Just started 9 mg - harsh acid reflux
Hi everyone - thank you for sharing your experiences in this thread!
I have been on the 9 mg for a few days now and have been experiencing pretty severe “sulfur burbs” and even taking a tums doesn’t seem to be curbing it that well. Is this going to go away after a week or is this a sign to go back down a dose? I haven’t had this much discomfort with the 4 mg - it was more occasional. I’m so worried that I’ll be having a conversation at work and coworkers will be able to smell my breath - I’ve been drinking water nonstop to dampen it as much as possible.
I did have a challenging Mother’s Day weekend with too much eating out, but ate as well as I could (salads, a bite of shared apps here and there) I ate bland foods the last couple of days to make up for not having ideal choices on the weekend hoping the acid reflux in my throat would die down but it hasn’t. I’m hoping it’s just because restaurant foods are richer. At the same time, I haven’t been eating anything too exotic (chicken and salad an wheat thins, for example, but it’s possible the dressings/sauces at the restaurants were just richer than I thought). I just didn’t expect this acidity to linger and starting to worry. I wonder if it’s just the Wegovy kicking in at full force now (and I can’t get away with even small bites of dessert or apps like I could on the lower doses without getting severely sick).
For some context, I’m:
38F, SW:241, CW: 232, GW: 175 (BMI would be 28 and still overweight but it’s a start)
I am a full-figured, plus-size woman.
Thank you in advance!