Reta and Heart Rate: What's your experience?

[cumin_steadyloss]

My sleep hasn't taken a hit. Heart rate jumped about 15 beats for me.

 

[toasty_knitter]

When meds affect your heart rate, the whole training metric gets thrown off. You have to figure out what actual effort feels like underneath the HR changes, otherwise you're just spinning your wheels.

 

[Chris02]

Resting heart rate jumped from 60 to 70 on the initial dose, but settled back into the 60s after the second round.

 

[antsy_ramen7616]

Assume it's because of that ingredient but yesterday was super lightheaded around 11 until at least 3. Faded after. Not thirsty or hungry. Thought maybe migraine creeping back since gastric surgery. Passed so maybe. Heart rate flat on my watch that window.

 

[ByeByeBelly73]

Caffeine sensitivity shifts for a lot of people on GLP-1s. Pre-workouts that were manageable before can hit harder. Worth checking blended drinks for synthetic caffeine - di-caffeine malate and caffeine anhydrous are harder to estimate than coffee. If the rapid heart rate correlates with supplement timing, that is likely the explanation before blaming the peptide.

 

[Calorie_Win305]

The heart rate spike with stimulant compounds is expected but the crash you're describing sounds significant. 100 units of each after one week at 50 is a fast escalation. Heart rate elevation plus hard crashes points toward the dose being too aggressive for where your tolerance is right now. Pulling back to 75 and holding there is worth trying before going higher.

 

[Health_Chick134]

Moving from MJ to reta with a pre-existing HR condition worth tracking carefully - reta's mechanism is different enough that some people who had HR issues on tirz find it more manageable, but the baseline monitoring protocol your GP has in place is the right approach either way.

 

[sage_month6]

10mg tirz plus 4mg reta after starting on sema first is a full build-up approach. Having the GLP-1 baseline established before adding reta is the cleanest way to evaluate what reta is actually adding. Pinning them on different days is the smarter approach for tracking side effects independently. Any heart rate change since adding reta?

 

[rustyplugging]

The dose ceiling evolving as more long-term data comes in is the usual arc for this class of medications. Most of what's out there now on the higher doses is self-reported rather than clinical, which makes the range hard to anchor. How low are the doses you're starting with on sema and tirz before adding Reta?

 

[ProteinPioneer]

188 to 136 with the alcohol quit as the starting move and then tirz building on that is a great combination approach. 52 lbs and a year clean is a remarkable dual result. Quitting alcohol has its own significant weight loss and metabolic effect that tends to compound with the medication response. Has the HR been a factor at any point in the tirz run?

 

[chickpea_recomp]

The tolerability threshold is exactly what the heart rate question is about. Reta at low doses tends to show the HR effect more than tirz does at equivalent doses - whether that's a dealbreaker depends on what your baseline looks like and whether it stabilizes as the body adjusts. What dose are you at and how long has the elevated HR been happening?

 

[bored-thyme]

Cool that it worked out for you, seems like reta hasn't given you any cardiac trouble at all. I don't track HRV either, plenty else on my plate already honestly, sleep habits and maybe finally adding some cardio. Won't pepper you with too many more questions, but curious whether fat loss felt stronger on reta, and how energy compared between reta and tirz? Huge congrats on the results, sounds like 35 pounds gone.