Had a small break, how to restart?

[Illbefinejustbloodyfine]

Hello all, ive been taking MJ since March. Lost 3st. Have not jabbed for maybe 3 weeks. Delay in orders being processed then dudnt want to start the day before a holiday. I was on 7.5mg.

What would you do to restart? No real side effects , felt the cold at the start, tiredness etc but no sickness or other.

Should I start at 2.5? I don't really want to do 2.5 for 4 weeks and work up that way. I have 2 pens now and won't be buying more. (7.5 and 10)

Are you going to taper down and did you want to use the remaining pens for this?
You could start at 5mg as it won't be as harsh as 7.5mg when you've been off it a while and see how you go then adjust next dose accordingly. That's if you're confident with counting clicks.
You can ask your provider but they will say to start at 2.5 but could be worth asking. Are you coming off or will you move to wegovy?

I will be stopping altogether after this. I was also thinking 5mg and hope for the best!

I actually hadn't considered before tbh. I think i just need to stop, can't really afford it.

Thank you though, you've saud what I was thinking. I feel like starting again at 2.5 would be a "waste"

You would get more doses out of your pens though

I agree that I would go with 5, or possibly build up with some split dosing of a lower dose every 4 days for a couple of weeks.

I use the Shotsy app, so would play around with doses to see how it predicts my MJ levels. There are other, free GLP1 plotters available too.

As you are coming off though, you might want to stick with lower doses to last you longer. Even if the actual weight loss slows, you might have some of the other benefits of MJ for a little longer too.

i've just come back from holiday and didn't jab for 3 weeks- partly because I didn't want to take my pen with me ( moving around a lot in a hot country in SE Asia) but also because I am pretty much at my goal weight and I wanted to see how I would manage without the injection for a few weeks. I'm on 7.5 and took the full 7.5 mg the day I got back from holiday ( after an almost 3 week gap). Goes against official advice but I was fine and didn't have any side effects. Maybe start with 5mg and build up depending on how you feel?

Your question is muddled, on one hand you wish to restart on the next you wish to stop, and only have two pens.

if you aim to titrate down I’d go for 5mg and stay on that, use the pens for longer, assuming you’ve kept them refrigerated and use good sterile practices, and then move to 2.5 for the last few weeks, before coming off totally. But don’t go back up to 7.5 to come off again,

I have just done the same 4 weeks after being on 10mg. 5 mg is having no affect. Well maybe a little.

I'm in the same position today. I've been away and haven't jabbed for nearly 3 weeks. I'm on 10 mg and I've only taken one dose out of the syringe. Because of the way the manufacturers have changed the final fifth dose, will I still be able to use the syringe up if I do 5 mg at a time?

@WatchingTheDetective get some 1ml syringes and you’ll be able to use the entire contents easily.

After the first full dose, you'll be able to get 6 x 5mg doses before it locks. Then you can try the hard twist, but that rarely works these days, so you would need insulin syringes to get the final 2 doses of 0.3ml each.

You might possibly be able to squeeze an extra one out too, depending on how much was used in priming.

Just bear in mind how long this pen could be in use if you took the first dose 3 or more weeks ago. Around 12 weeks, which is far over the 30-day guidance.

The new pens with reduced medication don't yet seem to be circulation, if that was the change you referred to.

Thanks! I'll just do a 10 dose instead.

Just an update to say I did 5mg last week and 7.5 yesterday, so far so good!

I have felt very tired this past week which im putting down to reintroducing mj but no other ill effects.