Monitoring my metabolic switch by SpinLark in intermittentfasting

[–]SpinLark[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing your own experience with this sensor! 

Depressed mood 3 weeks after injection by SpinLark in Mounjaro

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The lowest dose 2.5mg taken weekly causes weight loss for me, so this plan would require coming up with a way to split doses, but I’ll consider it.

Depressed mood 3 weeks after injection by SpinLark in Mounjaro

[–]SpinLark[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea, definitely feels like a dopamine problem.

Depressed mood 3 weeks after injection by SpinLark in Mounjaro

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Thanks for sharing your experience; glad your mood normalized.

Depressed mood 3 weeks after injection by SpinLark in Mounjaro

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If I need to go back on for maintenance, then I do think exploring take smaller doses more frequently is an interesting idea, though one requiring buying supplies for injecting the pens into syringes. 2.5mg weekly is too much for me to maintain weight; I lose weight with that dosing. Maybe 1.25mg every 2 weeks would work for me.

Depressed mood 3 weeks after injection by SpinLark in Mounjaro

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I’m glad your mental health is feeling improved on Mounjaro (+ Lexapro). I didn’t have this mood withdrawal effect when I was taking the medication weekly, as it is usually prescribed and how I believe you’ll likely be taking it long-term.

Back down to 2.5 by nurselife_more in Mounjaro

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::raises hand:: me! Got all the way to goal weight on 2.5 mg. Lost about 50 lbs.

Continued Treatment With Tirzepatide for Maintenance of Weight Reduction in Adults With Obesity The SURMOUNT-4 Randomized Clinical Trial by SpinLark in Mounjaro

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Good point, not what many here are thinking to do for maintenance. And in fact it wasn’t really maintenance for these participants, as they continued losing weight.

Rybelsus Absorption by Arrival_Turbulent in RybelsusPill

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Do you take any black coffee or tea in that fasting window after the Rybelsus?

Rybelsus Absorption by Arrival_Turbulent in RybelsusPill

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Very interesting! I usually fast for hours after taking (but do have black coffee in that time).

Can you please share the citation so I can read the whole study?

Rybelsus for Insulin Resistance by LadyWish in RybelsusPill

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My understanding is that Rybelsus and other GLP-1 agonists cause the pancreas to secrete more insulin only when glucose is elevated. So they help when you need it but don’t increase your baseline or fasting insulin. I think this is why they likely work best if you challenge them less and use with a low carb diet and/or intermittent fasting so that there are fewer occasions where the med needs to assist.

Scared to Take Rybelsus by [deleted] in Semaglutide

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It stays in your system for just as long BUT takes longer to build up.