"i&#039;ve had a pretty positive experience with this medication. i am a 32-year old female, i started at 235 and am now 194. it took about 6ish months to lose the 41 pounds and i&#039;m continuing to lose. i did have headaches at first, but they subsided after a few weeks and they were not that bad. i try to stick to 1,200-1,350 calories a day (strict) and then i have a &quot;cheat&quot; meal on fridays. the contrave makes it a lot easier to stick to that diet 6 days out of 7.  i do have to make a conscious effort to diet though, the contrave didn&#039;t take away my desire to eat and it didn&#039;t take away cravings. it just makes it easier to resist overeating and giving in to cravings."