How to Tell if a Teen is Taking Diet Pills

Teens often become obsessed with weight loss. They begin to feel self-conscious about their body and worry about being made fun of for being fat. Due to these insecurities, they may resort to taking diet pills without your permission. Since diet pills can be dangerous, you should know how to tell if a teen is taking them.

Instructions

1. Note if they have problems sleeping at night. Diet pills can cause a teen to feel restless and they may develop poor sleeping habits. If you notice that the teen seems too hyper to sleep, this could be a sign of diet pill use.

2. Keep track of their eating habits. More often a change in eating habits will accompany the use of diet pills. The teen takes less interest in food and may barely touch their plate at dinner.

3. See if they have any stomach problems. Diet pills can often cause a person to have diarrhea, nausea or constipation. If medical problems are ruled out, diet pills may be the culprit.

4. Look for mood swings. Diet pills can cause a teen to become more irritable than usual.

5. Send them to a doctor for a check up. A doctor can look for additional signs of diet pill use. The teen may have heart palpitations, high blood pressure or tremors.

Tips & Warnings

• If you suspect your teen is taking diet pills, then you must confront her about it. Diet pill overdose is linked to hallucinations, heart attack and convulsions.

• Diet pills can be bought by teens both in pharmacies and online. There are no age restrictions barring them from purchasing diet pills.