Mounjaro August thread 2

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Hi here's another thread.

The needle should be inserted obliquely into the fat under the skin - thigh or abdomen.

Yes, it's a real needle, attached to a syringe.
The syringe is marked up to 100. If you draw up 0.6ml (60) that's a full dose. If the pen you're using is a 2.5mg one, that is contained in 0.6ml.

@TheShellBeach hi there, oh blimey I just found a video on YouTube and I’m lying in bed having palpitations. I could never do that to myself. Yet the pen doesn’t bother me. I’m such a wimp when it comes to needles.

Ive linked, I hope, to the YouTube video in case anyone is interested.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bHOdpHh0-eE

PS - how do you know what the equivalencies are?

Whatever the strength of the pen, it is contained in a 0.6ml dose.

So 2.5mg in 0.6ml

then

5mg in 0.6ml (once you've got the next pen)

then

7.5mg in 0.6ml. etc etc etc

I've always found that there's about 0.8ml in the bonus dose.

That's 3.333333333mg if you're using a 2.5mg pen.

0.9ml is 3.75mg.

But that only applies to the first pen - the 2.5mg/0.6ml one.

Thank you for working it out @TheShellBeach! I think I will go for 5mg next but try to bridge with the bonus dose.

Head explodes with all the mls explanation

I'm just gonna give bars twist

Where do they give you that option, I have had to (manually) fill in my doctors details for each order and assumed they would automatically write to them. Never seen a letter that I can download either.

Hello August friends! I’m not anxious either. I feel so at peace from the incessant food noise. I’m still getting good appetite suppression and FINALLY less nausea so I’m really loathe to move up. I’m on my 4th 2.5 tomorrow then I’ll try for bonus dose. My new 5 pen will arrive tomorrow but I think I’ll try 45 clicks of it the week after next and see how I get on. Thanks for link to needles which I’ve now bought.

I live in a country where everything is metric but this is new territory. I’m pretty sure I’m going to try and use the clicks method to do a bridging dose between going from 2.5 - 5mg. I seem to recall seeing a sheet where someone had posted the amount of clicks to do but I can’t find it now and im getting stressed which is the last place I want to be after feeling so well since I started this journey.

I want to say 45 clicks @AnnieMcFanny

Aren't you worried about knowing exactly how much MJ you're injecting?
Because I couldn't just go with wrenching the pen, and plunging an unknown quantity of a medication into my body.

Thank you @TheShellBeach for that information!

Princessandthepie
thanks
Im still experiencing nothing regarding appetite decrease, food still shouts @ me and no ill effects at all
it’s like I never injected FML!!
soooo bloody frustrated 😩

@TheShellBeach no as many on other threads have done a hard twist and it's around the usual dose

If the following week will be going up anyway to 5 I don't see the diff

So we know it will be between 2.5 and 5. Sure someone said 3.75 on other threads

@doodles55 think you are are still on week 1? Patience

..........and it's around the usual dose

OMG I just couldn't inject any medication and not know how much exactly I was injecting!

Week 2
2nd jab was on Sunday past..

So give this week and sure you will lose weight

Plus

Measure. You may lose cm

1st weigh in today!
I will take 2nd injection tonight when I get in from work, but just jumped on the scales as I couldn't wait any longer

SW 23st 3lbs
CW 22st 12lbs
Total lost 5 lbs

Can't bloody believe it. Yesterday was so hard too, I'm on my period and wanted to eat everything in the house. I went over my deficit yesterday too. Hopefully the loses will continue.

Hmm I think I messed up my injection today, not sure if I had the full dose.

I’m going to order my next pen today, but I’m not sure whether to move onto 5mg.

I have lost 6kg in 3 weeks with minimal side effects, but simultaneously my appetite suppression isn’t great. My appetite has been back with a vengeance over the last few days and I’m ashamed to say I overate. So although I have lost weight, I feel at risk of relapse/gaining it back when the jab wears off. I don’t really have the raw willpower atm to push through those days running up to injection day.

I had to fill in the Dr’s details but they didn’t say anything about contacting them automatically. After the order went through the download-able letter was available on my account, with other information leaflets, guides etc, and I received an email suggestion that I download it and send it off, or offering for them to contact the GP of I prefer.

Today is week 1, day 5 for me and I had a sneaky weigh and I've lost 5.2lb. Definitely deserved after all the side effects I've been dealing with.

Does the tiredness ease up at all? Because I am struggling! I've been going to bed at around 8.30 every night but still struggling to stay awake during the day. My legs have been aching so bad, I can't even think about exercise. I don't know how I'm going to cope going back to work.

Jab 3 due today for me.

I know what you mean about the anxiety to see progress @weaseleyes. I know daily / weekly fluctuations and plateaus are normal; but they always leave me feeling a bit low. On MJ I’ve decided to weigh once every 4 weeks, and I’m hoping that will allow me to see a decent and reliable loss each month (fingers crossed!).

In terms of non-scale victories, I think it’s a bit early for me to have noticeable weight loss. I tend to opt for loose clothing anyway so, not feeling much difference there. I did think that my knees looked a bit slimmer, so I suspect that I’ve lost some water swelling at least.

I’m undecided about the next dose yet. Initially I thought I’d go straight up to 5mg, because it seemed better value for money. Then I had a rough week of feeling rubbish so thought I’d stay on 2.5mg. Feeling better now, but can feel that the suppression is reduced by jab day. I think I’m going to use the bonus dose for a ‘week 5’, and then make my mind up after I’ve had my weigh in.

With the bonus dose, am I right thinking that just using the pen as normal (turned to 1) will give 2.5mg, and there may possibly be a tiny bit left in the pen? I don’t really want to be messing about with syringes, and am happy to just have a 5th week at 2.5mg, rather than worrying about the extra 0.2ml.