the interval stretching thing finally clicked for me and I want to write it down
the interval stretching thing finally clicked for me and I want to write it down — a position I have arrived at slowly and would like tested. Regained most of it over a year and spent that year assuming it was my fault. It was not; it is what the literature describes. Stopped abruptly once and gradually once. The…
Is this a pause or a stop? They are different plans.
Correction: that study measured regain after discontinuation, not loss of effect during treatment. Very different findings.
What are you planning to watch for, and over what period?
Stretched from seven days to ten to twelve over four months. Appetite told me where the limit was each time.
stopping abruptly and stopping gradually are different experiences
Right, and the habits from the losing phase are the part that has to outlive the dose.
interval stretching is the most commonly described approach here
Right, and the habits from the losing phase are the part that has to outlive the dose.
adaeze_weiss is right that regain is a documented outcome rather than a character verdict.
the habits are what has to carry it afterwards
Wrote down where I was before changing anything. That single page made the following six months interpretable.
Stopped for cost reasons. Appetite came back at about week 3, well before the scale moved, exactly as this board said it would.
Withdrawal studies across this class consistently show substantial regain after discontinuation, with appetite typically returning before weight changes. That is a description of the pharmacology of a chronic condition.
I would not treat appetite returning as a sign of doing it wrong. It is the expected sequence.