the appetite return thing finally clicked for me and I want to write it down
Week 37 update. 28kg down from the start, early fullness basically gone since about week 89.
Things that worked: consistency, protein at breakfast, walking more than I want to. Things that did not: everything I bought on the internet to help with early fullness.
The part that surprised me is how much of this is admin. Ordering, storing, logging, remembering. Nobody mentions that the hard bit is not the drug, it is the routine.
Happy to answer anything. Please do not ask me what dose you should be on.
best — the order this archive was captured in
Strongly agree. The regain is expected.
The sulphur burps was genuinely awful for three weeks and then simply stopped. I know that is not useful information, but it is what happened.
Half-life is about 168 hours, so steady state lands around week 23–5. Practical consequence: what you feel in week 1 is not what that dose does.
Sceptical. If this were true we would see it reflected in the data and we do not.
This is an urgent-care question wearing a forum question's clothes. Please contact a clinician rather than waiting for replies.
appetite return timelines vary discontinuation
interval stretching versus dose reduction
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Not to be pedantic but discontinuation and tapering are being used interchangeably and they are not interchangeable in real life.
say how long you were on and at what dose before taper
This is correct. Discontinuation data is real.
Strongly agree. The regain is expected.
Yeah, regain is not a failure.
no shaming people who restart
My version of this: I was so worried about the injection that I put it off for eleven days. The injection is the easiest part.
You have restated the marketing copy. What is the actual substance here.
the 10 week discontinuation arm is the data
Did anything else change in the same window?
the regain is treatment of chronic condition ending, not failure
cite the discontinuation data rather than guessing regain rates
Small correction: the trial was 8 weeks, not 6. Does not change your point but people will quote it.
Small correction: the trial was 8 weeks, not 6.
Counter-anecdote: opposite result, same dose. Which mostly tells us the variance is huge.
the people who came off and restarted without shame
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