Should I go upto 5mg or stay on 2.5mg for another month?
Hi everyone, I’ve just started my journey on mounjaro after being diagnosed with a whole host of different problems that can be solved by weight loss. (pre-diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver syndrome and high cholesterol) I also have PCOS, which is relevant to the problem that I’m facing with the side effects. In the past I’ve use Metformin for only a few days and the first side effects I noticed is what it does to my mental health.
The thing is, I’m going through a very stressful time right now in my life anyway because of my toxic job which I’m trying to leave and where I live and being so far away from my family. I started on a dose of 2.5 as recommended by the doctors and to be honest the only side-effects I really felt were that I drank a lot more water went to the bathroom a lot more as a result the nausea was so mild it felt like any other day but I noticed that on the second and third day after injecting I have been crashing out. Like crashing out really really bad yes other things have happened in my life to kind of push me into more stress but I haven’t cried like that or laughed at the same time in a hysterical way in my life ever!! it was very strange and when I was asked what was wrong I couldn’t even explain it. It was just a feeling.
I’m on my third week now. I just injected again yesterday. I’m waiting till Saturday to see if I will be feeling the same sense of depression as the medication peaks. The thing is yesterday at least I felt like the appetite suppression is starting to die down on 2.5mg. I need to order my next dose by the end of next week, but now I’m not sure what to do… should I stay in 2.5 so that my body gets used to the mental side effects? Should I try bumping up to 5?
I don’t wanna have a case of instant regret as I have a lot of anxiety around taking medication I had to try really hard not to get triggered while using mounjaro for the first time. To be honest because the physical side effects were so mild I don’t really feel the same anxiety as I did before, but I know that I will as and when I bump up doses.
The other thing is, I have to lose around half my body weight to be in a healthy weight so I was thinking that losing around 1kg a week slowly would be the best option and maybe even taking a break after six months so that my body doesn’t get stuck on a dieting plateau. (My Sw was 118kg I’m 115kg two weeks in) and I’m also trying to consider affordability as I am having to do this privately since my countries national health insurance won’t cover pre-diabetes with Mounjaro.
Any advice especially from anyone with PCOS would be greatly appreciated! Sorry this was so long!!!