appetite returning at the end of the week is extremely common and is not the dose failing
#dosing-titration 2024-05-27
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- food_noise_off — appetite returning at the end of the week is extremely common and is not the dose failing 21:58
- food_noise_off — i log dose, day, weight and one line about how the week felt. thats enough to make decisions on, i think 22:11
- food_noise_off — quick one the ladder in the trials is a starting point, not a schedule you owe anyone 22:12
- food_noise_off — ok so whats the longest anyone has stayed on one dose after a gap of more than about three weeks i restart one rung lower. thats my own rule, not advice 22:51
- food_noise_off — the trials escalated on a fixed schedule because a trial has to. you are not a trial 23:00
i log dose, day, weight and one line about how the week felt. thats enough to make decisions on, i think
quick one the ladder in the trials is a starting point, not a schedule you owe anyone
not advice
steady state is 5 weeks
if you are going up because the scale stalled for two weeks, wait. two weeks is noise
end of week thing
ok so whats the longest anyone has stayed on one dose
after a gap of more than about three weeks i restart one rung lower. thats my own rule, not advice
the trials escalated on a fixed schedule because a trial has to. you are not a trial
wk 1-4 2.5mg
wk 5-8 5.0mg
wk 9-20 7.5mg <- stayed here
wk 21-24 10.0mg (no extra benefit for me)
wk 25+ 7.5mg (came back down)follow up my dose day has drifted 6 days later over 18 months, does it matter