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Patient_Mango229

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I just had my first injection this morning, and wow, I actually felt satisfied after only eating a little bit of salad for lunch. Like many of you, I'm over the moon! But I am also a little ticked off. It's dawned on me that this is what it feels like to be satiated, yet for the past 49 years, I've been expected to control my food intake through willpower alone? Now I realize I might not have ever experienced "normal" hunger cues. I've carried all the guilt and shame of being overweight despite this. My doctor gave me a lecture about needing to exercise more instead of asking for a drug like this. Now that I know what it's like to feel this sense of normalcy, I'm not going to let her get away with it. It's like telling someone with asthma to just run more if they want to breathe easier.
 
I'm 100% with you. I struggled after my first dose for this exact reason. For ten years I was told to track calories and have discipline, and my weight would be fine. I have a mom with T2D who barely eats, and she's still overweight. This injection was like turning on a light switch. I'm furious at the medical community for acting like we were the problem. Our hormones are the issue, not our effort! I had to use a telehealth company to get my Mounjaro because local doctors wouldn't prescribe it. They were happy to help me right away. It was the first time I felt validated. Good luck on your Mounjourney!
 
I was mad because Osempic got approved back in 2017! My doc just kept giving me Metformin and glimeride even with an A1C of 11.7. They did lower it a bit, but still. Finally, after hearing about Mounjaro I begged for it. She wanted me to try Trulicity first. After 15 months, I only lost a bit of weight and my A1C was in the 7s. Got Mounjaro about a month ago. It's a game changer. No more cravings, weight is just falling off, energy is up, and no side effects. Why did it take so long to get a drug I needed? Feels like years wasted.
 
You're spot on. But trying to explain this to friends/family is impossible. You can see them rolling their eyes. It does feel like we've missed out, especially so late in life. At least it showed up. I wish my mom and grandma had access to this. Their lives would have been better. I now realize they suffered so much, labeled as hypochondriacs and criticized for their weight... now I know it was hormones, menopause (still ignored!), IBS and lactose issues. A simple lactaid pill could've helped my grandmother. She didn't know the little milk in her coffee caused so much discomfort. And I left onion rings on my plate yesterday. ONION RINGS!
 
Mounjaro has fixed an issue my wife and I always had. She's tiny. When I'd complain about my weight, she would say "eat until you're full." I've told her like 50 times that "full" for me meant cleaning my plate. Now I say after a few bites "I'm so full, I need a box." Never felt satisfied before.
 
I love not needing to clean my plate! It's amazing. My first shot was late, so I tried dieting. Just calorie counting and avoiding bad carbs and sugar. Barely made it. The shot helped, but I still heard food noise. The second shot silenced it. I love this! I was worried what my doc would say, so I got it through a telehealth service. Now I can show her it works!
 
So happy for you! It's better for my mental health to stop thinking about food so much.

Patient_Mango229 said:
I will try to make her understand that what she said to me is akin to telling an asthmatic to run more if they want to breathe better.
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Don't bother. Find a new doctor. I learned it's not worth arguing with doctors who don't understand GLP1s. Shame isn't helpful or professional. See if you can find a doctor on https://obesitymedicine.org/find-obesity-treatment/
 
I'm angry too, but for a different reason. I've been T1D for 30 years, diagnosed at 20. I've always had a normal appetite, so I don't have that issue. But I gain weight easily and struggle to lose it. Even before my diagnosis. I got to my goal weight at 18 eating only 900 calories/day. I'm only 5'0", so that's part of it. But it was ridiculous. I had to stay at 1100-1200 to keep it off. I stopped that in my mid-20s, but still ate healthy. The weight came back, but not too bad. Then in my 30s, my insulin needs and weight skyrocketed. I know now that's when insulin resistance hit, but I think I always had it. None of my four endocrinologists ever mentioned it, even though I talked about my weight issues. I even did a hard diet/exercise program about ten years ago. I ate less than 1400 calories/day for 16 months and didn't lose a pound. TDEE said my maintenance was 2200. I finally learned about IR last year from people losing weight on Ozempic and Mounjaro. I basically self-diagnosed and asked my endo. He said it was possible, but IR can't be tested for in T1. But we can treat it and see if it works. The day after my first tirzepatide shot, I lowered my short-acting insulin by 70% and my long-acting by 20%. My blood sugars also stabilized. My A1c, in the low 7s for years, was 6.2. I've lost 62 pounds over the last 8 months, keeping calories under 1300 and focusing on protein. I'm excited, but angry at the terrible medical care and wasted time. IR should have been mentioned years ago. My health would be better if I had started T2 meds sooner.
 
My bf got me rocky road ice cream last week, and it's still in the freezer unopened. I thought about it once but forgot about it quickly.
 
Don't worry Curious_Lemon_45, It's good that you don't have side effects. Side effects don't mean the medicine is working. It's better if you don't have them. Many people experience very mild or no side effects.
 
My wife is also on this, and she only had burps for a few weeks. Count yourself lucky that you don't have any bad side effects! 2.5 is a starter dose anyway. It gets into your system before they up it.
 
my doc was pretty firm about the daily multivitamin and extra vitamin d since i was already low. also omega-3. and protein — lots of it, gotta track it. been nine months and 45 kilos lighter with no hair loss even though my sibling had that issue.
 
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