I’ve made a mess of it by stockpiling

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Hands up. bought a stack of 15mg pens when they were cheaper and I’ve slowly been using them up - (with a few from voucher codes emailed etc). I haven’t been prescribed a new pen since January. Now my provider says it is a gap in treatment. Has anyone been as silly as me and I need to start again at 2.5mg? I still have a way to go and worry this is going to do nothing - I didn’t get suppression really until 10mg on the way up.
I appreciate this is all my own fault, trying to afford this wonder drug even after prices went up.

This is what I'm going to do.

I have five 15mg pens - I bought the last 2 pens in March and I'm currently taking 7.5mg one of them.

I haven't bought any more pens because if I stay on the same dose it will take me to February 2027.

I plan to start buying again in November or later, depending on my needs.

Also use Curely in the same situation and recommend them.

That’s brilliant, thank you. Just waiting for my Bolt refund and I’ll start trying the ones with real people! Thanks for the advice.

I moved to Numan and they prescribed the dose I was on at the time (10).

I've spent £1874 so far since end of August last year.

I had thought I would have to spend closer to £2500 or more to cover me for 12 months

Have you got any left? Could you add some to a 2.5 dose if need be while you go up the doses? I managed to get a couple of extra pens at after a stockpile in August, but even then most providers I contacted were bothered about gaps, and I had to show boxes and dates of what I had got.
I bulk bought in August. I’d have had to stop otherwise. I thought I’d have been long finished by now. I was loosing pretty quickly up until November- it’s been very slow and steady since then. Almond ground to a halt lately! I’m titrating off personally, it doesn’t seem to have much of an effect on me, so I’m hoping to do the last stone on my own. I’d have to start with 2.5 if I was to order anymore. I’ve stretched pens out and used golden doses etc. I’m currently down to 8mg, I was previously on 12.5. Thankfully it doesn’t feel even the slightest bit different.

Have a consultation with Swift. It’s £30 and you get £10 off each pen after that.

Thanks so much for the advice. Swiftdoctor were great - a real person who would look at my previous prescriptions and agreed to continue on 15mg. Thanks for the recommendations.

Great outcome

Curious to know...

Were you taking the pens at the dose stated or microdosing?

As i often read "just show the boxes" and I have boxes... but Im clearly taking 8.5 and now 9.5 from a 15 pen.

So "showing the boxes"wont be enough.

I'm ordering every 6 weeks to stay able to order but this is resultingnin a small stockpile.

I've assumed eventually I'll stop and use up what I have..

But also assumed as I plan to be on it long term at some point id have to do a 2.5/5/7.5 build up before mine runs out?

If that makes sense?

Or are they genuinely fine with us taking smaller amounts from a bigger pen. I assume since structure regulations they can't condone it. Bit like they're happy for us to order every 6 weeks but better one. Don't ask dotn tell?

Swift doctor have been fine for me, I order 12.5mg consistently every couple of months so am clearly stretching out pens and they’ve never queried it. It just asks you the date you last took some.