appetite returning at the end of the week is extremely common and is not the dose failing
#dosing-titration 2026-05-23
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a missed week does not reset you, but going straight back to the top dose after a gap is how people get floored
do you tell your prescriber you held or do you just hold
i drifted from sunday to wednesday over a year and only noticed when i checked the log, ask me again in a month
if you are asking whether to go up, the fact you are asking usually means not yet
whats your rule for when a side effect means hold rather than push
you do not have to escalate at all. that is a real option that gets forgotten
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| Trial schedule | What most people here do | |
|---|---|---|
| Step interval | 4 weeks, fixed | 4-12 weeks, on symptoms |
| Holding | protocol deviation | normal and expected |
| Top dose | reached by design | often never reached |
| Coming down | not studied | common at maintenance |
has anyone gone up and then straight back down and been glad they tried
sorry to jump in dose day drift is mostly harmless with a weekly compound, but pick a day and defend it, your mileage will differ
if you are going up because the scale stalled for two weeks, wait. two weeks is noise
thats anecdote
split dosing has no trial behind it. people here do it and report on it, thats all
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i went to the top of the ladder, felt no better than two rungs down, and came back. that is data for me and nobody else
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i jumped a rung once to catch up after a supply gap and it was a bad week. would not repeat
quick one does a missed week reset anything or do you just carry on
the trials escalated on a fixed schedule because a trial has to. you are not a trial
the argument for splitting is a flatter curve. the argument against is you have doubled your injections for a guess, still working it out
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i escalate on symptoms. if the current dose is still doing something i stay on it
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not advice
holding is not failing. most people here who lasted two years held at least one dose for months
thats normal
*that should say weekly
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is there any actual reason to escalate every 4 weeks other than the trial did it
if i hold at 2 indefinitely am i losing anything
steady state is 5 weeks
update from 5 months ago: held at the same dose the whole time and still losing slowly
stepping back down on purpose is a completely reasonable move and this channel should say so more often
i log dose, day, weight and one line about how the week felt. thats enough to make decisions on
the people who do best here are almost always the ones going slowest
hold
sorry to jump in after a gap of more than about three weeks i restart one rung lower. thats my own rule, not advice
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if the current dose is still working, going up is spending headroom you might want later
too early imo
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i hold for two months minimum before i decide a dose has stopped doing anything
nobody here can tell you what dose to be on and the ones who try get corrected
whats a sensible maintenance dose after a year at treatment dose
go slower
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i went from 2 to 0.5 and honestly could not tell the difference in appetite
my titration ladder took 7 months to climb and i would do it slower again
after a gap of more than about three weeks i restart one rung lower. thats my own rule, not advice
i would hold
came down from a treatment dose to maintenance over about three months and it was uneventful
the argument for splitting is a flatter curve. the argument against is you have doubled your injections for a guess
pick a day and stick to it
is it normal for appetite to come back at the end of the week
anyone here split their weekly into two and would they do it again
thats noise