r/Mounjaro_ForType2

I got my first shot last Wednesday at the doctor’s office. I need to give myself my second shot tomorrow. What time of day do you think is best?

I've been on mounjaro for 9 months. Lost 40 pounds so far, still have more to go. I am diabetic so using it for glucose control as well as weight loss. While there have been short stalls during these months, I have not gained weight on the med before, but the past two weeks, Ive gained 4 pounds. It may not seem like much but creeping upwards is stressing me out becuase Ive been so worried that the medication would stop working and I'd be right back to where I started or worse.

Does mounjaro stop working at some point? Has anyone had weight gain while on it? Nothing about the way I'm eating has dramatically changed from the previous months where I was losing easily. No new medications or routines. Is it just not working anymore? If u experienced this (while in the med and while controlling calories), what happened next?

Back in Dec 2024, I went for my annual checkup and asked my new doc for help in getting my weight under control. I've always been a bit husky since I was young, and had gotten up to 230 lbs (5'10" M) at this time. He suggested giving a GLP a try, and to be quite frank I hadn't really thought about it, or knew anything about it at that time. So I started taking Zepbound under his direction, when a week later, he calls me back with my lab results and says my A1C is 6.6.

Of course, I've gone through this world a bit oblivious to what an A1C is, though upon looking back at previous labwork it looks like I had been testing in the 5.7 range for about 10 years up until this time. I had a blood clot 15 years ago, and the doctors at that time could not come up with a reason why, but now I'm of the belief that this may have been an early warning shot of metabolic issues ahead.

Anyway, so I continued along with the Zepbound, and ended up losing about 45 lbs, in a very steady, pretty much (for the most part free of side effects) for about 9 months.

We took a relatively straight route to 15.0 mg, as I think that was the trend amongst many prescribing GP's back then given the Lilly directives at that time. Never really lost any weight on 15.0, as most of it came off at the 7.5 and 10.0 levels over those first 9 months.

I'm now on Mounjaro (given my 6.6 score back then, and the fact that my insurance ended my Zepbound coverage in July 2025), and over the last almost 9 months I really haven't lost any additional weight, and it feels like the weight loss benefits of the GLP are likely no longer applicable for me.

At 180 lbs, and with pretty good labwork (A1C is currently holding steady at 5.4) across the board except for a higher than ideal LDL, which I think is in part because I've been focused a bit on eating less carbs and more fat than in the past. A year and a half after starting the GLP, I'm left pondering next steps, if any. I have no issues with continuing on with the drug, as I'm sure it's likely providing benefits in terms of glucose control, inflammation, etc. But do I need to be on 15mg, or should it be a smaller dose, and does it matter? And how would I tell?

Again, no real negative effects to the drug at this point on my end, but just trying to figure out future plans, recognizing that as time goes on circumstances could always change.

I've never seen an endocrinologist, but my understanding is that as long as I'm taking Mounjaro that there is little testing they could do to give me any sense as to insulin resistance levels or other notable diabetic markers, which given my current situation, may not be all that important to know anyway. Any thoughts on the value of seeing one at this time?

Appreciate any and all thoughts, thanks!

I am obese. I tried every diet under the sun. I tried ozempic and the food noise stopped instantly, but I got a full body rash. I want to try mounjaro, but nervous about a reaction. I will talk to my Dr. of course. Has anyone on here switched to mounjaro with success?