Mounjaro September Support (2)

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Continuation of Mounjaro September Support www.mumsnet.com/Talk/weight-loss-injections/5155143-mounjaro-september-support

Thread 2, here we go!

@choux - never thought of that

Thankyou, I think I will do this!

TMI...

I had the WORST constipation I've ever had in my life last night.

I've not had any then yesterday I had some spicy chicken but I couldn't poop. It was like the worst combination of feeling like I had the runs but nothing happening.

I actually vomited from the feeling!

Definitely need to drink more and make better food choices.

Can anyone just sanity check this for me, I go on holiday on 25/10 and I don’t want to take my pen so voy have advised I can move my dates around. Usual injection day is Tues. So this week delay one day til wed, next week delay one day again til thurs and then the following week delay again til fri, just before I go. Then I return late on the Friday 1st
nov so will probably inject the sat morning. I think that will work out but needed to type it out!

Just had week 4 of 2.5mg. No side effects, virtually no supression and I weigh precisely 1.6lbs more than when I started!

@madasa666 - snap! I’m about to take my third injection and unless I have a miracle by tomorrow I have lost nothing! Last week I was half a pound up. I’ve just posted this on the October starters (2) thread.

Not sure that’s right.

You want to take it on the day you go - the 25th.

this coming week (WC 14th) you will move it to Wednesday.

Next week (WC 21st) you will move it to Thursday (24th) which would be the day before you go.

I think you have an extra week in there.

@SwiftiesVSLestat thank you you’re right I did!! Thanks. It’s a little confusing but I don’t want to have to worry about taking it on the plane.

I have taken week 2 of 5 and like last week I have been vomiting almost non stop since taking it on Friday evening. Last week it went on until Tuesday. I can't eat anything. Has anyone had similar and has any advice? Or should I stop or drop back to 2.5? Thank you.

I'm planning on doing 2.5 two times a week.

I think if you take it on Thursday 24th you will be fine taking it the Saturday you return. Probably better than taking it with you.

I would call your prescriber and ask their advice as soon as you can

@ginandmenthols you poor thing. Agree, call your prescriber for advice - like @KittyGetSmall, I'm also splitting my dose for now after horrendous nausea meant I lost a couple of days last week. Went down to 3.5mg on Friday and will try topping up with 1.5mg on Tuesday evening.

If you vomited for three days after dose 1 of 5mg, it was somewhat optimistic to think you would be fine on dose 2 of it. How were you on 2.5mg and the higher bonus dose if you took it? Did you lose ok on 2.5mg?

I think you should speak to your provider before taking any more Mounjaro. They will likely advise you to go back to whatever dose you were last ok on. Some people cannot tolerate 2.5mg but are ok on 1.5mg. You need to find the dose which doesn't give you bad side effects but suppresses your appetite enough for you to lose weight. Good luck.

3 days into my 3rd week (2.5mg) and I’m 10.5lbs down, although currently on my period which has been threatening me all week with spotting and finally started properly today so hoping when I come off I’ll see a good loss as well.

the last week or so has been quite successful but I could make better choices for sure and I desperately need to drink more water - I’ve got so bad with it! But, I’ve not yet slipped up, even if I’ve had a ‘bad’ meal I’ve kept it as a small portion and felt satisfied leaving lots on my plate.

Royally pissed off with myself and Med Express., ordered my second pen and wanted to move up to 5mg as suppression has definitely reduced this week, filled it all in and got an email confirmation to say my 2.5mg pen is confirmed and needed to be signed off! I immediately emailed them to say I’m sure I ordered a 5mg pen and want to move up can they adjust the prescription and got an email back today (2 days later) saying that they weren’t able to as it’s already been dispatched? Not sure what I should do - order another and maybe increase to 3.75 for 3 weeks or just jump straight to 5 by doubling up. Or kick and scream and demand they send me another pen? It’s not exactly a cheap mistake but I remembered clicking 5mg!

Also going on holiday shortly @MissBPotter and have done the same thing. Injection day was Tuesday initially but am flying on a Friday so have moved to Wednesday for the last 2 weeks and will do Thursday this coming week and Friday when I get home the week after. Slightly nervous as like I said, suppression does seem to have reduced.. although I haven’t been eating 3 meals a day any day and do get full quickly. So maybe that’s more in my head.

@GoldieLocks09 getting what you think is not the pen you ordered is annoying. Do MedExpress send an order confirmation email as soon as you order and pay? If they do then check that as, if it says 5mg, then it proves it is their mistake and they should resend the pen you ordered. If it says 2.5mg then the error is probably on your side.

I don't know your starting weight but 10.5lbs in 3 weeks is a great loss. I only lost 9lbs from the entire 2.5mg pen including bonus dose. You seem on track to lose a stone in a month - to be losing in a healthy way you probably don't want to be losing much more than that.

Some people stay on 2.5mg the entire time as they are losing well on it. Others struggle to move up to 5mg as it gives them side effects so come back to 2.5mg. If you need to use the second 2.5mg pen you can decide week by week if you will stay on 2.5mg or take more from it (which will obviously use the pen up more quickly.)

If you aren't eating three meals a day and are getting full quickly it's working just fine. Possibly a bit too well as three small meals a day to learn about good eating habits is the goal. Feeling hungry on Mounjaro is normal - if you are too suppressed to ever feel hungry you are on too high a dose and probably feel energy-less from not eating. Are you tracking your calories to ensure you are eating enough?

