Switching from Sema to Reta...any advice?

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8mg reta as the ceiling on tolerable dose and then adding sema every 3 days to cover what the higher dose would have done is a creative solution. 110 total with another 8 on the combination is a strong result. Going from 10 lbs on sema to that kind of total - the combination piece seems to be what moved things.
 
Sema working well until tolerability capped at 1mg and then switching to TZ is a really common two-step progression before reta comes into the picture. The OP's 10 lbs on sema before switching is a smaller response than some, which actually makes the mechanism-switch argument for reta more interesting. Did TZ fix the tolerability issue that stopped you on sema?
 
The split dosing approach for sema side effects is actually a smart starting move, and hearing it made things more even makes sense. Transitioning from split sema to reta should be manageable if you start reta low and give it a few weeks before assessing. What dose of reta are you planning to start at?
 
Switched over to RETA and it's honestly been amazing, hated SEMA, drowsy, nauseous, constant bathroom trips, just miserable. Zero issues on Reta for me, and I've dropped over 70 pounds in eight weeks.
 
Ran sema for nearly a year. Dropped 10 pounds the first couple months, then completely stalled. Appetite control was minimal and I generally felt awful. Switched over to reta afterward and the entire experience felt like night and day.
 
Cycled through both compounds at different points. Reta broke through a three month plateau for me, but the constipation got worse and the emotional flatness was more noticeable. Went back to sema for maintenance now.
 
Even after almost six months on sema, still had random burping and loose stools show up occasionally. Went a good six weeks with zero issues, then out of nowhere it hit again. Now I'm doing split doses of reta and honestly barely notice any side effects.
 
My husband tried sema for about six months, worked up to 1mg. Absolutely no reaction, no appetite drop, no weight loss, just left him feeling drained. Would switching to something like tirz or reta give better odds? Anyone here dealt with non-responders before?
 
Might be worth stepping away for a couple months and letting things reset. Sitting at a 12mg reta amount with zero movement after eight weeks does seem unusually stalled. Reached that same 12mg level, once weekly, following the standard trial schedule a while back, and progress stopped there too. Sema had done absolutely nothing a couple years earlier even at the full amount. Since then the reta amount got scaled back to 6mg with cagri layered in, and the scale is moving again, just very gradually, but that's fine as long as it doesn't reverse.
 
That's exactly the question here too.

Running a solid weekly amount of one compound alongside a small amount of another, both split into two doses spread evenly through the week.

Did this to quiet some food noise, and since the second compound was never tried before. Started that one recently, with a few more months expected before reaching target weight. Aiming for roughly one percent of starting weight lost weekly. Several dozen weeks in now, down over a quarter of starting weight with everything measured looking solid.
 
Getting ready to begin Reta after 3 months of microdosing Sema. It wasn't hugely effective but it did some good, calming the food noise and killing off my sweet tooth. Side effects were only some constipation and rough sleep, never got any deep sleep. For Reta I plan to start low, probably 0.5 mg over the opening weeks, then scale up and see. Eventually I'd like to reach the level where liver fat burning shows up alongside weight loss. Roughly 75 lbs to lose, currently at 275.
 
Same here. I figured Sema was going to kill me. Turns out the doctor who prescribed it (a real MD, not some health spa lol) put me on 2.4mg from the very first shot. Two years later, while looking into other options, I concluded he either wanted me dead, was clueless or negligent, or figured I was big enough to skip every step and land at the top lol. I might be biased, but Sema hit differently for me. Almost zero side effects with Tirz or Reta, and I would sooner stab a fork into an outlet than feel like I did after that first Sema dose.
 
I lost 40lbs with sema doses no higher than 1mg. It took 8mg of reta to get a decent rate again, and now I'm at 10. Coming to reta from another GLP tends to mean higher doses. Glad I waited until it got cheaper, I just stocked up on r60s.
 
I started sema two years ago and switched to reta about a year & a half back. Mostly 6 mg weekly, sometimes stretching to every other week. I'm 38 and at the start of this year I began getting fine lines and skin changes, period changes, kinda vaginal dryness, low kinda libido. I feel like I've aged a lot, presumably from the weight loss, about 95 pounds over the two kinda years. I feel like I'm 45. Sucks. I'm going to start estrogen & try to get off reta. I know that's hard for many but I also quit smoking, drugs and alcohol in my 20s, so I'm sure it IS kinda possible. I eat healthy & work out. I'd love to hear from others with similar issues about how they resolved or reversed some of it. Glad I lost the weight anyway.
 
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