came into my room this morning. He said give me those pills. I asked why, and he responded “I saw a thing on TV and they are killing you” and I gave him the pills, I told him I wasn’t going to school and as disappointed as he was, he left the room. I’m really disappointed with my life. Those pills didn’t help me lose weight. It was the dieting and exercise. Whatever the case, I just don’t know where to go from now. I just feel terrible all the time.

By: Chels

Chels — Fri, 08 May 2009 11:47:39 +0000

I’m 15 years old and I weigh about 180 pounds and I’m only 5′ 5”. I have had issues my whole life with my weight. I am not only depressed all the time, but I diet and exercise. And it doesn’t work. My dad bought me hoodia pills about a year ago.. I took those for a couple months but they did nothing. Then about a month ago he bought me caffine free hydroxycut and taking those I didn’t lose weight either. So 2 weeks ago he bought me the real hydroxycut and after taking those for 3 days I had already lost 10 pounds. I felt so good about myself and I exercised way more and ate just about nothing but water and yogurt. I continued using them throughout the 2 weeks, and my friends noticed I was always so hyper, and they also noticed I got really moody and depressed. I was still depressed. Actually more then ever. My stomach always hurts and I’ve thought about suicide almost everyday, at least 2 times a day. With my stomach hurting all the time I miss school, skip class, and just want to sleep away the pain. That’s when my dad came into my room this morning. He said give me those pills. I asked why, and he responded “I saw a thing on the on TV and they are killing you” and I gave him the pills, I told him I wasn’t going to school and as dissapointed as he was, he left the room. I’m really disapointed with my life. Those pills didn’t help me lose weight. It was the dieting and exercise. Whatever the case, I just don’t know where to go from now. I just feel terrible all the time.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 07 May 2009 22:54:17 +0000

I just want to say. That people need to check the facts before bashing the product. Have you checked the article about why hydroxcut was taken off the shelf. Out of 9 million products sold 23 people had a problem and one died. I understand 1 person dieing is one to many. But, that is a really really small amount of people. Just saying

By: Kari

Kari — Tue, 05 May 2009 13:32:42 +0000

Big Perm: You must be new here, and didn’t realise what we said was total sarcasm. Fat Acceptance is not about “bashing” skinny people, and if eating right and exercising made everyone thin, this blog wouldn’t exist.

You can be fat and healthy, like you can be thin and unhealthy. Fat doesn’t mean you’re automatically gorging yourself on Mickey D’s every night.

And last off: Why we *are* concerned about people popping pills is the possibility that they might experience undesirable side effects, like liver failure, heart failure, depression, and death. You might just tell people to “let them take the damn pills if they want” but if you’ve ever had someone close to you in the hospital, or dead from such diet drugs, you wouldn’t even think of such a thing.