Had 5mg and felt so sick… went back to 2.5mg and I’m so hungry

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I posted last week about feeling really sick on my first 5mg dose.

I took the lower dose last night on my usual injection day and I’ve woken up this morning absolutely starving with a growling stomach which I do not normally get.

Is it ok to go back up to 5 next week? Of am I doing something wrong?

It worries me a little if, at the end of my MJ journey, I go back to craving food and feeling hungry… the weight will just pile back on.

Thank you for reading

You should give it a bit of time to settle. Sometimes symptoms differ from day to day and can settle after some days. So I'll wait for the week to decide.

It's also okay to feel hungry - what you'll notice is that when you do eat, you're satisfied with much less than you used to. Hunger signal is your body telling you to eat something or drink water, so that is fine.

You can also use doses between 2.5mg and 5mg. You count clicks and use 3mg or 3.5mg or 4mg or 4.5mg so you can build up to 5mg or stay there if it works for you.

I'm on 6mg after a bit of trial and error.

So could I give myself a few extra clicks now to ‘top up’ a little?

I'm sticking to 3.75 at the moment as it feels just enough and I've had mild side effects I don't want to worsen. It's with a 10mg pen so that is 22-23 clicks.

I generally recommend going up each month but having an in-between dose or two each time. Going up to 5mg is particularly brutal apparently.

You should feel the highest effect of the dose 2-3 days after the jab so see how you feel tomorrow. I don't want to recommend splitting the dose or anything off label but you can take your next dose a day or two early if the hunger is getting bad. If you do take it early I wouldn't do 5mg though! Do 2.5 or 3.75. if you are on a 5mg pen that is 30clicks or 45 clicks.

I'd wait till the next jab day, then increase the dose. Try and ride out this 2.5mg this week. Besides, I don't think any extra top up will make a difference now.

For counting clicks from a 5mg pen,
30 clicks is 2.5mg.
36 clicks is 3mg.
42 clicks is 3.5mg.
48 clicks is 4mg.
54 clicks is 4.5mg.

...And of course the whole click to 1 is 60 clicks for the full 5mg.