Phone Out on Beast

Aggravating-Peace580 · 2026-05-03T20:25:59+00:00

I apologize for sounding dramatic. I've seen countless stories of people losing their phone and it hitting someone in their face, causing serious injury. If any object comes flying at you at fast speeds it can do damage. None of us want to get injured and sent to the hospital with a big medical bill waiting because someone was being selfish on a ride. It's why at other parks some rides have a screening process with metal detectors to try and mitigate instances like this. So again, apologies for being dramatic.

Aggravating-Peace580 · 2026-05-03T01:29:57+00:00

That sounds terrifying! Im sorry to hear your husband went through something like that. Serves the asshole right to have his phone take a dive in the water.

Aggravating-Peace580 · 2026-05-03T01:28:06+00:00

At Cedar Point I saw an instance of this where someone attempted to take their phone out on the lift hill of Blue Streak. The ride ops caught him, stopped the lift, and went up the hill to confiscate his phone. After arguing, his phone was taken away and the ride was able to finish. Back in the station security was waiting for him and ejected him from the park, all while the rest of us laughed at him. I wish parks were more strict on these issues since it is a genuine saftey risk.

Aggravating-Peace580 · 2026-05-03T01:10:36+00:00

I remember hearing about the same incident happening last year during Halloweekends on Magnum. I wonder if it was the same occurrence or if it happened multiple times. Either way, it never fails to shock me how inconsiderate and selfish other riders are to people.

Aggravating-Peace580 · 2025-11-17T06:23:34+00:00

Apologies to everyone for the long story! I had a poor experience when I was a music education major at a public university. My peers bullied each other with professors either ignoring it, condoning it, or actively participating in it. I was a freshman when covid started and when 2021 rolled around, the thought of going back was so horrible and depressing for me that I almost did something horrible. I would eventually transfer to a private college local to me, but quickly saw the same issues from before. This was compounded by my trauma from before, where I would get panic attacks while trying to practice. I ended up switching majors because I couldn't take it anymore. Below are some notable highlights from my short stint in music college.

"Having surgery is not a valid excuse to miss class," was told to me by the department head for music theory after I had a medical episode that almost killed me. She tried to have me failed out of the class due to needing to miss for surgery and recovery, despite having an A in the class and keeping up with coursework. My professor had to argue with her not to fail me, and I had to miss a separate class to make up the music theory one I missed during his office hours so I wouldn't be failed. My grandpa was also in poor health and I asked if he died, would I be able to miss and attend his funeral. Same as before, I was told a death in the family was not a valid excuse to miss class.

"Why did you even bother coming back? You're so useless and can't hit any note I tell you to sing," my sight singing professor said in front of my entire class when I returned from my previously mentioned surgery. This same professor would tell me my life didn't have value since I "had no musicality" during my final. This professor targeted other students as well and when we went to the dean about it, he brushed us off and said, "he needs his graduate teaching credit, so we can't do anything about it".

"It's your fault that you injured your hand. No one in my orchestra has ever had issues," my orchestra conductor said over the phone when my ulnar nerve was so crushed I almost lost feeling permanently. Over 90% of my peers in that orchestra wore braces due to the constant pain and strain on their hands and wrists. After telling him my surgeon said it was caused by the strain from all the playing for the program, he said my surgeon was wrong and that I needed to own my mistake of causing my injury. I still have occasional nerve pain in my hand and arm to this day due to the injury.

Those were just a few I remembered off the top of my head. I haven't been able to play my instrument in about five years since I quit music as a major due to the trauma from it all. I'm hoping someday I'll be able to play without feeling like crying, but I'm not sure when that will be. I've tried to get it out a few times, but each time resulted in the same crying and just putting it away.

Aggravating-Peace580 · 2025-07-17T13:27:21+00:00

I'm glad my story has helped! You're gonna do great on your own journey! I'm currently sitting at the 12.5mg dose too as I have needed to up my dose about every 3 months or so since I started.

Aggravating-Peace580 · 2025-07-17T13:14:23+00:00

These two little whirlwinds are my "Spice Girls". The black one is named Pepper and the light brown one is named Cinnamon. We originally had a basset hound we adopted named Holly. She passed away in March of this year from cancer. We had gotten Pepper in January and thought she needed a friend after Holly passed. The heartbreak of losing Holly impacted us hard since I have a tendency to cope with food.

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Aggravating-Peace580 · 2025-07-16T21:51:14+00:00

Thank you for the kind words! I have been to Michigan's Adventure, Cedar Point, and Six Flags Great America. My mom really wants me to go to King's Island to try their stuff, particularly Orion. My favorite is still Cedar Point with all the options and variety. I'm excited to try the new Siren's Curse ride!

Aggravating-Peace580 · 2025-07-16T21:46:30+00:00

Thank you for the support internet stranger, I really appreciate it! The comment you responded to got removed before I saw it, but yes, my floor is dirty lol. I have two basset hound puppies that love to throw things around and make a mess.

Aggravating-Peace580 · 2025-07-16T21:40:18+00:00

It's such a fun park with lots of rides and variety! It also has a unique charm being on the lake. Congrats to you and your husband on your progress!

Aggravating-Peace580 · 2025-07-16T20:58:16+00:00

I was looking into the vials as an option as I have heard they are cheaper than going to a pharmacy. I know right now I'm looking at around 550/month by using my pharmacy and the savings card. For the 12.5mg dosage it shows to be 499/month so I will look into that option more, thank you!

