To Mounjaro or not to Mounjaro…??

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I’m a 28 year old female (in case this matters!) and had a gastric sleeve surgery 2 years ago.

Ive gone from 21 stone to hovering at around 15 stone, and seem to be staying put even though I’m trying super hard to shift some more weight!

I am hyper aware that I still have a lot of weight to loose, and feel if anything I’ve actually put on some weight in areas, recently. My face is constantly puffy and round and I have more weight to loose from my stomach, arms, thighs…

I remember not long after my surgery, the follow up team had mentioned Mounjaro (it was fairly new on the scene back then) but I hadn’t looked into it. They had mentioned that it was being trialled on some weight loss patients that had extra weight to loose once their began to plateau after surgery.

I am no longer living in the UK, so I don’t have easy access to my after care team anymore but have been seriously considering Mounjaro over the past few months to see if it helps me to shift the extra weight.

not only is the weight getting me down, but it’s also seriously effecting my mental health. I am in such a negative mindset at the moment and can’t bare to look at myself in a mirror.. I truly despise myself and how I look. I also avoid social plans out of fear of being seen or judged.

I guess I’m wondering if anybody has had positive experiences with Mounjaro? I keep being told to avoid it by family when I approach the subject with them, as they are concerned for my fertility and I don’t yet have children. They say the side effects are widely unknown, which I appreciate.

I'm just torn as I desperately want to live happily, healthily and enjoy my youth without looking back in years to come and wishing I did something about the way I felt.

Thank you in advance

Try the weight loss injections topic.

The posters there are very helpful.

www.mumsnet.com/talk/weight-loss-injections

The side effects are not unknown, they are clearly listed in the patient information leaflet. This is a drug which has been used for decades, tested extensively, and used by probably millions of people worldwide. It's fair enough to be uncertain about taking it, especially due to the cost, but it is proven to be safe and effective.

I'm 5ft tall and was 22st 4lb at the end of the first lockdown. I'd managed to get down to 15st 11lb on my own through diet and exercise but had stopped losing anything despite upping the amount of exercise I was doing. I'm 44 so a bit older than you and have completed my family. I was really worried about using WLI as my DH was prescribed semaglutide for T2 diabetes and ended up with pancreatitis but after a lot of umming and aahing I started MJ in April last year and am now 11st. Still another 1.5-2st to go. Am on 10mg. I've had very few side effects - the worst has probably been the 6-8 hours of sulphur burps that seem to happen 2 days after injecting.

MJ has changed my life. I no longer think about food constantly. I have done a lot of work around emotional and binge eating because the noise in my brain has stopped and I've had the headspace to do it. I feel so much better - I can move more easily, I can walk into any shop and buy clothes and I'm no longer as round as I am tall.

I took it for 2 months and had to stop due to being unlucky with side effects (gastric issues and hair loss). However, those 2 months completely reset me mentally in terms of eating and I have stuck to the same eating habits and am continuing to lose weight (I stopped the jabs 3 months ago).

Thank you all for your insight! I had the hair loss etc when I had my surgery - it’s horrible! Thankfully that’s all subsided now but I’m sure it is likely again with MJ especially with rapid weight loss.

The main concern I have which I forgot to mention, is that I have gallstones - they for the most part, are not much of an issue but I worry that there could be complications.

Do it. Best thing I ever did.

The gallstones might be an issue, I think I've seen people saying that they were denied the jabs due to that reason, you'd have to ask the prescriber if it is safe with that history.

Seek medical advice. Mounjarro slows down the absorption of food and you already have a tiny stomach. Make sure it won’t cause complications.

You definitely need to talk to a doctor about it, even if you buy it online.

It’s unlikely you’ll be prescribed it with active gallstones

I'd go for it if I were you! If I could afford them, I'd have started using them a long time ago

I did it, don't regret a thing. I stopped 12 months ago and still lighter now than when I stopped. But gallstones might be an issue.

I am considering it but I have Reflux due to a hiatus hernia (which should get better if I lose weight) which I think I have had since childhood.
When it kicks off it can be quite bad for a couple of weeks, last time it was after eating a large amount of lettuce and the only relief I can get is by making sure my stomach isn't empty or it goes into a kind of spasm that no amount of Gaviscon or similar will ease. I also get quite a lot of nausea and wind (nice) so I am worried Mounjaro would make me quite ill.
I think I will see my GP, not to ask him to prescribe but to ask if he thinks I am a suitable candidate - weight wise I am sure I am

OP I have been on MJ for about a year and the loss has been very slow - about 1lb a week, even with intermittent fasting, calorie deficit and changing eating and moving habits. I’ve not had the massive and quick shift that others have had. I’ve learned my weight issues are not about hunger - even on the highest dose I can still eat much more than I need to, I have to work hard to ignore the desire to binge. MJ makes it a little easier. So I guess I’m saying depending on your reasons for overeating, MJ may still not be the answer so don’t beat yourself up if it isn’t. And the other thing is that despite losing 3 stone, I would love to be your current weight. A 6 stone loss is amazing and you can enjoy being the size you are. Take stock of how well you’ve done and try to love the body you have.