Went up a dose and I think maybe too quickly, what should I do?

[inmyhea]

I’m a stone from goal, I’m now just at healthy BMI but want to lose a stone to be well into healthy bmi and start maintenance.

I’ve done two pens at 2.5, two pens at 5 and had no side effects. I thought going up to 7.5 would be a good boost for the last stone as felt the effects were lowering, food noise was starting to come back, I was grazing again.

Please don’t judge, I thought the end of pen two of 5mg wasn’t working as well. Now in hindsight I think maybe it worked fine and I should have worked through it, I was still losing but just slowly.

Ive not had this level of suppression on monjauro. I’ve also had a sore tummy the whole week with diarrhoea, headache and some days feeling nauseous, sulphur burps so bad someone noticed, its day 6 and I have a constant feeling of uncomfortable fullness.

should I drop down to 6.25 or back to 5mg? Or give it another week and see. Not sure what to do. Is it bad to mess around with the doses? This is my first week on 7.5mg.

thank you.

I'd go back to 5mg

I’d go below 5mg to get you to 5mg. Do 30 or 45 clicks this week then stay at 5mg for a few weeks.

I hated 7.5mg, I did 4 months each of 2.5 and 5, then counted clicks to do a pen of 6-6.25. Went up to 7.5 and really didn’t like it - sulphur burps, zero appetite but also just not feeling very well. I went back to 5 the following week. I have been a slow loser but have lost 21kg in all so the lower doses have worked for me.

i went back to 5mg, probably best idea for now

Good idea. Also remember the transition into maintenance is about finding a sustainable diet for you long term. So trying to find ways to manage the grazing urge ect while having a little support from MJ, setting up good habits, rather than just relying on suppression.

Everyone will have their own thoughts but me personally, if I’d been getting food noise on 5mg but feel ill on 7.5mg, I’d try somewhere in between such as 6.25mg and see how you go on week 2.