Hi. I know that this question will have been asked within lots of the longer threads but I can’t find a reliable way to search them so I hope some kind person with experience will help me in this new thread.
It’s a simple question really- should I increase my dose to 5mg?
I’m on my third 2.5mg pen having started at 81kg and now down to 76.
I’ve had no digestive side effects but I do wake up most mornings feeling a bit nauseous. It subsides after I’ve been up for a while but it means I can’t stomach breakfast first thing.
I am finding I am never hungry for lunch but do force myself to eat and feel better after I have done. Usually hungry for dinner and still enjoy a beer or a couple of glasses of wine with meal at weekends. Still eating chocolate/desserts in the evening but in smaller portions.
I’d say maybe the appetite suppression is diminishing a little bit but hard to tell. I don’t enjoy not feeling hungry as I am enjoying food less and it reminds me of how you feel when you are unwell and “off your food”. But I am determined to reach a healthy BMI.
Is it worth going up to 5, with the risk of nausea and diarrhoea or is this status quo on 2.5 good enough? I’d like to be 65kg by Christmas. But I can’t afford time off work and school runs etc if I get bad diarrhoea.