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You're only in week one of 12.5, and a new dose takes time. Eight kg gone across 6 months for me, which is slower than most, yet I'm really happy because I couldn't lose that 8kg before. My pace has been slower and steadier. Dropping during month one and then absolutely nothing is odd. Lower...

Eight weeks at 2.5mg, then six at 5mg. On Tuesday my dose rose to 7.5mg, and Wednesday morning I felt awful, with nausea, fatigue, and vomiting my breakfast. I haven't been eating much since. Better now, though hunger has nearly disappeared.

On Rybelsus 7mg, I wait 2 hours before food every time, and it works well: 204 pounds down to 174. Rybelsus is now swapped for ozempic pills, and the new one is teeny and goes down with one small sip, which delights me. Waiting longer seems to shrink my appetite further, so I keep protein up...

Four weeks into the 2.5 dose here, and this is my pattern. I inject Wednesday morning, it doesn't really kick in till Thursday, works best Friday to Sunday, and starts wearing off Monday. It takes a bit of willpower at times, and I see that as a plus, so I hold back even when I feel I could eat...

I went up to 15mg MJ but didn't stay long, didn't need to, and started coming back down: first 12.5mg, a month later 11.5mg, then 10mg, where I spent about 6 months. Now I'm on 9mg and soon 8mg. On maintenance. Gradual increases are what work well, mostly 1mg at a time. It's a multidose kwikpen...

PMS made me ravenous during month one too, around my 3rd or 4th starter dose shot, and I was really discouraged. It eased with each step up, and at 1mg I started seeing real weight loss. I'm on 1.5mg now.

Just-Journey Was that why you switched? Which IU dose are you on right now? Otherwise Tesa/Ipa has worked wonders for me: my Z score is up from 0.2 to 1.7 at 2mg. Fat loss, recovery and strength gains have been incredible. But welts that itch for several days feel wrong to me and turn each shot...

I started BP meds when I began Ozempic, almost two years ago. Blood pressure used to be a frightening 180/120 and now sits around 110/70, so my NP is stopping one pill, and then the second one may follow.

Yes, I know. That's why reta and mounjaro seem like overkill for me with all their metabolism boosting. As I understand it, ozempic mostly works on food noise, cravings and slower digestion, so I'd love to hear from anybody in my spot whose eating evened out on ozempic.

My belly skin is my struggle. I dislike it. Everything else is fine but i hate the saggy skin from weight loss. Personally, I was okay at my heavier weight and liked who i was. Much less true now.

Weight is roughly 210 now. I moved to 2mg on 6/29 and I dose every 6 days at that level. I never switched vials since day one, so mine is about 80 days old. Most people seem to use theirs up within 60 days. The only size I found was 30mg, so that's what I mixed. Headaches after each pin keep...

Drinking was never big for me, yet alcohol has lost all appeal since Ozempic. That gut-brain link fascinates me. Jumping straight in at 1mg rather than working through the .25 and .5 steps invites wild side effects, whereas a low start with gradual increases keeps them manageable. My injections...

hazel Okay, though a week into 2.5mg my period showed up, and 10 days after it ended it came back. Nothing like that ever occurred for me before. Mounjaro by itself clearly did something ahead of any real weight loss. Probably hormones. Changing the dose affects it too, and part of me fears that...

Same here honestly. Only shared with a handful of friends I trusted not to judge. Started around 185, now hovering near 160. When people ask what I did, I just tell them it's diet plus exercise. Suspect some of them are fishing for reassurance that using a glp is fine, but I'm not really...

Would genuinely welcome dropping the dose during maintenance if possible, mainly for cost reasons. So different amounts are being tested out to see if that's feasible, though staying at the current level remains the backup plan if needed. At this age, the tradeoff clearly favors staying on the...