Dealing with T2D, PCOS, extra weight? These meds exist for ongoing management of exactly that, plain and simple. You can manage them, even push into remission, but the underlying condition never actually leaves - obesity is really just the visible marker of insulin resistance underneath. Slow weight loss genuinely stinks! Frustrating to watch it crawl along, but how fast was it moving before you had these meds at all? In my case, any time a metabolic problem or a nutrient shortfall flared, progress ground to a halt. Still have 60-70 pounds ahead of me and I've been stuck nine months running at 12.5mg. Couldn't climb higher because other symptoms made eating and even staying awake a real struggle on MJ. Getting ready now to move up to 15mg since a few of those unrelated problems are finally calming down. My numbers on the diabetic marker are normal, and even through this stretch of no movement not once has my endo suggested the treatment quit doing its job. What?! It's constantly working behind the scenes. When this much is happening at once, the body has to decide what matters most, and here's the kicker - holding onto fat is a built-in survival trick, so once things start going haywire internally, giving up a stored resource
