reflux — 18 things I got wrong before I got it right
reflux — 18 things I got wrong before I got it right, and I am aware this is a minority view on this board. Bought four different things to fix my nausea. What actually worked was eating half as fast. The fatigue turned out to be that I was eating about a third of what I thought I was. Tracked it for a week and the…
Mine settled at week 62 and has not come back since, across two more steps.
Mine settled at week 62 and has not come back since, across two more steps.
Adding to this — holding the dose rather than stepping is the option people forget they have.
Is it every week or did it start at a particular dose?
Not convinced by that mechanism. Slowed gastric emptying explains fullness and reflux; it does not explain what you are describing.
hair shedding follows the weight loss, not the drug, and it stops
That symptom is not the one being described upthread. Two different things with similar names and the answers are not interchangeable.
reflux at night, try not eating in the three hours before bed
Small fix — the shedding follows the rate of weight loss, not the compound, and it is temporary.
This. A bad fortnight after a step is expected. A bad quarter is a reason to talk to somebody who knows your history.
nobody warns you about how much of this is timing rather than dose
reflux for the first eight days after each step, then nothing, every single time. Predictable enough that I started planning my week around it.
The effect on gastric emptying is most pronounced early and attenuates with continued dosing, which is the mechanism behind the "it settles at a stable dose" pattern the whole board reports.
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smaller meals, earlier, is the boring advice that works
sulphur burps are unpleasant and they are not dangerous
sulphur burps are unpleasant and they are not dangerous
cormac_danquah is right about the timing. The day-of-week pattern is the diagnostic bit, not the severity.
Correction: that is a known effect of reduced intake rather than a direct drug effect. The distinction matters because the fix is different.
sulphur burps on day two and gone by day four is the standard shape