Overthinking jags

[Scardeycat1739]

Hi, unsure if anyone can relate to this but recently started taking Wegovy injections, on lowest dose and had vomiting and sulfur burps a few days after a dose last week. Nurse said ok to carry on as I’ve been symptom free for 72 hours so I did.

why can’t I shake the horrible anxious feeling of the fact it may make me sick?? Is there anything I can do to try reduce side effects? Also, can’t shake the feeling of thinking I’m doing something wrong by taking these injections

You aren’t doing anything wrong by taking a medication that has been prescribed to you in order to improve your health.

How long have you been taking it? Did you do anything differently after that dose?

Is it NHS prescribed?

Just one week! It was a few days after the dose and I ate the wrong thing the night before so totally self inflicted.

I had to get my gallbladder removed last year (nothing to do with WLI, triggered by pregnancy) and the lead up to getting the diagnoses consisted of a lot of vomiting and sulfur burps. I honestly feel like my fear of it is anxiety surrounding that time of my life being constantly sick.

I am an anxious person, but I have yo-yo dieted for years and I have finally accepted that having help is ok! It is from Boots online doctor.

The jabs can leave you feeling ill the first few days for weeks and weeks, hopefully it doesn’t last too long for you. Good luck on your weight loss journey.

It’s a common side effect. It doesn’t mean you’re doing anything wrong or that there’s something wrong with taking it.

To help with side effects, if the nurse didn’t give you any suggestions, you could try things like ginger or peppermint tea/peppermint capsules. or any OTC treatment that suits you.

GLP1s slow your digestion, so anything hard to digest may produce the excess gas that causes the burping and sickness. Try and stick to easy to digest foods, avoid anything spicy, really fibrous, fatty or very acidic.

I have only had one really bad night in almost 4 months - after eating a creamy carbonara. I won’t be doing that again. Avoid the food that made you feel ill. Stick to plain veg and meat for now. Good luck.

Pesto Bismol really helps with sulphur burps, they are the worst! I'm on Mounjaro and have moved up the doses very slowly because of side effects so don't increase if it's working well.

Learning to listen to what my body is telling me has been part of my journey to getting healthy using weight loss injections.

Ive lost 7 1/2 stone now - 17st 11to 10st 1 and BMI below 25.

Your body felt sick because your body is telling you not to eat the unhealthy food you ate.

I would feel sick and very poorly if I ate a full pizza, or a litre of ice cream, or a whole packet of biscuits. Yet I used to eat like this every day and didn't feel sick. The only effect was morbid obesity. My body would now feel sick because it would be warning me to stop and not eat these foods, or amounts. It does that now (with the help of WLI) because im healthy and no longer obese.

So instead of feeling anxious that there is an issue with Wygovy (there isnt), instead re-frame it as your body helping you to learn to change your eating habits.