[Discussion] can we stop arguing about regain until somebody posts a number
can we stop arguing about regain until somebody posts a number. I would rather ask a basic question now than get this wrong quietly for two months.
Stopped abruptly once and gradually once. The gradual one was easier to interpret because I could see what was changing.
The habits are what carried it for a while. When they slipped, everything else followed, in that order.
What the evidence says about stopping, written plainly because the framing does real damage.
Withdrawal studies across this class consistently show substantial regain after discontinuation. Appetite typically returns first, well before weight changes. This is a finding about the pharmacology of a chronic condition, in the same way that blood pressure rises again when an antihypertensive is stopped.
People on this board quit in shame over an entirely predictable result, and then avoid coming back because they have interpreted it as a personal failure. It is not. Knowing that in advance is the single most useful thing this board can offer anybody planning to stop.
That is everything I have. The rest is opinion and I have tried to keep it out.
best — the order this archive was captured in
Withdrawal studies across this class consistently show substantial regain after discontinuation, with appetite typically returning before weight changes. That is a description of the pharmacology of a chronic condition.
Interval stretching lowers the trough concentration while keeping the dose; dose reduction lowers the level while keeping the rhythm. They are different interventions with different subjective profiles.
Went back on after eight months away. Nobody here made me feel bad about it, which mattered more than I expected.
Withdrawal studies across this class consistently show substantial regain after discontinuation, with appetite typically returning before weight chang
Disagreeing with this bit: stretching and reducing are different things and the post treats them as one.
Stretched from seven days to ten to twelve over four months. Appetite told me where the limit was each time.
regain is the expected outcome and framing it as failure helps nobody
Yes — have the conversation before rather than after. That is the one piece of process advice this board can give.
Stopped for cost reasons. Appetite came back at about week 17, well before the scale moved, exactly as this board said it would.
Removed the taper schedule written for another member. Describe your own experience instead.
That is a pause rather than a stop, and the plans for the two are not the same.
Appetite is the proximal effect and weight is the lagging integrated outcome, which is why watching appetite gives you an earlier and more honest signal.
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