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GLP-1 kicking my butt...
- Thread starter TheGo
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True_Pizza
Well-known member
food noise is way harder than hunger for me. solved it by lowering dose but dosing more often — needs vials though, pens don't work for that. 2.5 works for many but technically it's not even therapeutic. try 5mg first to see if the noise keeps going.
ThinGal339
Active member
dropped 43% of my body weight, down the last 10 lbs now. 225 to 128 in about 20 months, slow and steady. had to restart a couple times because my body doesn't handle big jumps. still under 5mg, moving up 5-10 units a month. weight loss slowed like expected but i'm pretty sure i'll hit my goal.
BrookPro
Active member
Got 10mg lyophilized powder. Trying to figure out: reconstitute with 1ml back water then mix into 30ml hyaluronic acid serum? Or use raw powder? Is that even enough concentration? Can I stack it with another compound? Anyone have experience with this that could save me from wasting it?
flax_zepfan
Active member
Side effects showing up well past the initial adjustment window at a stable dose is unusual - late-onset symptoms warrant a closer look. Have you changed anything else recently, diet, other medications, supplements, that might be adding to it? The medication itself shouldn't be getting harder to tolerate after you've already been on it this long.
fuzzy_coasting
Active member
the peak GI side effects being in the early weeks at each new dose level is actually the useful framing - it means the worst of what you're experiencing at 5mg is almost certainly not what 5mg feels like in week 8. the people who drop out during the peak phase miss the adaptation that would have made the dose tolerable. getting through the first 3-4 weeks at the new level is the checkpoint that determines whether the dose is sustainable
cinnamon_plateau
Member
Why would she take five times the normal dose, it's rough enough at just one or two doses with the side effects that come along. I've been on 1mg for a year now and it's wrecked my digestion so badly my endocrinologist is talking about dropping me back to 0.5mg.
homey_showingup
Member
Two rounds of 5mg down and both were brutal, fine the next day but then the following 48 hours I could barely drag myself out of bed. Planning to push through the full month, but can't keep this up much longer than that.