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Experience after restarting MJ after a break

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Bipaloss · 21/11/2025 22:39

Long story short. I had to stop MJ abruptly due to personal circumstances (unrelated to health factors had very limited SE while on it) after loosing 4.5 st over 7 month period . Was on 12.5 9 weeks did 14 mg one week then 7 mg after 9 days then 3 mg after 9 days.

I have gained 2lb since last dose ,16 days ago (34 days since 14 mg and lowest weight) I’m now BMI 29 and starting to already feel puffy and unconfident in my body

the food noise is not helping and although I haven’t gained a lot since stopping yet, I feel so much I want to continue if I gained a few
more lb . But i read that MJ dosnt work when restarting after few months and stories out there would help as don’t won’t to spend loads of £££ if I now have immunity to especially the lower dose?

if anyone took a break and restarted please let me know your story as I do want to loose another 2-3 st

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DappledOliveGroves · 21/11/2025 22:58

I stopped MJ for around four months. I couldn’t stop losing weight, despite reducing the dose, my hair was falling out and I was anaemic. So I decided to come off.

The first two months I didn’t eat much more as I think the MJ was still in my system (it has a long half-life). The last two months without it, I gained around 9 pounds and the food noise came back with a vengeance.

I re-started at 2.5mg and it did NOTHING. I’d been on 5mg before and had thought 2.5mg should do something but it was useless. I very quickly went back to 5mg and that’s been good. I’ve lost the 9lbs, I’m back at my ideal weight, I can eat a lot better than I could last time around and I’m no longer having weight fall off me. My hair is re-growing and I feel pretty good. The effects of the MJ though are definitely less this time around.

Pipsballoon · 22/11/2025 18:27

I restarted after a few months break, I had a health situation that made me decide to stop, but I wasn't where I wanted to be. A few months later my weight was creeping up, so I just went back on 2.5 for a month and it worked just as effectively second time round. I lost a few pounds and more importantly I was able to reestablish good habits. I'd been slipping and felt I needed to press reset, by starting again for a while, which worked well for me. I would do it again without hesitation if it creeps back on but this time round I'm trying to hold onto the good habits and maintain more steadily

Member218500 · 22/11/2025 21:01

I stopped when the prices went up and went over to wegovy 1mg.
I then had to stop taking it due to an unrelated health issue and was off all WLI for around 8 weeks. I then started back on wegovy 0.25 and it did absolutely nothing for me.

I moved back over to MJ 2 weeks ago at 2.5mg and it’s working just as well as when I first started back in February. I was terrified it wouldn’t work the same. in the time I was off Mounjaro I gained around 5lbs and I’ve already lost it after 2 weeks.

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