Beginning the Zepbound journey

@krein89 Thanks

@psblin99 I hope your side effects ease up as your body adjusts to 5mg, but definitely would stay at 5mg for a few months before increasing. I’ve been on 7.5mg for 3 months and still losing weight so I don’t plan to increase. Talk with your clinician about ways to ease side effects. What you eat and drink makes a big difference in how you feel on these meds.

@krein89 Good advice. I did 2.5 for 4 weeks and now one shot of 5. Not enjoying the 5. Nauseous, constipated, on and off headache, and actually hard to eat anything.. I am going back to 2.5. I have 3 weeks left of 5 but I am only going to inject 1/2 dose.

@barb73 I think your doctor is increasing your dose too fast. I noticed an increase in side effects when I went from 5 mg to 7.5 mg so asked my doctor if I could just stay at 7.5 mg for a few months since I was losing weight and tolerating the side effects at that dose. Why risk having worse side effects if I’m making progress on the current dose. That’s working well for me and I plan to stay at 7.5 for as long as it’s working. You don’t have to keep increasing the dose—talk with your clinician about staying at a lower dose for a longer period of time.

@bhb30602 I wonder if you’re on too high of a dose? You shouldn’t have total loss of appetite and I don’t think rapid heart rate is typical. You should contact your clinician about this.

Has anyone experienced rapid heart rate after being on Zepbound for a while? My BP is normal range but heart rate is more rapid than usual. It's happened 2-3 times over the past 7 days. I have breakfast, but have only been having a protein shake or liquid meal replacement. Not much for dinner bc I'm not hungry.
I'm going to make myself eat something (solid) for lunch and dinner today and see if that helps.
Any similar experiences?
Thanks in advance for any comments.

@mcgeehin good news that you’re so close to your goal!
A few ideas:
try upping your calories for a few days. Sometimes a change will trigger your body into going out of the mode it is in.
Meticulously track your calories to ensure you’re on the deficit you want to be on. At least until you are confident on it.
Be patient. Sometimes losing strategy last bit won’t come for a while. Give it time.
Accept that maybe this is where you should be. It could be perfect weight for you.
Recalculate your calorie needs based on your new weight. It may be different now that you weigh less.
Make sure you’re drinking enough water and eating protein
Go to a higher dose even though that may not be your desire right now. Switch back down when you meet your goal.
Good luck to you on your journey!

@cabby it is a very strange feeling. Today all my clothing drove me crazy! I couldn’t wait to get home and shower and put my robe on. But even my robe bothered me. I did find that applying lotion on my skin took the fire away. Maybe give it a try?

Has anyone plateaued at about 5 lbs short of their goal. I don’t want to go up to a higher dose. Any ideas?

@lisalucier After a bout with dizziness & other probs r/t nutrition I stopped zep, gained to 180 lbs felt much better & started the Fondeyo, the oral pill. It doesn’t work for me and now I weigh 197 lbs and because I don’t qualify for the Bridge program thru Medicare must pay full price for the zep. So I’m stalled with all the craving & food noise I started with.