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c/maintenancephase·posted 3 months ago by u/liv_kuipers

am I the only one who found dose stretching harder than the injections

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Genuine question, and the title is the question: am I the only one who found dose stretching harder than the injections.

Two years at maintenance. The logistics are the only remaining work — ordering, storing, remembering.

The habits from the losing phase are what carry it now. That is not inspirational, it is just what happened.

Drifted up 9kg over a winter and panicked. It came back off without any change, which is apparently just what weight does.

If two or three other people have done the same thing we might actually learn something. Alone it is an anecdote.

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u/hub_opssite staff365 points·3 months ago

Maintenance is the phase with the least published guidance and the most individual variation, which is precisely why board consensus here is worth less than usual.

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u/liv_kuipersOP251 points·3 months ago

Been at maintenance for 19 months on 2.5mg. Nothing happens. That is the whole report and it took me a while to accept it as success.

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u/aurel_mwangi0 points·3 months ago

Withdrawal studies in this class consistently show substantial regain after discontinuation. That is a pharmacological finding about a chronic condition, not a statement about anyone’s discipline.

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