Starting dose
Hi. I’m a 5ft tall female weighing 178. I’ve always had obesity issues. I’ve used injections before for weight loss twice, and about 4 years ago lost about 100 lbs using them plus mostly eating keto. I had to stop the injections due to it becoming unavailable. I pretty much maintained my weight but food hunger came back so I started shots again- did not stay on long due to needing surgery. That was a year ago. Now due to food hunger,craving sweets and overeating I got a new prescription from my doctor for the generic Zepbound. I noticed the start dose was 5mg. The last 2 times I started at 2.5mg but those months were a waste. No weight loss(even gained 4lbs one time)- couldn’t tell I had even taken anything. I’m thinking she remembered that and wrote the start dose at 5mg. I’ve been reading here that’s not good , I’ll be sick, feel terrible etc. Should I start at 5 like it’s prescribed or at a lower dosage? Would her knowing the response with 2.5 be a reason to start at 5? Should I do it as she wrote it or go ahead and use 2.5?