Advice following a holiday

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I’ve been on MJ since January, most recent pen was 12.5mg but the suppression was way too much on this pen so I reordered 10mg.

Took around 8.5mg golden dose from 12.5mg pen, then had a week’s break as I have been on holiday and didn’t want to risk side effects etc. So I last jabbed 2 weeks ago.

I have my new 10mg pen ready to go but am really hesitant about jabbing since it’s been 2 weeks and the levels in my system are a lot lower now. I am thinking of just doing a half dose or 7.5mg.

Has anyone been in a similar position and if so could you kindly offer some advice? Thanks!

Ozempic rather than MJ so not sure what the differences are, but I've skipped a week and restarted on same dose with no issues. Apparently it stays in the system for around 3 weeks, just reducing effectiveness, so it isn't like starting from scratch at the built up dose.

My advice is to use one of the plotting apps to work out what your residual level is now and how big the spike will be when you take the next jab. If it’s a massive swing compared to previous ones on your graph chances are you could get worse side effects. If that’s the case then building it back up more gradually makes sense. So maybe take half/part of a dose for a couple of weeks to let it built up again then go up to full dose of new pen.

disclaimer - this is what I do based on my own research and experience. I am not an HCP and this goes against all official dosing advice. I also reduced for holiday but reduced rather than skipped a week to minimise the swing from low to high.