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OK, Thanks for the advice. Can you tell me what side effects you experienced as you ramped up to 6 and what now happens when you do 7 clicks?

Forteo causes so much joint and bone pain I can barely walk, terrible nausea, flu symptoms, headache and on some occasions total exhaustion that makes me feel like I am being held down by lead weights. It is awful. I tried to go back on it on Saturday night and got sick again so stopped it. Now today is the first day I have felt reasonably well. How long did the Tymlos side effects last at first? Sorry to ask so many questions but you have been of so much help. Thank you. Pat J in San Jose

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@mspatart my side effects changed. At first I had headache, some dizziness, didn't feel well. A little heart palps, not bad. For the last 12 out of 18 months, no side effects from 6 clicks and fatigue with 7 clicks but I felt better if I got up and got out.

I have just completed one month on Tymlos. I have managed to ramp up to a "3" in that time. I have also threatened to give it up twice in that time.... I powered through it with the support of the Tymlos nurse and the comments of women on this site. Thanks to all of you. My side effects are rapid heartbeat-- which is distressing, scary, uncomfortable, but apparently not dangerous despite how it feels. The Tymlos nurse recommended I lie down and elevate my legs after the shot. That definitely helped. At a "3" I got a splitting headache that lasted for hours. But a few days in, that has lessened. Sometimes I will go back to a "2" just to give myself a rest. I have also figured out the injections, which hurt when I first started. I had read that "you don't feel it"-- but that wasn't the case for me. I think I was going too slowly. My rec: don't jam in in, but go with confidence and conviction. I can sometimes make it not hurt. There is always a red mark afterwards. My thought at the end of one month? Only 17 more months to go...