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c/maintenancephase·submitted 12 months ago by u/cesar_oyelaran

is it normal to get early fullness at week 90

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is it normal to get early fullness at week 90, logged the same way every week so the comparison is at least internally fair. Body weight varies by a couple of kilos over days in stable people through fluid, glycogen and gut content. A range is not a trend. Withdrawal studies in this class consistently show…

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u/karim_hartmann352 points·12 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/adnan_sandvik-26 points·12 months ago

Been at maintenance for 5 months on 0.5mg. Nothing happens. That is the whole report and it took me a while to accept it as success.

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u/throwaway_91821 point·12 months ago

the lowest effective dose is a real target and nobody talks about it

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u/noor_vermeulen1 point·12 months ago

the trials that looked at withdrawal are unambiguous about what follows

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u/anders_vermeulen1 point·12 months ago

maintenance is a phase, not a finish line

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u/hugo_norgaard1 point·11 months ago

a few kilos of drift is not a relapse

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u/cesar_oyelaranOP1 point·11 months ago

What does your weigh-in frequency look like at this point?

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u/brigade_detector1 point·11 months ago

regain after stopping is the expected outcome, not a personal failure

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u/usp_appendixcompendial1 point·12 months ago

Did you decide what maintenance would look like before you got here?

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u/column_dead_volume1 point·12 months ago

do not chase the last two kilos with a dose increase

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u/ewan_marchand1 point·12 months ago

stretching the interval is not the same as reducing the dose

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u/arne_ndiaye1 point·12 months ago

Small fix — you have described interval stretching and called it a dose reduction. The exposure profiles differ.

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