I have another 2.5mg pen to start on Thursday. I was really tempted to order a 5mg pen, especially when they are the same price. But I decided to stick with what I’m on just now and hopefully get 5 doses out of it.

I’m not tracking my calories, I’m just eating when I feel like it. In reality, I’m probably having one small meal and one slightly bigger one and some snacks. I try to have plenty of protein and have a protein shake most days to boost it.

I was out with the family today and everyone else had a donut. I was going to have one but they looked so big, I thought there’s no way I can finish that. The last time we went to the same venue, I had no problem eating a whole one! When I was queuing, I realised I didn’t even want a donut, so I didn’t get one. I was going to get myself an ice cream instead but by the time I got to the ice cream stall, I didn’t want one of them either. This is unheard of for me!

@Choux they do send an email confirmation as soon as you’ve ordered it, I opened it the second it came through and spotted that it said 2.5mg so immediately emailed them (also tried to ring but was waiting for over 30mins and had to do the school run!) - the annoying thing was they then sent a follow up automated email saying we noticed you haven’t moved up to 5mg is everything ok? 😅 annoying! They’re saying it’s because I clicked ‘no’ for the question have you taken weight loss injections before. But I remember clicking yes although you don’t receive a confirmation of your answers but surely this doesn’t correspond with my account, as they prescribed me my first dose 3 weeks ago! It all got approved very quickly (less than 24 hours) and their response time to emails is over 48 hours which is what the issue is I guess.

You are right though, if I can stay on 2.5mg and lose weight that’s a good thing - guess I just feel a bit short changed as I was ready to move up!

I have just taken the first dose from my 5 pen, I did 3.75 as I'm worried about side effects having read some horror stories on here. However last week I took the bonus dose from the 2.5 and had no suppression whatsoever (I don't know how much the bonus dose was as I did the hard twist) and I've not lost any weight this week. I'm still down 6kg over all, but 4kg of that was in the first week. Hopefully I'll be ok with 3.75 and will get some suppression back.

@Chenanceau I did the same last night 3.75 from a 5 pen (45clicks) had an awful sleep but not sure if it's related as so far, no side effects and no hunger either

Start of week 7. Just had 3rd jab of 3.0mg (36 clicks of a 5mg pen)

Lost 2 lbs this week, total loss so far: 1 stone 4lbs / 18lbs / 8kg

Congrats to my fellow losers - slow and steady wins the race, so I'm told.

Still no major side effects. Feeling hungry but manageable, food noise still quietened and I'm content with smaller portions. Have upped my walking and usually achieving 10,000 steps a day on week days, some of it brisk enough to properly raise heart rate, (because I'm incredibly unfit and even a brisk walk up a small incline has me puffing and panting). But not managing any other exercise. I really could do with finding some home workouts for strength/resistance training (I don't want to join a gym).

Sympathies for those of you not losing / not losing as fast as you'd like. It can take a while to find the right dosage - and I hope you do.

@InfoSecInTheCity also in jersey dresses here, plus leggings and tunic tops and comfy stretchy stuff. I loathe clothes shopping so am glad I won't have to do it for a while. I have zero fashion knowledge and no sense of style, so I usually look like a potato, best I can hope for over the coming months is a slightly smaller potato! Also my tummy sounds like yours, plus it looks like a wrinkled old prune and it's starting to flop down over my c-section scar, yuk.

@Chenanceau if you did the hard twist, it will have been 2.5, assuming you twisted up to 1 as usual and injected. You can't get more than the dose of the pen (unless you twist again to do a second injection). Fingers crossed 3.75 works well.

Week 5 day 2, I have lost 1 stone and 1/2lb so far.

Shout out to the moderate wight loss people. It can be disheartening to see people lose in a week what might take me 3 or 4.

I'm trying to stay positive. IF I keep this rate of weight loss up, I will be a total of 2 stone down by Christmas. That should put me in an overweight rather than obese weight class. That will feel amazing.

My daily calories are typically under 1500.

So I have spoken to my doctor and she has upped my dose to 5mg.
I still have 2 weeks of 2.5mg left (second 2.5mg pen)
What I want to do is go up to 3mg this week. Can anyone tell me how I would get the extra 1mg from my 2.5? How many clicks would it be? I know it will be 2 injections.

Been on holiday for 2 weeks so just going to catch up with all your lovely inspiring stories but wanted to tell you something fantastic. Normally I go in holiday and put on at least 1.5 stone, well this holiday I put on 2 lb and I think that is in the fluid I get in my ankles with the heat so so chuffed. Not a crisp or nibble passed my lips didn’t even miss them or want them when on the table in front of me whoop whoop

I'm in more or less the same place as you. Just coming to the end of my first week of 5mg. I expected my first week on the higher dose to be like my first week on 2.5mg but as of last night I'm only one quarter of a pound down from last week.

Having said that at the moment I can see more of a visual difference than is being reflected on the scales. Weight loss is a strange beast so I've decided just to go with it. As my clothes are definitely looser I'm not going to worry too much about the numbers just yet. Two stone less by Xmas I will consider a win.

I'll check in with you @OvaHere.

I'm having my second 5mg injection later tonight.