“I started Ozempic last night” THREAD TWO

[HermioneWeasley]

Here’s a shiny new thread for everyone who’s been sharing their experiences on the original, and of course all new starters are welcome too!

@Cappuccinopup I have used QuickMeds too, excellent service from them. Use the code 'REPEAT5' for £5 off ☺️

I’m not sure what will happen @Twiglets1. The lower dose may remain Ozempic but there shouldn’t be the supply issues that there has been once they get Wegovy up and running here.

That’s good if it will be available at the lower doses too.
Was going to tell my husband about it when I switched to Wegovy but doubt I can keep a secret from him that long 🤔

Hi Twiglets i also did not tell my DH but had to blab in the end as we were travelling and it would have been very difficult to keep up the subterfuge.
He was fine about it but now keeps asking me questions about how much weight i've lost and am i eating less etc - exactly what i didn't want to deal with. He believes he's being supportive but i just want it to be completely up to me ( and you lot!!) so keep it under your hat is my advice!!!

You have to remember that this medication is doing stuff in your body above and beyond appetite suppression, which is why higher doses are considered therapeutic - lower doses don't do the same.

I've just moved up.to 0.5 and so far so good. I've already lost 1.5lbs this week.

Order a 1mg pen and administer the dose you want. No point at all paying for the lower dose pens!

I’m trying to keep it under my hat. It feels hard though & I’m worried he’ll open up a delivery box of Ozempic next time it arrives for example and find out that way. Just want to keep it quiet until I’m ready to tell him.
Though Im going away with my adult daughter next week and it will be a relief to discuss it with her. She’s the only person I’ve told in real life so far.

I agree with @MaireadMcSweeney about ordering the higher dose pen @Twiglets1 - it will work out much cheaper for you.

I told my DH I was going to order it from the beginning. He wasn’t overly impressed as he’s seen me try various things over the years. He is very impressed now however. I don’t think I could have hidden it as I was eating so much less it was really obvious.

I am now loud and proud about it. I’ve told quite a few people. I’m so blown away by it and so happy it’s worked so well for me having spent the last 30 years feeling like a total failure for not being able to lose weight it turns out I wasn’t a failure after all.

I surprised no one has noticed I’m eating so much less, supposedly without any help. I’m just telling everyone I’m on a diet but I’ve never been this restrained on a diet before!
Thats amazing that you feel so positive @Peridot1
Of course you weren’t a failure! I find it so sad the way we give weight a moral judgement but I do it too. To myself not anyone else.

I felt nauseous last night after my second injection and this morning I had a small pot of natural yoghurt and some raspberries and I have just projectile vomited up my bathroom walls like something from the Exorcist! I feel fine now immediately after that. I'm afraid to eat again now after that ☹️ I didn't have any effects at all after the first one

I am now loud and proud about it. I’ve told quite a few people. I’m so blown away by it and so happy it’s worked so well for me having spent the last 30 years feeling like a total failure for not being able to lose weight it turns out I wasn’t a failure after all.

I've been blown away my the psychological impact ozempic has had. I actually don't believe it's a psychological impact but a physiological one that we don't yet understand. I'm fortunate enough to have not had a "weight problem" my entire life and it's been a revelation to me quite how different I feel on ozempic to how I've felt the last 10 years. I feel like the old me again, a person not consumed by thoughts of food. It's wonderful.

Oh poor you! That sounds awful.
I was feeling slightly nauseous last night & also had the dreaded sulphur burps. I chewed a sweet indigestion tablet and honestly think they was the thing that sent me over the edge. The saccharin taste made me feel really sick and then of course I was sick in the night. Next time I feel nauseous I won’t let a thing pass my lips apart from water.
I felt fine immediately after being sick too. And have enjoyed my food today with no bad effects. I think once you feel like normal ( no nausea) it is safe to try something plain like toast.

My vomiting was always after the second injection on a new dose. I think the hormone builds up over time.

I have started nearly vomiting after parkrun now. Last three runs have been the same. Don’t know if I can blame the Ozempic as I have been on 1 mg for around 2 or 3 months now. It’s never happened before though.

I have also told a few more people about Ozempic now. Especially as it has worked and I am losing. No one has been judgy (to my face anyway). DH has known all along and can see how it is working - he is enjoying the second helping he gets when we eat out 😂.

@tregunamekoidestrecorumsatisdee That sounds terrible. I hope it's a one-off 🤞🏻

Talking of side effects, has anyone experienced dark circles under their eyes? I'm 5 weeks in (3rd injection at 0.5) and mine are horrendous! I look gravely ill. I am very tired but I have mostly been sleeping my usual amount. My weight loss is very slow, I haven't suddenly lost a huge amount of anything like that. I haven't experienced many other side effects at all. Do you think this will clear up? 🙄

How does one actually order 1mg though? I keep getting told I need to start at 0.25 which I have but I want to order 1mg anc health express are say no! Also I can’t actually find it on quickmeds and uk meds are out of stock!

Maybe try ordering 0.5 rather than the 1mg to start. It’s still better value. I got my first one from the Virtual Slimming Clinic and they recommend starting at 0.5.

Health Express will insist you work through the pens in order. If you take your first two 0.5mg doses with your 0.25mg pen then you can order a 1 mg pen from somewhere else and tell them honestly that you are on the 0.5mg dose.

Link to Quickmeds 1mg pen.

I moved to Quickmeds and just told them my history of using Ozempic and the dosage I was on and the approved straight away and sent it to me. I started on 05.mg though, never bothered with the very low dose.

www.quickmeds.co.uk/Weight-Loss/Ozempic-1mg-pen---4-doses/52/2

0.5mg pen isn't better value than 1mg. It has half the amount in! You can dose 0.25, 0.5 or 1mg from a 1mg pen.

Anyone have the needles? My pen has some ozempic but they only gave 4 needles with it.

You can buy them on eBay or Amazon and I think from your pharmacy too

Thank you!

@MaireadMcSweeney - oh I know that but if it’s hard getting hold of the 1mg for the first time ordering a 0.5 is better than 0.25 isn’t it? Is it? I’m confusing myself now!

0.25 and 0.5 have exactly the same contents and for some suppliers the 0.25 is cheaper.

@MaireadMcSweeney - what scales did you weigh in this morning to get your 13st 14 weight? Someone has started a thread about it!