"started taking contrave 3/1/17, once a day in a.m.  first day, i was extremely tired, had a hard time keeping my eyes open at work. second day, actually felt really good, great mood too. days 3 &amp; 4 went well too, although on day 4, 
i became constipated.  appetite has diminished a lot, eating 3 small meals a day, with fruit in between. haven&#039;t weighed myself yet, waiting until week one is complete. only side effect so far is slight headache and occasional stomachache.  i will hang in there and continue taking contrave.
 tried belvique last summer, for the first 3 weeks all i wanted to do was sleep. hated that. gave up after 5 weeks, only lost 5 lbs.  
hoping as time goes on i don&#039;t experience some of the other side effects i&#039;ve been reading"