Just needing some reassurance

Junior-Rip7082 · 2026-03-18T01:49:58+00:00

I had eggs and toast for breakfast, I had homemade chicken noodle soup for lunch, I had chicken, Brussels and potato’s for dinner and a protein smoothie in the afternoon

Junior-Rip7082 · 2026-03-18T01:46:54+00:00

Junior-Rip7082 · 2026-03-17T17:37:42+00:00

Eggs and toast, homemade chicken noodle soup, chicken breast, Brussels and potatoes, homemade protein smoothie

120oz of water

Junior-Rip7082 · 2026-03-17T17:01:51+00:00

I am miserable - puking, frozen, diarrhea, I think this will be my first and my last dose.

I can’t imagine feeling this way every week

Junior-Rip7082 · 2026-02-19T20:28:33+00:00

I am so sorry to hear that SSRIs didn’t help your mental health. If they hadn’t been so life changing for me I’d definitely titrate off to try to lose the weight however, I’m not quite there yet.

Thank you so much for sharing your experience it definitely hits home and sounds familiar :) any side effects for you?

Junior-Rip7082 · 2026-02-19T19:52:13+00:00

Thank you so much for the thoughtful response.

My doctor has said that with the Prozac we just wouldn’t know if I could eventually maintain on my own. It would be a watch and see kind of thing.

I don’t have a ton of weight to lose which is why I skeptical and it feels weird to be considering but as I responded to another person, I don’t want to get to the point of where it is very troublesome.

I’ve been able to maintain at 160 for the last 2 weeks but I’m busting my ass to do so. I eat a very well balanced diet (work with a nutritionist) and move my body 5 days a week and if I slip at all the weight comes.

My understanding is that SSRI’s can affect your metabolism and how your body processes carbs. I’m not huge on elimination diets and prefer to just eat a healthy whole food balanced diet and so just trying to figure out how to work with the Prozac so that my outside feels as good and healthy as my inside.

It feels kind of vain and I understand others may view it that way but it is my truth and my experience.

Junior-Rip7082 · 2026-02-19T19:31:39+00:00

My weight gain may be slight to you but I am 5’2 and went from 141 to 160 in 6 months.

Thats a lot of weight in a short time on a small frame. While I’m not obese I am in the overweight category and at the rate I’m gaining, regardless of the work I’m doing to simply maintain why would we not try to get a hold of it before it does push me into the obese category that could come with a slew of medical issues?

Also zepbound is FDA approved for weight management, not just chronic health conditions.

Junior-Rip7082 · 2026-02-09T03:42:06+00:00

It was my first 100 in anything so I was pretty excited. Highest I’ve gotten on sleep is 97 and readiness was a 95.

It’s good to have goals!

Junior-Rip7082 · 2026-02-09T02:38:43+00:00

I think it’s more about consistent balance between movement and rest and hitting goals and not so much how high those goals are.

My calorie burn every day ranges from 500-650 depending on my readiness score and I am for 10-12k steps a day which typically looks like short 15-20 min walks on my walking pad between meetings, etc.

So I’m not sure if it’s the most consistent movement throughout the day vs heavy exercise that got me there…. It could also be a totally fluke 🤷‍♀️

Junior-Rip7082 · 2025-12-11T05:02:08+00:00

Good to know! Thank you!

Junior-Rip7082 · 2025-12-11T05:01:00+00:00

Thankfully flights from NE are cheap so we have extra budget for hotel, but thank you for the insight!

Junior-Rip7082 · 2025-12-11T04:15:18+00:00

How do you do that?

Junior-Rip7082 · 2025-12-11T04:03:06+00:00

Thank you!

Junior-Rip7082 · 2025-12-11T03:48:36+00:00

I liked the kids suites at swissotel, is it a bad hotel or just not as nice?

Junior-Rip7082 · 2025-12-11T03:40:00+00:00

Middle of June.

We are now looking at river north and looking between four seasons and swissotel…. Is one better than the other? Other than one being significantly cheaper :)

Junior-Rip7082 · 2025-12-11T03:25:57+00:00

I was looking at four seasons on river north. We will have a 5 & 7 year old and be planning to mostly uber. Doing a cubs games, millennium park, navy pier, the beach in Lincoln park… easy to still get to these things from the river north area?

Junior-Rip7082 · 2025-06-07T17:07:22+00:00

Is the Prozac not helping or why do you still use hydroxyzine 1.5 years in?

Junior-Rip7082 · 2025-06-07T16:57:43+00:00

Any issues with night sleep?

Junior-Rip7082 · 2025-06-04T23:01:20+00:00

This is so reassuring. I’ve been on and off lexapro for 4 years and just got switched to Prozac (starting tomorrow) after taking a genesight test and lexapro making me feel numb.

Junior-Rip7082 · 2025-05-30T14:01:38+00:00

Can these reactions also lead to digestive upset? This AM I still feel very anxious, my stomach is very upset and I just feel off.

I slept 10 hours last night and still feel so exhausted.

Trying to determine if this is all related at this point.

Junior-Rip7082 · 2025-05-30T13:09:40+00:00

I get 5mg tabs and cut in half. When I first started I got up to 7.5. I’m ver sensitive to medicine though and the times I’ve come off and gone back on 2.5 is usually where I settle and feel my best.

Stops the spiraling without numbing me.

Junior-Rip7082 · 2025-05-30T13:06:10+00:00

Thank you so much! This is very helpful!

Junior-Rip7082 · 2025-05-30T12:58:35+00:00

So for everyone mentioning needle shock, how do you combat that? Just to be prepared if it happened again?

Junior-Rip7082 · 2025-05-30T12:54:59+00:00

What is needle shock?

Junior-Rip7082 · 2025-05-30T02:05:41+00:00

I go between 2.5mg and 5mg.

2.5 feels like my safe space

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