the week 8 version of this is different from the week 4 wall and I don’t think enough people separate them
Everyone's well drilled on "week 4 is normal, don't panic". Fewer people talk about the week 8-ish stall, which in my experience and a bunch of others I've compared notes with, actually behaves a little differently — often coincides with a real titration plateau (you've been on the same step a while and your body's…
this is a good distinction actually. week 4 stalls are almost always noise. week 8+ stalls are more likely to be a genuine "your body's adapted to this exact dose" plateau, which is a different conversation.
right, and the "different conversation" part is the bit I wanted to flag, because the wait-it-out advice that's correct at week 4 isn't automatically correct at week 8
and even then "different conversation" means "talk to whoever manages your dose", not "here's what internet strangers think you should do about it"
good, that caveat needed saying explicitly and I'm glad it's in the thread