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I messed up and i think online doctor may stop my diet tablets.

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Rainydays26 · Yesterday 08:05

I have totally messed up and now I'm scared I won't be allowed diet tablets anymore. What I done i think was partly due to ny learning difficulties the other part was because I'm a prat.

I'm on mysimba I think my bmi was 31 when I stared I thought once I was below 30 I wouldn't be allowed it anymore. I felt like it didn't make sense because I would still be over weight. So I lied and kept saying my bmi was 30. Because I was scared of not being allowed them.

I didn't know I could still have them to maintain I couldn't find much information on it and it wasn't clear to me. So I kept lying about my weight.i did eventually ask about maintaining and they said I could still take tablets to maintain. But at this point I couldn't suddenly be honest about weight loss.

I have recently made an order. Its been put on hold because they said, I seemed to be on it for a long time and the answers in the question section don't really match.

They now want to know how long I have been on it.
How ofren I take it
And why have I been answering no when it asks If I have been on it more that 16 weeks. Over and over again.

This is the wording: Have you been taking mysimba for more than 4 months? If you have had a break even just 2 days. Say no. So I have been saying no. Thinking I was meant to because theres always a couple of days during the month I don't take it.so I thought I was giving the right answer.

I know i shouldn't have lied about the things I have but I was scared of it being taken away. And that I would just stay fat for ever or regain and still end up fat. And now my lying has bitten me. So I could just end up fat again as they might now refuse to let me have it because I lied which I know is my own fault.

I don't know what i will do if they say i can't have it.

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Fiendishandfiery · Yesterday 08:08

It’s just my Simba, move to another supplier, you can also get allie which is the same without prescription, it’s just less.

Rainydays26 · Yesterday 08:12

Fiendishandfiery · Yesterday 08:08

It’s just my Simba, move to another supplier, you can also get allie which is the same without prescription, it’s just less.

Its not the same its completely different.

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Fiendishandfiery · Yesterday 08:54

Rainydays26 · Yesterday 08:12

Its not the same its completely different.

Oh you’re right sorry, just move to a new supplier.

Rainydays26 · Yesterday 09:06

Fiendishandfiery · Yesterday 08:54

Oh you’re right sorry, just move to a new supplier.

I don't know how to. I thought they were all linked? So asda online doctor has my information i think thars available to other online pharmacys. Also starting with a new supplier could mean they want new photos and they won't show me as other weight now and the bmi won't be high enough.

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SilenceInside · Yesterday 10:47

@Rainydays26 what’s your BMI now?

If you have had a break of two days as the question says, then you’ve answered that question correctly. As for the BMI I would just reply saying that you misunderstood the question and that you thought it was asking for your starting BMI. Tell them what your BMI is now and then go from there.

If the pharmacy think you’ve been taking it for more than 16 weeks without any significant weight loss, that’s when they might consider not prescribing it any more. So you just need to tell them your current BMI and that you misunderstood the question about BMI and then see what they say.

You can go to another pharmacy, they don’t have access to each other’s information because they are private companies. They can’t share your data like that.

Rainydays26 · Yesterday 11:34

SilenceInside · Yesterday 10:47

@Rainydays26 what’s your BMI now?

If you have had a break of two days as the question says, then you’ve answered that question correctly. As for the BMI I would just reply saying that you misunderstood the question and that you thought it was asking for your starting BMI. Tell them what your BMI is now and then go from there.

If the pharmacy think you’ve been taking it for more than 16 weeks without any significant weight loss, that’s when they might consider not prescribing it any more. So you just need to tell them your current BMI and that you misunderstood the question about BMI and then see what they say.

You can go to another pharmacy, they don’t have access to each other’s information because they are private companies. They can’t share your data like that.

It was asked like this though.
It asks for weight which I have been lying about. So it looks like i haven't been losing or only a few pound. So they can also stop it because of that. I can't exactly tell them i have been lying the whole time.

Another online pharmacy wilk ask for my information and photos again. I won't pass the criteria now.

My bmi is now 20.8

I forgot the pic its on my next post

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Rainydays26 · Yesterday 11:37

This is what they asked
I have replied already. I just don't think they will let me have it.

I messed up and i think online doctor  may stop my diet tablets.
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havingoneofthosedays · Yesterday 11:38

I’m on the jabs and just moved supplier. I have a low BMI but they have prescribed on the basis of main but yes I had to submit the evidence again

topcat2014 · Yesterday 11:40

You know that you have to use correct info going forward, don't you. It is for your health - not just to avoid awkwardness.

If your BMI is 20 then you probably need to think about stopping, surely?

LoisGriffinskitchen · Yesterday 11:43

Rainydays26 · Yesterday 11:34

It was asked like this though.
It asks for weight which I have been lying about. So it looks like i haven't been losing or only a few pound. So they can also stop it because of that. I can't exactly tell them i have been lying the whole time.

Another online pharmacy wilk ask for my information and photos again. I won't pass the criteria now.

My bmi is now 20.8

I forgot the pic its on my next post

Edited

Please stop, you don’t need to lose any more weight. Just work on maintaining the loss now.

SilenceInside · Yesterday 11:44

I wouldn’t panic about this at the moment. Just wait for their response and see what they say. They need to check these things to make sure they are prescribing appropriately.

I’ve found some information on another pharmacy site that says you can continue taking MySimba as long as everything’s ok (no side effects and not underweight) and they will review periodically.

Separately to this, do you want to take MySimba long term or did you want to plan how to stop taking it and maintain your weight without it?

SilenceInside · Yesterday 11:44

https://uk.treated.com/weight-loss/mysimba/specs sorry, forgot the link to the site.

Rainydays26 · Yesterday 14:08

LoisGriffinskitchen · Yesterday 11:43

Please stop, you don’t need to lose any more weight. Just work on maintaining the loss now.

But surely i can be on tablets to maintain? People with injections do?;

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Rainydays26 · Yesterday 14:14

SilenceInside · Yesterday 11:44

I wouldn’t panic about this at the moment. Just wait for their response and see what they say. They need to check these things to make sure they are prescribing appropriately.

I’ve found some information on another pharmacy site that says you can continue taking MySimba as long as everything’s ok (no side effects and not underweight) and they will review periodically.

Separately to this, do you want to take MySimba long term or did you want to plan how to stop taking it and maintain your weight without it?

I wanted to keep taking it to Maintain as least for now. I don't feel ready to stop suddenly.

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SilenceInside · Yesterday 14:40

So hopefully Asda Online Doctor will understand what has happened and be able to continue to prescribe to you.

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