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c/maintenancephase·submitted 3 days ago by u/maintenance_mode_max

has anyone actually found their floor — the lowest dose that still holds the line

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19 months in, at goal for about seven of those. Been slowly working with my prescriber to see how low I can go and still hold steady rather than just staying on whatever dose got me here. Curious who else has actually done this deliberately rather than just staying put out of nervousness.

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u/TitrationTortoiseslow and boring176 points·3 days ago

did this myself starting around month 14. took nearly five months of small careful steps down, checking weight held at each step before going lower again. found a floor about 40% below my "getting there" dose that still holds.

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u/maintenance_mode_maxOPmaintenance81 points·2 days ago

five months for the whole process is roughly what I was expecting, glad to hear that's a normal timescale and not me being unusually slow about it

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u/TitrationTortoiseslow and boring54 points·2 days ago

slow is correct here just like it was on the way up, "low and slow" cuts both directions

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u/units_not_mgsyringe math33 points·1 days ago

the syringe math side of this deserves a mention too, stepping down in small increments needs the same careful units-vs-mg checking as stepping up did, easy to get complacent once you think you're "done"

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u/TitrationTortoiseslow and boring21 points·1 days ago

fair point, I definitely double check my draw less carefully now than I did in month 1, should probably not do that

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