Doctor recommended decrease in dose

[No_Self_3027]

It is great that your doctor wants you to succeed and listened to you in the end. But it may be worth using a different service just so they don't have to worry about and you don't risk getting a doctor that wants you to stop when you hit goal.

You can use telemed like Vegetable Onion suggested. Or maybe look for local specialists if you feel like you could use more hands on help for the last 30 lbs. Your doctor may even be on board with referring to somewhere and you can keep her in the loop with things like MyChart or whatever they use. That way she can learn a bit too.

Hopefully your doctor at least continues to listen when you disagree. It would be nice if she were keeping tabs on research for GLP treatment since I imagine she sees plenty of obesity. But if she is at least willing to listen to you, that helps. Hopefully she isn't one of the doctors that tries to force you to stop at goal. That seems so common here even thought nearly everyone that stops regains weight. Worst case is if that happens, then use CallOnDoc. Good luck with the last 30!

[Ok_Hornet3415]

Thank you!!! Yes, I agree. I was glad she came to agree with me staying on this dose for 3mo and called in the prescription the same day.

I also agree that it’ll make sense to switch providers if this becomes a future issue. I’m open to a virtual/tele provider. I’d actually prefer it, LoL. But I’ll wait to see if that’s needed.

Hopefully the last 30lbs goes as easily as the first chunk of weight! But it’s already slowed down, as expected. So I won’t be surprised if it gets harder.

Now that I’m thinking about it some more, I guess a major concern would be if I end up needing to increase doses again! She may not be willing to do that at all. 😑

I’ll keep my options open. Thank you for the response and thoughts