The side effects :-(

[Happyhappymeee]

Hello
I’m slowly losing weight since November which is good. I’ve always put on weight quickly but lost slowly so not surprised.

Ive always had sulphur burp/headache side effects since 2.5 but again not surprised as I always react strongly to things.

I am now on my second week of 7.5 and just feel awful. I can’t eat, feel sick (proably cos I can’t eat), headaches dizzy. I want to go back to 5mg where I could tolerate it - I have two more 7.5 and then a 10mg in the fridge. I don’t want to waste them by binning them but not sure how to turn them to 5mg?

with the 10mg will I get 8 lots of 5mg from it or will I still only get 4?

im eating the right foods (when I can eat) so its not that.

thanks in advance for any advice :-)

40 clicks to get 5mg from 7.5mg pen
30 clicks to get 5mg from a 10mg pen

Injection on days 0,7,14,21,28,35 would give 6 doses. Which I would personally be comfortable with doing with 5 days over the 30 day limit.

Day 42, 49 feel too far out for me.

You'll get around 248 clicks (allowing 8-10) for priming before the pen locks and will need a syringe for anything after that.

Why did you move up, if 5mg was not doing it for you anymore you could try something in the middle between 5 and 7.5.

A pen should be used within 30 days of starting it so you cannot get 8 doses of 5mg from a 10mg pen, you could only get 5 and should discard the rest.
Why did you buy higher strengths that far in advance? It's much more sensible to just buy them when you are sure what you need. What are the expiry dates? Would they keep until you might go up and tolerate a higher dose?
You could get 5mg doses from a 7.5mg pen by priming then counting 40 clicks and injecting that. You could do 3 doses of 5mg once each week and be within your 30 days for this current pen. That might be more sensible than persisting feeling unwell and not eating

Use the 7.5mg up using 40 clicks for 5mg. Keep the 10mg for when you are ready for it. What's the expiry? Order another 5mg pen for your next pen. You should be able to get 3 dose out the 7.5mg before the 30 days are up.

I (mistakenly) presumed it would be easier to lose weight on a higher dose. I’ve been feeling rough every time I inject from the start but by day 4/5 start to feel better so felt I could tolerate higher. It’s only after reading on here I realised I could stay on a lower and the higher dose didn’t mean I would lose weight more.

2.5 did not suppress appetite in the end but 5 did.

I bought the next dose early as was concerned there may be a shortage after Christmas

I also had a tough time on 7.5. Someone suggested I inject in my thigh instead of tummy and this week all the side effects have vanished on 7.5. Can you try thigh if you haven’t done that yet?

Just buy some insulin needles and syringes on amazon and take the appropriate amount out.

Have you tried bucket loads of gaviscon and electrolytes?

This made me smile - I had hyperemesis in my pregnancies over 15 years ago and still cannot stand the smell/texture of gaviscon. In fact extreme pregnancy nausea/exhaustion is the best way I can describe how I feel (I’m not pregnant). I’ve bought some electrolytes to try thank you

I would take 5mg from your left over 7.5 pen, then keep the 10mg pen in the fridge for later and order another 5mg now.. you can switch to a new pharmacy to get a discount or if you want to stay with the same, just explain it to them and im sure they will let you buy another 5mg.