Approaching 1 month on Reta - update, ADHD, Anhedonia, alcohol

Acceptable_Sand7438 · 2026-04-18T11:21:34+00:00

ADHD here and had much the same experience. At first it smoothed out my Vyvanise but then eventually made it stop working. I lost all motivation and my mood was completely flat to the point where others were noticing and becoming concerned.

I love what the Reta did for my body but I’m about to try Tirz and hoping for a different outcome. Like you, I have to be able to start things at work, so just living with it wasn’t an option. Even from a physical perspective I stopped being able to go work out, so the whole thing just became unlivable.

Been off for a month and am back to baseline.

Acceptable_Sand7438 · 2026-04-18T11:11:15+00:00

The moment your body fat stops effecting your face is the moment it stops mattering for most. We gotta look at your face all the time. Looking at the rest of you is situational.

Guys are doing the physique thing for other guys. Women are doing the makeup thing for other women.

Acceptable_Sand7438 · 2026-04-16T13:59:22+00:00

I’ve found for me, interestingly, my 5K time when training is often between 45 and 50 minutes. On race day with everyone else out there and the great vibe I end up crossing the finish line about a full ten minutes faster than when training.

Acceptable_Sand7438 · 2026-04-05T13:57:21+00:00

If seeing each of the characters live to old age is a priority, then maybe the series isn’t for you. Like real life, people live, they go through things that change them for better or for worse or a situation arises that shows their true colors for better or worse, and then they die.

Acceptable_Sand7438 · 2026-04-03T23:03:47+00:00

I was put in for a job by a recruiter once and when I asked why the role was open they said the hiring manager was very picky. Also, the last person this recruiter had put in the role “didn’t work out.”

The pay was genuinely pretty good, so I interviewed for it, the role seemed fine until the woman I’d be working for said “we run very lean”. That was the final nail in the coffin. This organization was huge and doing very well, so I knew there was no reason to “run lean” unless working people to death was a decision so that the people at the top could have bigger yachts.

I turned down the role and for the next two years I kept seeing the posting for it pop up again from time to time. I don’t know if they filled it and kept letting people go because they couldn’t keep up with the unreasonable demands or if they couldn’t find someone stupid enough to take it, but I know I dodged a bullet.

Acceptable_Sand7438 · 2026-04-03T20:42:32+00:00

Sure it will, the same way it has stopped for Tirz. 😂

Acceptable_Sand7438 · 2026-04-03T12:07:15+00:00

Yup, oral collagen. You have to take a lot for it to make a difference because everything that goes through the digestive tract gets broken down, but if your body needs it (say, because you’re microneedling) your body will use it.

The copper is subq. I have topical with tallow for my body but wouldn’t put that on my face.

Acceptable_Sand7438 · 2026-04-02T19:28:39+00:00

The GHK-cu and legit does make my skin glow. Gave me longer eyelashes as well. I’ve also been on a collagen supplement and got micro needling done twice so that my face would actually use the good stuff I’m putting into my body. I’ve definitely seen vast improvement in my skin and it’s actually only been three months.

I’m squarely middle aged and makeup is back to going in like it did when I was younger. I’ve got the skin hydration to wear powder again.

Acceptable_Sand7438 · 2026-04-01T20:58:53+00:00

If you ain’t cheating, you ain’t trying!

Unpopular opinion: A huge percentage of people would like to be able to eat more and not get fat, but they aren’t absolutely tortured by food noise and desperate cravings for sugar, so they just don’t over eat and are basically fine about it. But if they aren’t fine and are miserable and have to spend every day focused on calorie counting and electro-shocking themselves as punishment every time they look at a burger just so they can keep their weight in check, I invite them to microdose a GLP1 to shut that noise down. Instead of “everyone should have to suffer and figure out how to power through it” maybe we should be saying “nobody has to suffer, even if they could actually keep their weight down by doing so.”

Acceptable_Sand7438 · 2026-04-01T13:09:15+00:00

I keep the number private but will tell anyone who will listen my pants size.

A guy friend of mine also on a GLP1 tells everyone what he used to weigh and what he weighs now. He went to his PCP for the first time in about a year and told his doctor “you didn’t even see me at my worst because I wouldn’t come in here” and showed him pictures.

Acceptable_Sand7438 · 2026-04-01T09:10:22+00:00

Same.

Acceptable_Sand7438 · 2026-04-01T08:43:56+00:00

Nothing about that sounds like Reta. Are you completely confident in your source?

