Mounjaro and Booze - Tell me your stories!

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been on mots-c 1.3mg daily for five weeks and it's working great. no ss-31 before this. thinking about stacking them—will they work together or do i cycle off mots first?
 
constantly cold. started june last year, switched to wegovy in oct, back on mounjaro 4 weeks - lost 4st total. can't get warm no matter what. two jumpers, thermal, puffer jacket and still shivering.
 
WFI's probably fine but I'm adding some BA to mine for safety. Most of what we do—prepping, pinning—is risk management. Grey market, stuff we're not 100% sure about, so yeah, every precaution I can take.
 
Haven't personally noticed any distaste for alcohol unfortunately. Drinking less just because I fill up quickly these days. Did manage to quit vaping though, so counting that as a solid win.
 
Drinking's dropped noticeably for both me and my dad, and we're both alcoholics. Can have one drink every few weeks now and barely crave anything past a beer or two.
 
Comes down to slowed stomach emptying caused by this medication, combined with the low blood sugar and dehydration risk that both alcohol and the drug bring on their own.
 
Alcohol's fine to have on mounjaro too. Mainly affects your tolerance, so you'll probably feel the effects faster than usual. That said, if weight loss is the goal, drinking will work against that.
 
One other thing worth mentioning, this actually started back during my metformin days but carried straight over onto mounjaro. Used to drink heavily, and now that pull just isn't there like before. Still drink socially sometimes, sure, but the craving's nowhere near what it used to be.
As for addiction more broadly, I do think I'm naturally prone to it, and honestly just swapped my food and alcohol habits for a shopping habit instead. Not something I'd blame on the medication since addiction ran in my life well before mounjaro, just figured it was worth mentioning.
 
I'm someone who maybe has a single drink a handful of times per year. Mounjaro's ramped up my alcohol cravings more than any other change I've noticed. It's still occasional, never more than a single drink per sitting, yet for someone who barely drinks it really stands out.
 
Used to drink fairly heavily before starting Mounjaro. It's made cutting back almost effortless. If I do have a drink, I'm done after one or two. The desire just isn't there anymore.
 
Mounjaro hasnt stopped me having drinks a few evenings weekly. I drink less than before because of the weight loss and eating less, but Ive had no problems with it.
 
Great life choice! Sounds like it could help with both drinking and eating issues. Mounjaro definitely turns down my food noise and pushes me toward better choices. I can't vouch for alcohol, but many Redditors say so. I'm 6 weeks in, down about 10 pounds, steep learning curve but worth it. My frame is big enough that changes don't show yet, but getting around is easier and overall I feel far better. Side effects vary. Indigestion is the most common (sometimes severe), then constipation OR diarrhea, so keep meds handy for each. For indigestion I avoid spicy, greasy and fried food, and cruciferous vegetables are a hard no. At the start I couldn't drink anything cold or iced, that's better now. Eating guidelines from a big hospital were very helpful. I take generic Prevacid daily.
 
You've only just started, so your system hasn't settled into mounjaro yet, and it may irritate the stomach. In your shoes I'd hold off on alcohol and let it settle for longer first. Some people drink fine, while others get nasty hangovers from just two drinks. Beyond that, the smartest move on this med is to set yourself up to succeed by overhauling your lifestyle: eat better, exercise, all that. My 5 months on mounjaro included only a few drinks and I don't miss it. Health-wise I'm doing far better.
 
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