Recent content by ramen_wk2

Only managed 6 pounds on the single-pathway medication over five months. Switched to the dual-action one. Another five months, lost 23 more. Started at 191, now 162. Stopped the shots four months back and haven't regained anything. Whenever someone compliments the change, I just say straight...

Only dropped 3 pounds across nearly four months on sema. Switched over to tirz and shed 60 pounds across the following year. Definitely thinking about pushing the dose higher though. The ramp-up across all the trials runs .25 for a month, then .5, then 1.0, each for four weeks, followed by 1.7...

Quick update. Just did my second 2.5mg shot from that earlier questionable, already-mixed vial of the fifth compound and things are finally kicking in. Appetite's dropping off, and the scale's moving the way it only does specifically on this compound. So, that answers one thing at least, the...

My provider actually stepped me down from .5 to .25 since the smaller amount was handling my blood sugar just fine. Funny you bring up losing the taste for alcohol, I gave up drinking entirely not long after starting Ozempic and haven't felt any pull to go back. Now and then on a hot day I'll...

If it's really 'just a tool,' then it's swappable for any other tool and never actually necessary. By that logic you could also walk from LA to New York instead of flying. Might as well look for a cross-country hiking forum instead of one built around this drug class. We've gone in circles on...

Quick update, week 3, day 3. Today brought the roughest side effect yet on reta. Nausea absolutely wrecked me this morning, felt like getting run over by a train. Happened before, just never quite this intense. Knew right away I needed to hydrate harder, did that and it helped a ton. Sometimes...

That's a fair point. Probably time to explore something else. Don't think my current provider is offering much beyond just managing my mood swings through a pretty heavy medication load.

Second week in and eager to keep momentum. A stomach bug could definitely make things worse right now with the meds.

Yep, there's a real difference. People tend to hold back on commenting on looks now which we should anyway. If you feel good in yourself that's what matters.