small win: goal weight stopped being a problem at week 20
Something I noticed reading old threads that I have not seen said out loud.
The advice on dose stretching in this community changed substantially around the start of last year, and nobody went back and updated the older posts. So depending on which thread the search engine hands you, you get two contradictory answers with the same confidence.
I have listed what I think the current consensus is below. Correct me — that is the point of posting it.
best — the order this archive was captured in
Yeah, maintenance is the boring part and the important part.
Slight fix: the number was 96.8, not 97.9. Decimal point, but a fairly consequential one.
The confident tone is doing a lot of work that the evidence is not.
the 7.5mg dose works fine for 24 weeks of the month
Yeah, maintenance is the boring part and the important part.
Strongly agree. Lowest effective dose is a real discovery process.
dose-stretching experiences welcome, dose-stretching instructions are not
dose-stretching experiences welcome, dose-stretching instructions are not
Disagree on that part. 99.2% and 98.9% on the same vial is normal.
Tried the lowest-effective approach. 15mg worked for 4 weeks, then cravings returned. 10mg was the actual floor.
Dead space in the needle hub holds a small but non-trivial volume. On low-volume draws that can be several units.
Edit to your parent would help — the concentration you quoted assumes one scenario and you have written another above it.
regain after taper is expected, plan for it
state how long you have been at maintenance, week 16 is not maintenance
dose-stretching experiences welcome, dose-stretching instructions are not
The plateau is real and boring. 46 weeks at the same weight, then movement again. Patience was the intervention.
Dead space in the needle hub holds a small but non-trivial volume.
Adding to this: lowest effective dose is doing more work than the comment implies.
Did you stretch the dose interval?
the plateau is where the learning happens
food noise returns but not always immediately
weight moves within 2kg and that is normal
the maintenance question changes at maintenance
The evidence standard in c/vendorvetting gets called too strict about once a month, and every time, the thread ends with the complainant agreeing.
lowest effective dose is lowest effective dose, find it or stay higher
Yeah, maintenance is the boring part and the important part.
the lowest dose you can stay on is not the lowest dose that works
lowest effective dose is lowest effective dose, find it or stay higher
Counter-anecdote: opposite result, same dose. Which mostly tells us the variance is huge.
Tried the lowest-effective approach. 2.4mg worked for 4 weeks, then cravings returned. 1.0mg was the actual floor.
nobody posts about this part and it is the longest part
Strongly agree. Lowest effective dose is a real discovery process.
lowest effective dose is long term, find it or stay higher
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