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c/maintenancephase·submitted 3 months ago by u/throwaway_9182

three years of lowest effective dose threads, summarised so you do not have to read them

Regainbranch of 7 comments

Something I noticed reading old threads that I have not seen said out loud. The advice on dose stretching in this community changed substantially around the start of last year, and nobody went back and updated the older posts. So depending on which thread the search engine hands you, you get two contradictory answers…

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u/cesar_oyelaran9 points·3 months ago

Tried the lowest-effective approach. 12.5mg worked for 11 weeks, then cravings returned. 7.5mg was the actual floor.

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u/throwaway_9182OP6 points·3 months ago

Regain on a taper is expected. 13% back over 32 weeks, which matches the discontinuation data. Planned for it.

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u/crosspost_bot_no3 points·3 months ago

the 1.0mg dose works fine for 78 weeks of the month

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u/fatima_yildiz2 points·3 months ago

state how long you have been at maintenance, week 17 is not maintenance

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u/hedda_aguirre2 points·3 months ago

the lowest dose you can stay on is not the lowest dose that works

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u/lina_novak1 point·3 months ago

the lowest dose you can stay on is not the lowest dose that works

Counter-anecdote: opposite result, same dose. Which mostly tells us the variance is huge.

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u/anya_rautio5 points·3 months ago

state how long you have been at maintenance, week 12 is not maintenance

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The part nobody posts about: what happens at goal weight. Finding a lowest effective dose, dose-interval stretching, regain risk data, muscle retention, the psychology of not having a number to chase, and staying on indefinitely versus tapering.

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