Scary side effects to Mounjaro.

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ok so maybe not included in most people that take this injection but just asking out of curiosity.

Tuesday night late on around 11pm I started my first dose of Maunjaro starting weight was 12 stone 11.
Today I’m 12 stone 3 so it is quite a big drop in pounds just 4 days really.

I understand side effects I have suffered from feeling sick headache no feeling to eat what so ever since then. You’re lucky I’ve even had the equivalent to a full meal since then.

what I’ve had since then is: Banana, 2X Toasties (eating half of both portions) plenty of water. And one bar of chocolate as my body starting craving for sugar yesterday evening.

now the rest of the side effects have been ok and managed but it’s a weird felling of not being hungry that I just couldn’t explain to anyone but this is the scary part day 2 right up until last night all I could really explain the problem was like a (demon in my body) my eyes were really big sticking out and my pupils were massive I felt like I was in a world of my own constantly and completely zoned out. Even my mum looked at me and was checking in often as she said I didn’t look right or look or seem like myself?

has anyone else felt like this? Today I feel back to my normal self?

Yeah they are, so must just be you sadly an extreme and rare reaction op.

Thank you someone who really understands.

I have booked in to see my own gp Monday.

@Shrinkingrose yes, that’s the article I read and I very much came to the same conclusion as you with regards to it. It’s almost as if they print these scare stories whilst not believing any of their readers have the brains to see right through them. 🙈

Eating absolutely fine before

@Weepixie , yes I was surprised when I saw the headline, I thought that’s odd, why would we be different to every other country in terms of adverse effects.

but then as you read it fully you see it is just sensationalist for clicks, and the story very muddled, they even say buying from online pharmacies. As they know practically eveyr single person is, instead of saying unregulated online pharmacies as they discuss fakes,

it is the same in the USA, 274 deaths, all due to fakes or reckless usage, ie taking too much or when you don’t need it,

people just buying fake crap and injecting themselves. It was far from a balanced or clear article.

You've completely missed the point of what that poster is asking you

You're feeling ill because you havent barely eaten.

You then said you were 'fine' before taking the injection

The poster says, yes presumably because you were eating prior to the WLI

You say, yes you were eating fine before

That is the point. You werent going without food prior to this. So were feeling fine

Presumably you have now eaten, you hae taken advice on this thread to get nutrients, liquids in you?
Presumably you wont be taking any more WLI medication

Nah I’ve still not eating at all that’s the whole point drinking water only as I’ve mentioned 3 times

So you posted yesterday lunchtime and you've had all this time to get some nutrients in you but have chosen not to

Seems strange

Op, you’re going to end up hospitalised. You need to eat.

Glad you've got a GP app. I found the most helpful person was a pharmacist. Unfortunately NHS don't love giving advice when paying privately (and I understand why). My pharmacist could only give advice to my husband who is prescribed from NHS for diabetes or me when I paid for a private consultation. They then reached out to the manufacturer to confirm my symptoms were ok to continue. The consultation was £35 so not a lot & was very helpful. Maybe worth considering if you don't get the answers you need from GP. I'm now on week 7 & my heart rate issue has mostly settled. I personally think I'm just very sensitive to medications. It might be a side effect that wears off. I definitely felt like I wasn't going to continue after week 1 but here I am

It all seems very dramatic

For the sake of a milky drink and an electrolyte sachet. Or a bowl of soup

Eating absolutely fine before

That was my point.

You do understand that you urgently need something, don't you? It will be that much harder for a medical professional to help you if you have symptoms both from the mounjaro itself and also for starving yourself for a week.
If you carry on like this its more likely you'll end up in a&e before you get to the GP appointment.

I get excellent suppression on 2.5, I moved up to 5 after 2 months because I thought I should and had much the effects you discuss OP. I did 2 weeks on 5 then dropped back to 2.5 and have stayed there since. On 5 I really had to force myself to eat, but you do have to take a step back and understand that some of the 'side effects' are actually your body telling you you need to eat something.

When I have high suppression I find it easier to drink my calories, I drink a lot of milk on MJ as that seems to suit me better.

Hundreds in hospital with serious reactions to fat jabs as numbers surge 46% in a month - and nearly 400 have now needed treatment | Daily Mail Online

So my take from that is that the vast majority of people having severe side affects and being hospitalised are probably buying fake pens from unregulated online pharmacies?

Also it makes sense the numbers of people having adverse affects from taking "weight loss drugs" have risen as the number of people injecting them has dramatically risen. It's so easy to get it now and people have become wise to the fact you can lie when applying for it even with reputable suppliers. People who aren't even overweight will be taking it. This was always going to happen.

Doesnt mean it isn't overall still a fantastic drug that is helping many people.

Read it properly it’s a terrible article, sensationalist for clicks, really is talking about taking fakes or too much, and as the pp said, more will habe impacts as more take them. But this article isn’t saying what it’s headline says, it’s just clickbait.

It's a terrible article, even for the Mail.
I wish someone would write something balanced about the risks, that completely splits the risks for property prescribed products from the 'some vials' that may well be insulin or fuck knows what.
The two keep being lumped in together and it's not remotely helpful, either to those on mounjaro who want to be as informed as possible, or those considering nefarious products who might miss that most hospitalisations are due to the products they're looking at.

I haven't read the full thread, but I'm.wondering if your blood sugar is dropping too low. When mine drops low I feel really spaced out, then I have to be really careful otherwise I feel like I might collapse.

I now carry some dextrose sweets with me and if I start feeling spaced out or faint, I have one and within literally a minute I'm fine again.

Defo see the doc and I hope all is well

Have u read anything I’ve said? Trying to force myself to eat when I just can’t the been sick it’s not that I’m choosing not to eat trying to force myself is making me wanting to be sick.

you should read the updates on the thread first it’s not ‘strange’ I can’t eat

Have u read anything I’ve said? Trying to force myself to eat when I just can’t the been sick it’s not that I’m choosing not to eat trying to force myself is making me wanting to be sick.

Have you taken any of the advice in the thread? No. All you are doing is arguing.

Take a minute and eat some food, that is what is wrong with you. You have to eat. Feeling sick is a symptom of that. You haven't even been sick, just feeling sick. Get some food down you and stop the dramatics.

People have read what you've said, people who are very familiar with that very strong suppression feeling. Those same people are telling you that you have to eat though, or you risk doing yourself a lot of damage.
If you can't eat the calories, drink them.

I have I’ve just made a protein shake to try.
I know people are telling me to eat but I’m not keep repeating myself when I say I CANT eat

I know people are telling me to eat but I’m not keep repeating myself when I say I CANT eat

What is actually stopping you?

I get that you feel sick, but that won't stop you from eating.

Hallelujah. Thank you 💐