Stable maintenance dose — how long did it take to find yours?

[Blair1992]

Finally hit my goal weight last month after about 14 months on tirz. Doc and I are in the maintenance-dose-tuning phase — currently down at 5mg from 10mg, but appetite is creeping back a bit, so might step up to 7.5 for maintenance. Curious how long it took others to find their stable maintenance level after reaching goal. Did you go down step by step and see what held the weight, or did you find your number quickly? Also wondering if anyone went off completely and what that looked like.

 

[A1C-Slayer]

Still waiting for major changes after 6 weeks with minimal difference so far. Others hit their target around week 2-3 of the fourth dose, so I'm getting close hopefully.

 

[ambersiftertbh38]

On the waiting list right now. The NP said they're waiting on stock but didn't give a timeline.

 

[snappyturmeric15]

Looked into it but didn't go through with it. Way too many horror stories. Found one here quick enough.

 

[Bobby58]

Timeline and total loss together tell more than either alone. The maintenance answer depends on both.

 

[Lift_Ready]

Maintenance tuning usually takes 2-4 months - most people need 2-3 step-downs before landing on the lowest dose that holds.

 

[Food-IMO]

Cagri response varies enough that testing dose and timing separately is how most people find what holds.

 

[LBM_hacker]

Finding the maintenance floor is empirical - appetite creep returning at 5mg means the effective dose is somewhere above that, and stepping to 7.5 to test the suppression boundary is the right move.

 

[Mike_1977]

The mood stability at maintenance is one of the least-talked-about outcomes - when the constant food-related mental cycling stops, the bandwidth it frees up for everything else is real.