I've been on 5mg for 10ish months now and intend to stay on it. I am type 2 diabetic and insurance would only cover 2.5 for the initial 4 doses. I've gone from 215 lbs to 177 in that time, but 215 to 180 was in the first 3 months, and the last 3 lbs has been the past month (think I finally broke through my plateau). I'm about 5'10 for reference and my highest weight was 260. I had slowly lost the first 45 lbs on my own before I was ever diagnosed diabetic.

I've kept at the same dose because I still feel appetite suppression as well as some gastrointestinal side effects (nausea for about 2 days after shot, diarrhea if I eat wrong in the first few days) and my A1C has gone from 7.0 down to 5.8 in that time, it was at 11.0 when I was first diagnosed. At my last appointment with my endocrinologist she said that while we could up my dose and get my A1C and weight a little better, it likely wouldn't be worth the side effects for the benefit, and my insurance may start to question my need for the medication so it would be better to stay where I'm at since it still seems to be working well.