Hi,
I have been on Orlistat now for just over a week and I have had the side effects about 3 times now as I tried to cut down all my fat. My main issue was the comfort food, such as pizza, milkshake, pringles and mainly ice cream. So I have stopped having those now. But over the past couple of days my stomach has seemed bigger than normal and I feel hungry all the time and a little bloated. I have not been having diarrhoea, but I have been more constipated even when the side effects are in place.
Is all this normal or have I been over thinking, as I do that a lot. Before I started the tablets I was constantly over thinking about what would happen and how bad everything was going to happen.
Also I found that I am weighing myself everyday and I can’t see a difference and because I don’t get much side effects I wonder if it is actually working, and also I didn’t get to ask questions to my doctors about the side effects, for example; how soon does the side effects kick in after eating fat? and how long does it take for the side effects to go away?