Edit: Title should say Lowest* not Lose
I searched and found a lot of questions as to maximum dosages on GLPs for maintenance but found limited info on lowest doses possible. Apologies in advance for wordiness.
In my case, I am about 5'5 and started at 160#, female. Grey market tirz at 2.5mg once a week kicked my ass and successfully reached my pre-COVID weight of 130# in a span of <4 months. This body weight is where my body tends to feel "good" and healthy. There was never a need to increase dose as it seemed I was super responsive to the lowest recommended dose but I did stop taking it and maintained w/o for about 6 months.
After discontinuing the GLP I was able to keep all the mental benefits of lessened food noise but only so long as I kept eating clean and healthy. Then came my self-afflicted THC dependency. Started smoking heavily and caved into the severe munchies, for me when I expose my body to junk food I then NEED more and can.not.stop. Food noise? Back with a fucking vengeance. I got up to maybe 140# by the time I realized, so only 10 lbs but on my small frame it's easily noticed with joint pain and swelling.
I decided I needed to nip it but remembered how strong the effects were on 2.5. I lowered my dose to 1-1.5mg Tirz and that was perfect. That unbearable food noise was once again completely gone. I have gone back to eating majority of homecooked meals and avoiding junk/sugary food. Did not repeat injection. That was about a month ago, still feeling the lack of food noise.
My concern NOW is that in my searches I saw Ghoul mentioned that we can develop issues when we start and stop these meds as they are meant for continuous use. Now I'm concerned I'm setting myself up for failure in the future due to my clear misuse of this medication.
Would it be best to continue on a very low dose once a week to continue the exposure and avoid resistance? In my case it's more to control my tendency to binge eat. On 2.5mg, I absolutely could not eat much more than a cup of food per meal and long term I would not be getting enough nutrients, as my nails were starting to get weak. In my not smart brain, I'm thinking I can begin to do weekly injections at 1mg indefinitely so long as my food noise is eliminated and I can get enough nutrients by eating appropriately sized meals.
Please advise.
GG
I searched and found a lot of questions as to maximum dosages on GLPs for maintenance but found limited info on lowest doses possible. Apologies in advance for wordiness.
In my case, I am about 5'5 and started at 160#, female. Grey market tirz at 2.5mg once a week kicked my ass and successfully reached my pre-COVID weight of 130# in a span of <4 months. This body weight is where my body tends to feel "good" and healthy. There was never a need to increase dose as it seemed I was super responsive to the lowest recommended dose but I did stop taking it and maintained w/o for about 6 months.
After discontinuing the GLP I was able to keep all the mental benefits of lessened food noise but only so long as I kept eating clean and healthy. Then came my self-afflicted THC dependency. Started smoking heavily and caved into the severe munchies, for me when I expose my body to junk food I then NEED more and can.not.stop. Food noise? Back with a fucking vengeance. I got up to maybe 140# by the time I realized, so only 10 lbs but on my small frame it's easily noticed with joint pain and swelling.
I decided I needed to nip it but remembered how strong the effects were on 2.5. I lowered my dose to 1-1.5mg Tirz and that was perfect. That unbearable food noise was once again completely gone. I have gone back to eating majority of homecooked meals and avoiding junk/sugary food. Did not repeat injection. That was about a month ago, still feeling the lack of food noise.
My concern NOW is that in my searches I saw Ghoul mentioned that we can develop issues when we start and stop these meds as they are meant for continuous use. Now I'm concerned I'm setting myself up for failure in the future due to my clear misuse of this medication.
Would it be best to continue on a very low dose once a week to continue the exposure and avoid resistance? In my case it's more to control my tendency to binge eat. On 2.5mg, I absolutely could not eat much more than a cup of food per meal and long term I would not be getting enough nutrients, as my nails were starting to get weak. In my not smart brain, I'm thinking I can begin to do weekly injections at 1mg indefinitely so long as my food noise is eliminated and I can get enough nutrients by eating appropriately sized meals.
Please advise.
GG
