Is this a sign that I need to increase my dose?

[Greenfingers37]

Hello, I’ve been on 2.5mg MJ for 10 weeks and have lost a stone which I’m happy with. SW 12:10, now 11:10. Minimal side effects and very good suppression.
However, my weight loss has plateaued over the last 2 weeks and, whilst I never feel hungry as such, I’m able to finish meals now whereas before I struggled to.
This has probably been asked countless times before but is it time to move up to 5mg? I’ve still got 2 doses in my current 2.5mg pen.

I’d continue and finish your current pen and then order the 5mg next.

It sounds like you need to increase your dose but maybe don’t jump straight to 5mg as many people (myself included) find the big jump too much. Maybe get a 5mg and try taking 3.5 or 3.75mg from it and see how you get on?

agree

How much weight do you want to lose?

Weight loss isn’t usually a linear line downwards and will usually include plateaus and occasional small gains along the way. It took me 10 months to lose 4 stones and I want to lose at least 1 more stone and I’ve chosen to stay on low dose (3.5mg) as I want to carry on using MJ to maintain for at least a year or two after reaching my goal and keeping it affordable. (Maybe I’ll need to stay on it forever!)

If you’ve responded well to 2.5mg and you’re still feeling some suppression, a jump to 5mg might be too much in one go and could make you feel quite unwell, so I recommend using click counting and try increasing to 3.5mg or 3.75mg on your next jab and see how you feel.

As you’ve got 2 jabs left in your current pen, you could give yourself the normal dose and then give yourself a second dose counting clicks and inject an additional 0.5mg or 1mg.

On a 2.5mg pen…

60 clicks = 2.5mg or single dose.

12 clicks = 0.5mg
24 clicks = 1 mg

Thanks so much for all the advice.
I’d like to lose another 1.5 stones.