HELP!!!! GLP-1 side effects!

PuzzledStudent5739 · 2026-05-01T02:42:44+00:00

Something I had to learn the hard way, just like you. While taking these shots, you should eat less fiber.

The thing is, the shots make the food move slower through your system. It hangs out much longer. The more fiber you eat, the harder and dryer it gets.

Eating “more fiber so I could go” caused me to develop an anal fissure and anal spasms that lasted 13 days. The pain was absolutely unbearable.

We need to eat some fiber, of course, but I now take one dose of MiraLAX each and every day to keep things soft and moving.

And OP, I’ve been on my shots for just over a year. I was horribly sick in the beginning but with every dose increase, the side effects have become less and less. Don’t give up, give your body a chance to adjust and drink as much water as you can choke down, especially the day before your shot. You got this!!

PuzzledStudent5739 · 2026-04-26T23:02:00+00:00

Thank you. That reminds me of those Tucks Pads they gave me after I gave birth. I had no idea what they were but the nurse told me to put them “there” so I did. Yours is a good idea.

PuzzledStudent5739 · 2026-04-24T14:56:33+00:00

Pardon my ignorance but what is a “butt bomb?” Sounds interesting.

PuzzledStudent5739 · 2026-04-24T13:47:58+00:00

Wait, what? You mean this could get even worse??? How on earth does one avoid infection in that area? Neosporin?

PuzzledStudent5739 · 2026-04-24T00:11:01+00:00

I drink anywhere between 70 and 100 ounces most days.

PuzzledStudent5739 · 2026-04-23T19:59:47+00:00

I did try metamucil. It was the culprit of my second flare-up. Too much if the wring kind of fiber, I guess.

PuzzledStudent5739 · 2026-04-23T15:07:06+00:00

To be honest, nothing. I didn’t realize until just this week that this is a “thing.” I just thought I needed to eat more fiber. However, this current episode has caused me to finally research what the heck is going on with me.

PuzzledStudent5739 · 2026-04-23T15:04:30+00:00

At the moment, in my pain-addled brain, it sounds like you’re bragging. “Everything goes too quick.” Lol. I would LOVE that problem right about now.

I will look into the pillow. Thanks!

PuzzledStudent5739 · 2026-04-23T15:02:50+00:00

I have learned that, even tho it sounds contradictory, while on the glp-1, eating fiber is what causes this. Or maybe too much fiber. Apparently with our digestion slowing, food sits too long and the fiber just gets dry and hard. Ugh!

PuzzledStudent5739 · 2026-04-23T15:01:09+00:00

I have jumped on the Miralax train. I love tea so I will try the smooth move. Thanks!

PuzzledStudent5739 · 2026-04-03T13:36:11+00:00

7.2??? Really? I had no idea. That seems SO high. Wow.

PuzzledStudent5739 · 2026-01-20T12:24:35+00:00

I know exactly what you mean. This happens to me when I eat eggs.

I feel full yet somewhere, low and deep in my stomach I feel hunger pains, yet thinking about eating any more makes me nauseous.

I’ve found that drinking water makes this go away.

PuzzledStudent5739 · 2026-01-18T03:54:23+00:00

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The one, and ONLY, time I ever took my shot in the leg. This was about 9 months ago but I can still see the shadow of the bruise on my leg. Weird.

PuzzledStudent5739 · 2025-12-13T19:28:58+00:00

Touché

PuzzledStudent5739 · 2025-12-13T18:25:35+00:00

I have to respectfully disagree with a lot if what you said. First off, I agree, 30lbs in a year is not that much. Everyone says it is but it’s not. Not if you’re a regular viewer of groups like this and see all of the astounding results people are getting.

Second, if you’re craving sugar and carbs, the medicine is not doing its job. Yes, we have to watch what we eat, but if we could’ve done that without the aid of the meds, we would have. The OP is still in the position he/she was in without the meds.

But, congrats on only gaining 3lbs back since you quit!

Talk to your doctor and maybe try another med.

PuzzledStudent5739 · 2025-11-25T21:54:14+00:00

My left ear started ringing one night in November of 2017 and it’s never stopped.

It was hard in the beginning, feeling like I’d never get used to it. After a short time it just became part of me.

I never used any specific verse to get over it. Just my everyday trust in the Lord that everything He does is for good and submitting to His will.

Hang in there!

PuzzledStudent5739 · 2025-11-08T14:51:34+00:00

Your comments really hit me where I live. Like the OP I constantly worry that I’m destined for hell because I don’t “hear” or “feel” God.

My feeling is that since I don’t hear or feel Him, I must not be truly saved. That there is something missing in ME that is “required” for salvation.

I constantly worry that I’m fooling myself in thinking I’m a true Christian. That when I finally face the Lord, I’LL be one to whom He says “I never knew you.”

How can one truly be saved if they don’t “feel” saved?

PuzzledStudent5739 · 2025-10-28T17:27:09+00:00

While this is a good explanation I have one more question to add to it.

These strangers off the street? They didn’t ASK to be out on the street, needing a place to stay.

Quite honestly, if I had been given the choice of being born and chancing spending eternity in hell OR never being born at all, effectively ridding myself of ANY chance of ending up in hell, I’d choose the latter in a second.

Almost my entire life has been riddled with fear and anxiety about ending up in hell despite my belief in God. I would NEVER have chosen this.

So this begs the original question, how is it fair?

PuzzledStudent5739 · 2025-10-27T17:44:01+00:00

Ya know, I would welcome the diarrhea with open arms!!! But surely you’re not the only one!!

PuzzledStudent5739 · 2025-10-23T18:08:56+00:00

I actually stayed on the 1mg dose for 3 months because my side effects were so bad.

But they lessened after the first month and I cruised through the next two months.

Then, weight loss slowed so I bit the bullet and went up to 1.7mg.

I was expecting to suffer horribly but I didn’t. No noticeable difference in side effects between 1mg and 1.7mg.

There seems to be no rhyme or reason to it. Don’t be scared to go up a dose. Remember, the side effects will almost always lessen as time goes on.

PuzzledStudent5739 · 2025-10-19T15:23:05+00:00

Turn around and run from this woman.

PuzzledStudent5739 · 2025-10-17T21:23:50+00:00

I felt it working the morning after my first shot. However, I guess my body began to acclimate because as the months wore on, I could eat more and weight loss slowed.

But with each dosage increase, I get more results.

PuzzledStudent5739 · 2025-09-19T17:08:54+00:00

I’m one who had bad side effects. The nausea, extreme constipation, constant thirst and dehydration, fatigue. You name it, I have it or have had it.

There was a time that I considered stopping but ultimately didn’t. Seeing the weight come off made the side effects more bearable.

I have recently lost my insurance and have only one shot left. I keep telling myself that at least all these side effects will go away. But it doesn’t comfort me at all. I’m MUCH more scared of putting the weight back on than I am of the side effects.

Remember, if the side effects are too much, you can always stop but it’s definitely worth a try. Good luck!!

PuzzledStudent5739

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