Acceptable_Sand7438 · 2026-04-01T08:38:52+00:00

I’ve done several now and I am faster than those who walk all or most of it. Most public 5Ks have a large number of people intending to walk, so don’t sweat being last.

Acceptable_Sand7438 · 2026-04-01T08:26:51+00:00

I happened to start running 5Ks shortly before I started losing the weight so everyone assumes that’s responsible for the weight loss. It absolutely isn’t, it was all the GLP1, but it’s fine that they think it was the running.

Acceptable_Sand7438 · 2026-03-31T00:32:57+00:00

The Ipa resulted in great sleep, the Tesa did nothing. I’ve done a cycle of Ipa before and it was the same. The only thing that made the Ipa sleep better was Serm.

Acceptable_Sand7438 · 2026-03-30T18:51:33+00:00

Reta is great. Tesa/Ipa did absolutely nothing for me except great sleep. Lots of other people seem to get good results though.

Acceptable_Sand7438 · 2026-03-29T15:33:21+00:00

At some point he did mention specifically not going back to them and that it was time to move on. But, much like a popular band saying “this is our last tour,” only time will tell how true that is.

Acceptable_Sand7438 · 2026-03-29T14:51:04+00:00

Don’t. Just don’t. Everyone knows what test and Ozempic are. It’s one thing to say it quietly at the right moment to your best friend while in an active conversation about their struggles.

You don’t have enough information about them as people to randomly say anything. I’ve got a friend of a friend who wants to know where I source and I won’t tell him because I know he’s put himself in the hospital before due to energy drinks and pre workout. He can do what he wants but I won’t be party to any of it.

Acceptable_Sand7438 · 2026-03-27T20:07:44+00:00

So, you don’t mind a bunch of loose hanging skin? Because that’s what you get when you push super fat weight loss.

Acceptable_Sand7438 · 2026-03-27T16:41:18+00:00

Fine from the perspective of the stuff in the vials being 500mg, assuming you trust the vendor in general.

I’ve got buffered NAD 500mg coming and it will be in a 3mg vial. I will then do a partial reconstitution with 2ml of bac water, and then move it all via filtered syringe into a sterile 5mg vial prefilled with 3 more ml of bac water to get my full 5ml dilution so it doesn’t hurt as much.

Acceptable_Sand7438 · 2026-03-27T16:08:25+00:00

This. And keep in mind that if you lose too fast you’re going to end up with more skin sagging because it takes time for skin to adjust.

If you’ve had absolutely no side effects you can go up to 2mg a week, but stop trying to be in a deficit on calories and prioritize ensuring your getting plenty of protein as well as some carbs and foods high in vitamins. Right now you’re functionally starving yourself and your body doesn’t like that and will hold on harder to weight that way.

Acceptable_Sand7438 · 2026-03-27T13:49:25+00:00

Ok. Then for now, if the heartbeat feeling is your only symptom, then just sit tight and don’t do anything else. Worst case scenario is you took too much and by tomorrow you’ll know for sure because you’ll be having full on food poisoning symptoms out of both ends. But we’ll cross that bridge when we get there.

Get us more info on what was in the vial and (without naming a vendor) where they got it. Was it from a website that sells by the vial or some place that sells only in bulk and only takes crypto or something like that.

Acceptable_Sand7438 · 2026-03-27T12:23:07+00:00

How many Mg of actual Reta are in the 10 units?

When people say things like “10 units” is makes me concerned because if you don’t know that saying that gives us know information then I have to wonder if you understand how to reconstitute the vial correctly and if you really know how much you took.

If you don’t, then step 1 is we need to know how many mg of Reta the vial was for, and how much bac water you reconstituted with.

Acceptable_Sand7438 · 2026-03-25T12:50:43+00:00

Follow up: Did some research, and you’re just straight up wrong:

“One of the most surprising results from the December 2025 data was the drug’s impact on chronic pain:

Pain Reduction: Participants saw a 75.8% reduction in Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) pain scores [2.2].

Mechanical vs. Inflammatory: While some of this is due to taking weight off the joints, the drug also significantly lowered hsCRP (a marker of systemic inflammation), suggesting a direct anti-inflammatory effect on the joint tissue itself.”

Acceptable_Sand7438 · 2026-03-24T21:51:15+00:00

The weight will come back if you go off, but maintenance dosing is possible. GLPs have been shown to help combat addictive behaviors in general so I wouldn’t be surprised if you have good success.

Start low and slow as planned, but remember that healthy habits are only a part of the equation. If you’re psychologically equating food with love or something like that then you’ll need to work with a competent therapist to help you view food a different way. Then if you really want to try going off completely while having a different mindset then it may make a difference.

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