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anyone else notice SURMOUNT kicking in around week 30
Trying to settle this properly because the thread from last year went in circles. The claim: SURMOUNT matters. The counter-claim: it is measurement error. Both sides…
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Overview — page 4 of 5
comment on week 76 check-in — 46kg down, early fullness manageable, one thing confusing me in c/sideeffects · 10 points · 1 year ago
Same experience. Week 87 and it simply stopped. I know that is not useful information but it is what happened.
comment on what changed for me between week 35 and week 78 in c/tirzepatide · 192 points · 1 year ago
Dead space in the needle hub holds a small but non-trivial volume. On low-volume draws that can be several units.
comment on nobody warned me about injection-site soreness and I would have liked the warning in c/tirzepatide · 10 points · 1 year ago
the appetite change on tirz is more than just reduced hunger, it is different machinery
comment on what changed for me between week 40 and week 83 in c/sideeffects · 79 points · 1 year ago
the early fullness passes. i promise. not medical advice.
comment on [Vendor] QST order #5 — Denmark, 3 days, no drama, receipts inside in c/dosinglogs · 134 points · 1 year ago
This is correct. Long-term logs matter.
comment on what would you tell week-1 you about tracking in c/dosinglogs · 72 points · 1 year ago
I am going to push back on this slightly.
comment on small win: constipation stopped being a problem at week 75 in c/sideeffects · 4 points · 1 year ago
the food-noise thing stops around week 87 for most people
comment on [Meta] proposal — a flair for nausea posts in c/sideeffects · 0 points · 1 year ago
This is correct. The sulphur burps is horrible for three weeks and then just ends.
comment on the compounding question that gets asked weekly, answered properly in c/glp1aus · -23 points · 1 year ago
Yeah, the 2024 rule change was sudden.
comment on the compounding question that gets asked weekly, answered properly in c/glp1aus · 138 points · 1 year ago
Yeah, the 2024 rule change was sudden.
comment on TGA — 21 things I got wrong before I got it right in c/glp1aus · 82 points · 1 year ago
What is the PBS status?
comment on TGA — 21 things I got wrong before I got it right in c/glp1aus · 1 points · 1 year ago
compounding status changed mid-2024
comment on Australia — my 7-week log, condensed into one table in c/glp1aus · 96 points · 2 years ago
Came off after 4 weeks for financial reasons. Regained about a third over the following year. Back on now at a much lower dose.
comment on small win: fatigue stopped being a problem at week 6 in c/sideeffects · 1 points · 2 years ago
constipation is real, boring, and fixable
Counter-anecdote: opposite result, same dose. Which mostly tells us the variance is huge.
comment on small win: weekly update stopped being a problem at week 96 in c/dosinglogs · 6 points · 2 years ago
Week 65 for me and the honest summary is: 28kg down, sulphur burps manageable, and I have thought about food maybe four times today.
comment on [Discussion] the Australia advice in here is 5 years out of date in c/glp1aus · 59 points · 2 years ago
AU and NZ are different systems, say which
comment on three years of Mounjaro threads, summarised so you do not have to read them in c/tirzepatide · 52 points · 2 years ago
I am going to push back on this slightly.
comment on [Lab] SGN reta — VendorInvestigate came back 93.7% against a claimed 98.6% in c/sideeffects · 34 points · 2 years ago
The fatigue passes. I kept a log and the timeline was the only useful thing. 21 weeks and it was basically gone.
comment on [Lab] SGN reta — VendorInvestigate came back 93.7% against a claimed 98.6% in c/sideeffects · 111 points · 2 years ago
hair loss is real and usually reversible when you stabilize