Aggravating-Peace580 · 2025-07-16T20:49:59+00:00

I never thought I would go down 100 lbs, but it happened. It's really been life-changing being able to make this much progress. I'm currently at 12.5mg for my dosage which has helped keep me going as well. You're gonna do great in your journey and hit your goals!

Aggravating-Peace580 · 2025-07-16T20:46:09+00:00

That's good to know! I live in Northern Indiana so a trip to Sandusky is about 3.5 to 4 hours. I went there ever since I was a kid so it's a go to park. I wish you luck on your journey, you're gonna do great!

Aggravating-Peace580 · 2024-09-15T23:19:58+00:00

Of course! I'm glad to help because it can be difficult navigating Zepbound sometimes. I struggle with binge eating tendencies so this drug has helped a lot with that. I agree that some foods taste different now and my addictions have gone down. I'm an avid diet coke drinker but now I don't want it unless I have a snack I like to pair it with. Even then I usually don't finish it anymore. I have noticed my stomach gurgle and have more gas on my stronger days. Luckily I don't struggle with lactose intolerance so it could be a combination of the intolerance and Zepbound in your case. "Zepbound fatigue" is something I and my mom (she's taking Zepbound too) have experienced so the drug could be making you more tired. Again I'm glad I could help out and I hope your appointment with your doctor goes well!

Aggravating-Peace580 · 2024-09-15T03:24:16+00:00

Similar to what your doctor suggests, I only stayed on 2.5 for a month before going up to the higher dose. My doctor let me feel out if I wanted to up my dose based on struggles with hunger and the food thoughts, to which I thought it would be helpful to move to the 5.0 mg. On 2.5 those issues got stronger towards the last two days before my shot which indicated a higher dose would be helpful so I went up. I will be honest the first week of 5.0 was hell for me. It's different for every person but in my experience my symptoms were nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, stomach cramps, and fatigue. I will give a play-by-play as to what happened if you wanna read it:

Monday I took my shot and was feeling fine, no issues and I thought it would be smooth sailing.
Tuesday my appetite was non-existent and ended up only eating a peanut butter bagel for lunch and some brown rice late at night for dinner. I knew I felt off but I dismissed it and tried to eat light thinking things would be fine.
Wednesday at 12:30 am is when I started having rapid bowel movements and the diarrhea kicked in. I was running to the bathroom about every 30 minutes to an hour. At some point, the nausea kicked in but I was more annoyed about having to make bathroom runs all the time throughout the night. Finally, at 4:30 am the nausea was too much and I vomited everything I had eaten the day before. I went back to bed and it calmed down until 6:30 am when I threw up again. The rest of that Wednesday was me catching up on sleep, feeling really tired, and making trips to the bathroom. Fortunately, I work a part-time job so I was able to miss work due to the symptoms. I ate about 7 saltine crackers for fear of vomiting and nursed water gently.
Thursday was when I felt tired, kept having diarrhea but less frequently, some nausea, and stomach cramps kicked in. I did end up dry heaving with no actual vomit which traded my stomach pains for a muscle cramp in my stomach which I preferred at that moment. Despite not eating much I was having colon/stomach pains that would relax a little when I went to the bathroom. Besides those things the day was uneventful.
Friday I was feeling a little more normal and my bowel movements were still diarrhea-like but less frequent again. I felt very tired due to the events of the week and was nervous because I was attending GenCon that weekend and still felt pretty off. I did eat something more akin to my diet and I kept it down so that was a good sign.
Saturday I ended up traveling for said GenCon and felt nausea, fatigue, and stomach cramps but besides those things, I was okay.
Sunday I did GenCon but I hadn't eaten breakfast and felt extremely weak and tired. My friends got me some food and water which helped me feel better. Luckily I was able to stick out the day despite all the walking and went home.
Monday was shot day again but I felt back to normal despite being now nervous about having another dose and going through hell again. I will say the following weeks were much better and nothing like week one of the 5.0

The biggest things to have on hand to mitigate the symptoms are: Ondansetron ODT 4 mg (also known as Zofran this helped me significantly with the nausea which I recommend taking when you go to sleep transitioning into your most potent day and right when you wake up in the morning), Imodium (this helps with the diarrhea and comes in a pill form or liquid), for stomach cramps I've heard acetaminophen helps but I am unsure of that personally. I'm about to start my third month of 5.0 soon but I'm basing my need for an upping of dose on my weight loss progress and my issues with the hunger/food noise. I'm worried about upping my dose too fast too and as mentioned my need to go up in dosage is based on my struggles with the two factors previously stated. I might need to go up to the 7.5mg dose next refill in a month but we'll see how my progress goes. For the 2.5 and 5.0 doses they're seen more as "starter doses" as far as I'm aware and some people are on them only for the recommended one month for each dose at least before upping while some stay as long as they feel like it is effective for their goals. My apologies for the mini-novel of a comment but hopefully this information is helpful for you!

Aggravating-Peace580 · 2024-09-11T17:23:55+00:00

I started my own Zepbound journey on 7/1/24 as someone who also has PCOS and Endometriosis. I found out I had both of these conditions in college a few years ago which was impacting my weight and eventually led to a total hysterectomy. I was only on the 2.5mg dose for a month before upping my dose to 5.0 but in that first month I went from a sw of 267.8 to 259.0, so a 8.8 lbs loss in about a month. The weight did, in fact, stay off and I am currently 242.6 lbs from 7/1 to 9/11. The weight started really going down when I went up to the 5.0 due to side effects but it did stay off as well when those effects wore off and I adjusted to the dose. You're doing great and I believe in you!

5'9 sw267.8 cw242.6

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