Upped to O.5mg and having the worst nausea

[Sarah56]

Hey everyone, hope things are going well! New to ozempic, started at the lowest dose back in early June. Doctor moved me up to the next level after four weeks, which I've been running this week, and the nausea has honestly hit way harder than expected. Thrown up multiple times today and just feel completely off. Is this typical for the first week at a higher dose? Does it fade quickly? Been meaning to grab some protein shakes to help but overall meals have stayed pretty minimal, small breakfast type stuff. Curious what others think! Thank you!

 

[plum_roaster]

The typical schedule runs four weeks at 0.25 followed by four weeks at 0.5, then your doctor moves you to 1.0. Didn't lose a thing on those first two steps. Started dropping weight once I hit 1.0 though. A year later, down 50 pounds total.

 

[justabouthabits48]

Haven't actually thrown up, but the queasiness is real. A small protein drink or a bit of chicken tends to help settle things for me.

 

[jadedsteamer60]

That nausea feeling is completely normal and it does fade eventually. Been on this for years now managing diabetes. Over time it got effective enough that I was able to scale back the metformin, which helped my stomach a ton.

 

[ThighShotHigh]

Ugh, I can still picture that fried chicken lunch from mid Feb, right around the two-week mark on Ozempic and still on the 0.25mg dose. Worst bloating I'd experienced in ages, felt awful for hours straight. Luckily managed to fall asleep and woke up feeling a lot better the next day.

 

[paprika_juiceretc10]

Should've asked to start at 5.0 honestly. Took the first dose last night though and doing okay so far. No nausea. Ozempic used to hit me the moment I woke up and stick around three or four days.

 

[thyme_simmerer]

So I've gone through Ozempic twice now. Coverage lapsed at one point and I went without for close to two years. Thankfully affordable generic options exist now, so I restarted about two months ago.

Both rounds brought a couple rough nauseous days right after each dose increase. Manageable with ginger and scaling way back on food those days, sticking to gentle stuff like broth, crackers, and plain rice.

Spent all of last month absolutely wiped out on the 0.5mg amount. Napping constantly. Don't recall being this exhausted the first time, though maybe I just forgot.
Not dealing with that same issue at 1mg, so figuring my system had simply caught up by then.