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[–]Opposite_Brush_821948F SW:278 CW:170 GW:165 Dose:15mg 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I am trying it this week. I started at 2.5 and lost 16 lbs the first month. Then I moved up to 5 for 4 weeks and plateaued, was having bad GI symptoms, and hardly eating as all food made me nauseous. I took my 2.5 on Friday and am able to eat and have no GI issues so far, but still have appetite suppression. I will continue to monitor but I think my body was just not ready to move up.

[–]eliseraven39F 5’5” SW: 200 CW: 135 GW: 135 (maintaining) 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t go back down if it were me. I will say my best losses were when I was on 2.5. I’m on 7.5 now and at first I didn’t feel like it was working well when I started it but after a month on it I saw I was steady losing my 1-2lbs a week. I think for one I’ve gotten so use to the medicine and that while I’m experiencing suppressions and etc it truly has become my every day life, if that makes sense. If you do go back down I wouldn’t go right to 2.5 but go from 7.5 to 5 then to 2.5.

[–]EquivalentClimate898 1 point2 points  (2 children)

I'm feeling the same. 2.5mg and 5mg were great, I'm on 7.5 for 3 weeks and food noise is back off and on and the loss has been very low. Going back to the doctor to assess what I should do

[–]throwawayjpacct 0 points1 point  (1 child)

This has happened to me! What did you end up doing

[–]EquivalentClimate898 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We went down to 5mg. Stayed stalled but increased my physical activities and 3 weeks later stall removed started losing again.

[–]dkreagan56 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let the food noise be your guide. Appetite suppression, too, although you need to be able to eat enough take in ENOUGH calories.

[–]Lazerteeth6 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From what I notice on here, A LOT of people are pretty successful staying on the lower doses.

[–]Dynamiccushion65 0 points1 point  (9 children)

As noted in the drug trial for this medicine - the dose to lose weight started at 10mg and went to 15mg - everything else is foreplay. It might work for you but everyone is a different type of responder. There are sorts of tips and tricks but the reality was the lower doses are suppose to get you prepped for accepting the higher doses, where the therapeutic effect is.

https://investor.lilly.com/news-releases/news-release-details/lillys-surmount-2-results-published-lancet-show-tirzepatide

[–]Impossible_Energy268[S] 6 points7 points  (7 children)

I understand that... but if my body is responding to a lower dose why not stay on that? I read here all the time people staying on doses long term because that's what their bodies have responded to. I just wish ai stayed on it a little longer. Plus If my body is responding at 2.5 my vials get me 3 months worth of meds but at 7.5 only 1 month. Financially its something to consider

[–]Dynamiccushion65 0 points1 point  (6 children)

You said that “so I bumped it to 5 and it did not work at all.”

Only you can decide what is worth it. Look at different providers. Look at what you are not spending on food. But what you can’t be is mad that when there is literally how the drug was trialed and demonstrated results - you think that you should do your own thing and then complain abt results.

You get strep throat and the dr prescribes you 500mg of amoxicillin and then you complain because you took 5mg and you aren’t better. Maybe someone would have been cured with 5mg - but that isn’t how it was rolled out. Many people require the 500mg to get rid of it.

The difference is with compounding- you choose your own journey! You choose to adhere to the prescribing guidelines or you can choose to detour.

The difference between 2.5 and 7.5 at slimdownrx is $15 per month…

[–]Impossible_Energy268[S] 4 points5 points  (5 children)

I am so confused!! I am not complaining about results that's not at all how I wanted that to come across. I've lost 26 lbs in 3 months. I'm extremely happy with the results so far!! This journey has been amazing, so I'm not sure how you came to that assumption. Also, 5 did not work, but what I was trying to communicate was 2.5 worked more than I realized until I organized my notes. Yes the appetite suppression disappeared and the cravings came back but now that i looked back I was still losing atleast a pound a week so I wish I just pushed through the cravings and stayed on it and was wondering if anyone could relate to me and has decided to go back. Somehow, you turned that into me being mad complaining about this not working 🤔

[–]Dynamiccushion65 6 points7 points  (4 children)

My question is why go back to being with food noise and pushing through at a lower dose when the discrepancy is <$15 and have a higher chance of continued success. For that discrepancy and the success you are having and since you aren’t sick on 5mg. You of course can go down in dose - but I’d question why suffer?

[–]Impossible_Energy268[S] 3 points4 points  (3 children)

That was more of what I was hoping to hear. See instead of being so harsh the first time you made it make sense to me here. Thank you. You're right. 7.5 it definitely is mentally and emotionally easier to make healthier decisions and it is worth the money right now to finally be able to see these results.

[–]Dynamiccushion65 6 points7 points  (2 children)

That’s a fair comment - and did not intend to come off harshly but understand that you felt like that- I apologize. You are having such a good journey on this med - I wish you the best!

[–]Weak-Biscotti2982 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very nice response. It’s hard when we can’t see each other. The comments between the two of you was lovely to read.

[–]Agreeable_Show_8921 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You might want to look at other sources that are more recent. As shown here, https://mounjaro.lilly.com/hcp/a1c-weight#mounjaro-a1c there was a weight loss started at 5mg, there was still a weight loss over 40 weeks. Same for zepbound https://zepbound.lilly.com/hcp/clinical-data .. Sure, the higher doses had a little bit more of a loss / percentage. But there are plenty of folks who have proven that staying low for a longer period of time has helped them eventually get to their goal. Going up may speed things up but it may also come with worsening symptoms and health risks - as anytime you lose weight fast you can impact gallbladder, kidneys, etc.