sushee: i did not take an offense to anythign you said. it is so hard when typing things because tone and expression cant be heard or seen.
i do understand everythign you are saying. i do see others points too were they woudl really like just support while being on it. most people know the side effects and there are alot of people down on duromine so it is good to have a positive place to go. not sayin that there should be a place that is......... i dont know how to put this ummmmm making it so people that are considering going on to it see a thread and think wow these people r being encourgaged to take it so it will be good for me.
when u said u had surgery did u mena the lap band?

for my BMI i should be loosing a lot more then the 30 odd kgs i want to loose but i am tryin to take it in steps. i have struggled all my life so yes when i do see someone sayin they want to loose under 10kgs i want to slap them lol. but in sayin that after being in this thread it has made me realise no matter how much someone needs to loose it is hard and we do not know each other that much to judge how much or how little people need to loose, but i will always feel ....annoyed when someone says they only want to loose alittle.

i go on and on to my DH about loosing weight and he says yeah i should loose 3kgs i am like grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr try gettin rid of over 30. he usually see's the look i give him and runs away hhahahahaha.