switched from 7.5mg to 10mg and injection-site soreness got better, not worse
switched from 7.5mg to 10mg and injection-site soreness got better, not worse. Making the case below, and I expect to lose some of it in the comments. Pulling the figures out of the title: 7.5mg and 10mg. All of it is written down as it happened rather than reconstructed. Been at maintenance for 16 months on 1.0mg.…
Body weight varies by a couple of kilos over days in stable people through fluid, glycogen and gut content. A range is not a trend.
find the dose that holds, then stop optimising
Withdrawal studies in this class consistently show substantial regain after discontinuation. That is a pharmacological finding about a chronic condition, not a statement about anyone’s discipline.
appetite returns before the scale acknowledges anything
What is the plan if the drift continues for another month?
What is the plan if the drift continues for another month?
Disagreeing with this bit: a two-kilo range is not drift and treating it as a problem creates one.
Small fix — you have described interval stretching and called it a dose reduction. The exposure profiles differ.
the trials that looked at withdrawal are unambiguous about what follows
Withdrawal studies in this class consistently show substantial regain after discontinuation.
Adding one thing — decide what maintenance looks like before you arrive at it.