5mg no longer helping

[MyFirmFatball]

So, I did first five weeks (using bonus dose) on 2.5mg, then went up to 5mg again for 5 weeks.
I lost 18 lbs and was very happy. As 5mg was working, Id previously ordered another 5mg pen but after taking the first dose last Sunday, I’m starving.
The problem is, as I was worried about possible shortage after Christmas, I ordered another 5mg to keep for later us.

I have one full 5mg pen, and one with 4 doses left IF I include the bonus dose.
Im thinking I could use the bonus dose in each pen to give me an extra 1.25mg with each jab.

Would it be ok to take an extra 1.25 now rather than wait til Sunday and then take 6.25 each week ?
How many clicks would 1.25 be from my pen and going forward would it be easier each week to take usual 5mg from the pen, but use insulin needle to get the other 1.25 ?
Clearly I should have gone up to 7.5 but when ordering, 5mg really worked.
any suggestions much appreciated!

I lost nothing over Christmas and it was surprisingly easy to eat quite a bit more than usual and with all the snack food available the food noise was creeping back and it felt like MJ was doing nothing for me.

Decided to stick with current dose for a couple of weeks and engage some willpower while I got back to work and into my routines and the suppression has kicked back in just as strong now there is no Christmas temptations.

Might be worth a try as you have two 5mg pens.

Thanks, that makes perfect sense. Fingers crossed !

If your 5 mg pen has a long expiry date I’d keep that one unopened to use on the way back down when you are at your target weight to help wean yourself off of it. Then divide up your current pen with the 3 x 5 mg doses plus the bonus dose ( usually at least 6.5 mg) into 3 so that gives you 7.5 mg each dose roughly . To do this it would be 3x 0.6 ml plus 0.75ml from the bonus dose so 2.55 mls of liquid left divided by 3 so 0.85ml each time. That’s one normal shot and 0.25ml extra either by a syringe or if you use a new pen needle it’s 25 clicks to do the extra 0.25 mls. Then you need to order a new pen of 7.5mg.
still with me ! ?

I’ve done exactly the same! I’m thinking I might increase each dose slightly so 4 lots of 6mg from each pen instead of 4 lots of 5mg plus a bonus dose of 5mg.

Thanks, certainly worth adding try !

I did 7 weeks of 5mg, then 6mg, then 7mg then 7.5mg. I was afraid of side effects but I was fine and wish I'd gone up quicker!

I would see if you still feel the same after your next 5.0mg dose or whether it improves and you are just having a bad week.

If you still think you should move up I would try taking 6.0mg from your current pen and see how you get on with a view to getting a 7.5mg pen next.

If your unopened pen has a decent date save it for maintenance. If it is a shorter date use it but do slightly larger doses.

@MyFirmFatball I was exactly the same i just used my 5mg pens for 2x7.5 and a 5 left not sure what to do with that right enough

I’ve decided to use the bonus dose on my 5mg to give me 1.25 extra for each dose. Hopefully 6.25 works for a bit. It’s all a learning curve I suppose !

Exactly the same thing happened to me! I already ordered 7.5mg because I didn't think 5mg will work. I carried on with 5mg just to finish the pen and happy to announce that I managed to get myself under control. And this week finally lost a bit of weight!

It makes sense!

@MyFirmFatball it definetly is I'm winging it every week 😂

Weigh in today and a nice 3lb loss 😊 after two weeks staying same over Christmas. Glad I stuck with it and trusted it was not the pen that stopped working after 23 weeks on the same 3.75mg it was Christmas/me!