Ozempic kicking my butt - help!

The gastro virus coinciding with the first Ozempic week is a genuinely important data point for the thread - it changes the interpretation of every early side effect report that came before the edit. For the OP feeling terrible, this is worth keeping in mind: the first week of Ozempic can be rough, but it's also the window when GI bugs will hit hardest. Has anything changed since posting?

Ask your doctor about a motion-sickness patch, makes a huge difference. Wouldn't touch ozempic again without one at this point.

That's really a call for you and your doctor to make together. I'm on tirz myself, different medication than ozempic. From what I've read, people who switch over to tirz often report fewer side effects. Worth asking your doctor about a prescription anti-nausea option for the meantime.

Try that motion sickness patch behind the ear, can't recall the exact name but it's easy to search. Lasts about 72 hours, used it after joint surgery and, unusually for me, felt fine the whole time. Also curious how she managed that, I'm on 2mg with a preloaded ozempic pen.

Symptoms sound relatively manageable honestly, would push through another week or so. An antacid might take the edge off. Skip the junk food, focus on protein and fiber. Should keep improving day by day.

Spent close to a year feeling mildly off and nauseous on relatively low ozempic doses before finding out there were other options. Tolerate low-dose cagri way better, alongside tirz and reta.

Diarrhea's a widely reported side effect, no surprise there. Didn't get that one personally, but the lower amount did nothing so moved up a level. Then got nauseous every time food went in and couldn't risk being sick during lectures or the commute, so had to drop back down and taper off since stomach pain was still an issue.

Then took a month completely off to reset, since the doctor wanted another eight-week trial at the lower amount. Once restarting after that break, during which more weight actually came off than during the entire first stretch on the medication, there was still zero benefit.
Was choking on thick, poorly digested food, sludge-like vomit on the rare occasion of actually throwing up, and eating basically the same since nothing was working, feeling close to passing out from it, so took nine months completely off after that.

After that break, tried the lower amount again and within about an hour had heartburn so severe it genuinely felt like a heart attack, nearly ended up in the emergency room over it, only avoided that because an antacid actually worked. Yeah, never touching this again, same goes for the other main option in this class. Similar side effects there too.

Managing type 2 diabetes here. Got sick that opening week along with rough diarrhea, both hitting in the early hours. Happened after eating something too oily, which made eating anything with fat afterward feel genuinely nerve-wracking. Thankfully neither repeated. Eleven weeks into this now. Nausea kept intensifying instead of easing, so rather than moving up a level, held at a moderate amount for two more weeks before actually stepping back down this week. It turned into something genuinely miserable, tapering down made things worse instead of better. Nausea's not been as bad this week at the lower amount, but a doctor's visit is happening regardless to discuss stopping entirely.

Haven't been able to drink much fluid and worried about kidney strain from dehydration. Gagging on the diabetes pill and can't manage some other tablets that should be getting taken. Fatigue's set in hard, moving through the day feels impossible. Can't even manage a shortened walk anymore. That's tied to dehydration too, plus a painful mouth sore now. Limited food intake and cutting out so many foods has left the diet extremely restricted, and being vegetarian on top of that makes hitting protein targets nearly impossible, which means losing muscle too.

Not really, though I get occasional cramping alongside the queasy feeling, and even that's uncommon. There's a handful of other markers pointing toward slowed stomach emptying showing up too, filling up quickly and staying full, appetite dropping off, things like that, but it might just be the medication working as intended. Bringing this up with my doctor tomorrow. Appreciate the suggestion!