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c/sideeffects·posted 1 months ago by u/aurel_mwangi

how much of what we believe about heart rate actually comes from sulphur burps threads

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Genuine question, and the title is the question: how much of what we believe about heart rate actually comes from sulphur burps threads.

Constipation is mostly reduced intake plus reduced fluid, not a direct effect. That is why the boring fibre and water answer keeps working.

The effect on gastric emptying is most pronounced early and attenuates with continued dosing, which is the mechanism behind the "it settles at a stable dose" pattern the whole board reports.

Most of the common complaints trace back to slowed gastric emptying — early fullness, reflux, nausea after a large or fatty meal. That is also why meal size and speed change the experience more than anything else.

If somebody has the same thing measured a different way, post it next to mine and we will see whether they agree.

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u/adaeze_brandt202 points·1 months ago

A symptom that begins the day after the shot and fades by day four tracks the exposure curve. One that appears at random in week 73 probably does not, and that is worth saying to a clinician rather than to us.

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u/ipamorelin_i292 points·1 months ago

A symptom that begins the day after the shot and fades by day four tracks the exposure curve.

Adding to this — holding the dose rather than stepping is the option people forget they have.

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u/constipation_clubMOD153 points·1 months ago

This one needs a clinician rather than a comment section, and we have said so in the thread rather than removing it.

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u/sofia_wikstrom140 points·1 months ago

Mine settled at week 5 and has not come back since, across two more steps.

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u/aa_analysis_andy64 points·1 months ago

hair shedding follows the weight loss, not the drug, and it stops

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u/vendorinvestigate_vic96 points·1 months ago

Which day of the week relative to the shot does it hit?

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u/aurel_mwangiOP57 points·1 months ago

Which day of the week relative to the shot does it hit?

Agreed, with the caveat that "usually settles" is not "always settles" and the exceptions should still get asked about properly.

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u/placebo_arm_pam43 points·1 months ago

Nothing in this thread is medical advice, including this comment. I am describing a mechanism, not telling anybody what to do about their own week.

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u/coring_the_stopper47 points·1 months ago

Correction: that is a known effect of reduced intake rather than a direct drug effect. The distinction matters because the fix is different.

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u/ferran_krastev41 points·1 months ago

Agreed on writing it down. I could not see the pattern until I had six weeks of it on one page.

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u/adaeze_batista12 points·1 months ago

the food noise going quiet is the effect people came for, and sulphur burps are the toll for the first fortnight

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u/insulin_syringe_ian61 points·1 months ago

Held the dose for an extra six weeks instead of stepping. The fatigue settled and I lost the same amount anyway.

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u/mikkel_kimani-6 points·1 months ago

Severe, or unpleasant? They are genuinely different questions and the answers diverge.

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u/brigade_detector1 point·1 months ago

Pushback: you changed the dose, the meal timing and the training in the same fortnight, so the attribution is guesswork.

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u/aurel_mwangiOP1 point·1 months ago

Reflux was the one that got me. Stopped eating in the three hours before bed and it went from nightly to almost never.

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u/aa_analysis_andy1 point·1 months ago

if it is severe or persistent that is a clinician question, not a board question

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u/mass_spec_maggieMS1 point·1 months ago·edited

Severe or persistent abdominal pain sits outside the pattern this board can usefully discuss. The honest answer there is that it needs someone who can examine you.

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u/aurel_mwangiOP1 point·1 months ago

The fatigue turned out to be that I was eating about a third of what I thought I was. Tracked it for a week and the mystery evaporated.

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u/coring_the_stopper24 points·1 months ago

What is intake actually looking like — fibre and water especially?

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u/elin_lundgren19 points·1 months ago

write down when it starts and stops, the pattern is the useful part

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u/rekha_mbeki7 points·1 months ago

Right, and the hair thing is worth repeating: it tracks the rate of loss rather than the compound, and it stops.

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