After taking diet pills, the middle-aged Ms. Chen lost weight significantly, but she continued to develop dependence because of this. She felt uncomfortable and irritable if she didn’t eat. The night before yesterday, she suddenly shouted, “I have bugs on me! It’s all bugs!” and kept scratching herself. Her family had to send her to the hospital. The doctor believed that Ms. Chen had mental symptoms such as “phantom touch”, and she kept taking it. The antidepressant-containing diet pills are likely to be important triggers.
For the past six months, Ms. Chen has been taking a weight-loss medicine, and the weight-loss effect is also good. But after losing weight, she found that she couldn’t stop. As long as she didn’t take medicine, she would feel irritable and uncomfortable. So she insisted on taking this medicine after losing weight successfully. The family just noticed that her temper was getting worse and worse. The night before yesterday, Ms. Chen suddenly scratched herself frantically, “I have bugs on me! Bugs!” She was screaming out of control, and her family was afraid that she would hurt herself and rushed her to the hospital.
Ms. Chen’s family found in the hospital ward that there was another patient with similar symptoms living in the next ward, and it was also caused by taking diet pills. Why are diet pills addictive and even hallucinogenic? In this regard, the reporter interviewed the director of the sixth department of psychology in the hospital. He told reporters: “We have also seen several such patients. A few days ago, a 20-year-old girl also suffered from anxiety because of taking diet pills. This is probably related to some prohibited ingredients contained in diet pills. “Dr. Chen said that he once analyzed the ingredients of a diet pill that patients took and found that it contained fluoxetine, which happened to be an ingredient in antidepressants prescribed by psychiatrists for patients. Inhibit the central nervous system to make people feel full, used to treat depression. Such drugs must be taken under the guidance of a doctor, otherwise there may be mental side effects. Some diet pills contain amphetamines, a type of stimulant that can cause emotional instability, delusions, hallucinations, sleep disturbances and other symptoms, making people addicted like drugs. The drugs that Ms. Chen took may contain these dangerous ingredients, which made her have a very real “phantom touch”. “When taking diet pills, you should pay attention to the drug ingredients, and it is necessary to consult relevant doctors.”
