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3 years on Ozempic and then gaining 15 in a year before switching to Mounjaro - that's the long-term tolerance picture. 5 lbs on Mounjaro at 5mg moving to 7.5 is the early stage where most of the response kicks in. For the OP at 5 months and seeing the scale go the wrong way, the dose and the...

The suppression returning on the 0.25 bump after a strong first month is a common pattern - some people find 0.2 is the actual effective dose for them and the jump isn't needed. Staying where noise is controlled rather than chasing a higher number tends to give better long-term outcomes.

Generic sema timelines have slipped before. The Canadian market tends to follow US approvals by 12-18 months, so FDA finalization is the better guide than domestic pharmacy estimates.

No appetite suppression at 4 months is the other end of the range - both extremes exist.

Hundreds of barrels and needles lying around. Easy Touch 29-30 g is like $8-9 but honestly I don't have a single 29-30 in the pile. Use 1/2 inch 29 gauge 0.5 mL insulin syringes. 29 draws faster than 30. Warm the vial in water while brushing teeth or doing other stuff.

Sometimes I toss stuff because I don't want any longer or nothing appeals to me anymore-straight in the trash. Never would have done that before.

I'm 67, week 20. started at 209, i'm 5'6". gained weight after covid vaccine and didn't think i could lose at my age, plus i have hashimoto's. but this has been working great. i weigh every 5 weeks and i'm down 41 lbs. lost my appetite right away and it's stayed gone. i've exercised 5 days a...

Down six kilos in seventy days. Felt like I was falling behind but thank you for the push.

low doses gave me excellent appetite suppression at first. stayed that way until about 2mg per week. food noise is solid the whole time but now at 5mg the suppression is great again. exhaustion came back though and eating more just makes it worse. gonna hold here and see how it plays out.

6 months in but microdosing so I don't end up with loose skin. Down 15 in that time. Hard to accept slow progress when you just wanna hit goal weight, but slow and steady is supposedly the play.

Lost a dose once, so I switched to nine-day scheduling for a few shots to make up for it.

Start with sleep discipline before anything else. Same bedtime, same wake time, shut down an hour before. Meditation actually works (sounds dumb but it does). You're still young—most of this is fixable without extra stuff if you put the work in.

Good job! Yes, recommended loss is one to two pounds weekly.

everyone responds differently - some feel it at lower doses, others need to go up a few times. stick to the schedule to be kind to your gut and you'll feel it within a couple months. start working on lifestyle stuff now so you're ready when it kicks in.

check out r/mounjaromaintenance and r/glpgrad for some stories. this med really proves it's not all willpower—some people have actual metabolic issues it's correcting. might not be able to maintain without it long-term. kind of like asking someone with bad vision to see without glasses. The...