Recent content by Mike_1977

Making a lotion out of it instead of the usual serum is worth exploring, I remember someone writing a really good guide on that which I need to revisit. Ive tried microneedling but I dont know much, so Ill wait for others. Skincare always begins with sunscreen for me, so which one do you use? My...

Shopping for reconstitution needles at the moment, any advice? The research ones would probably be fine, but a bigger gauge with a longer needle looks like the best pick. Also curious whether a tried and tested reconstitution needle exists already.

Sage12 Thanks for the info. I started cagri at last with 0.1mg and felt nothing. Another 0.1mg two days later, and now, two days after that, maybe a slight appetite drop? Planning 0.2mg later this week.

If youre on any GLP-1 too, dont bother injecting before bed. Like was said above, its wasted if youre not properly fasted. Insulin of any kind dampens the effect, and with gastric emptying slowed you basically cannot be fasted on a sane eating and sleeping routine. CJC-IPA did nothing for me...

Exactly! At 2.5mg of sema my side effects were already bad, and I dont even want to imagine 7.2mg.

Reta ruined my sleep pattern, forcing me off it. It also left me jittery and anxious with a racing heart rate. My Oura ring tracks all my metrics daily, so I could see it happen. I ended up moving to tirz and the results have been great.

Really appreciate the detailed reply. Think you're onto something, my diet and exercise routine probably need a fresh look. I eat noticeably less than I did a few years back, and Mounjaro's really quieted the mental chatter around food. Been logging calories closely for years now. My TDEE sits...

Type 1, correct? If that's the case, my situation as a type 2 won't line up with yours exactly. Blood sugar naturally fluctuates, comes with the territory. The hope is just that the swings become less extreme over time. Mine sat at 6.8 before starting the second compound; by last October it...

Totally get that mental hurdle. My situation right now is past overweight but short of average or genuinely lean, so my old targets don't really apply anymore and need resetting. Get anxious anytime I go past the 1400 mark. Tried a GLP-1 last summer but stopped after a few months once my...

Are you actually strength training with weights? Never did it myself, lost about half my body weight and regret it since I ended up looking flabby with basically no shape left behind. Please lift if you're not already. Otherwise you'll wish you had.

20 years left and not wanting to spend them overweight is the clearest version of why the medication matters for the OP who has been at it since age 7. The mourning piece is real but what you don't want to carry forward matters just as much as what you're letting go. That framing is actually the...

Same reaction to TitrationTechnician's comment. The inflammation drop is something nobody really warns you about. Back and joint pain easing up felt like a side benefit. Made exercise so much more accessible when moving around stopped hurting.

280 to 176 with A1c back to normal is a strong metabolic result.

The mood stability at maintenance is one of the least-talked-about outcomes - when the constant food-related mental cycling stops, the bandwidth it frees up for everything else is real.

I'm feeling kinda down since starting this... I'm on week 5 and just feel blah. Anyone else get more sad?