the maintenance conversation barely existed in here two years ago and now it is half the channel
#maintenance 2025-08-02
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Highlights from this day
- pharmac_pen — a 10mg vial at a 2mg maintenance dose is five weeks of doses, so my monthly cost roughly halved 19:41
- night_pin — right so did anyone drop the dose for maintenance or just stay where they were 20:32
- pooled_sample — whats your rule for when a fluctuation becomes a regain 20:57
- meal_prep_mick — appetite returning is not the drug failing, it is the drug doing less because you are taking less of it cost did not drop at maintenance for me because i went to a… 21:43
a 10mg vial at a 2mg maintenance dose is five weeks of doses, so my monthly cost roughly halved
m0 118.4
m1 113.9
m2 110.2
m3 108.8
m4 108.1 <- the stall
m5 105.0
m6 101.6
m7 99.2protein went up during maintenance for me rather than down, which was completely counterintuitive
food noise coming back at a lower dose settled again after about four weeks for me
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protein up not down
the honest answer to is this forever is that nobody knows and the drug only works while you are taking it
follow up did your maintenance dose end up higher or lower than you expected it to
i put 7 back on after stopping and then went back on it. it worked the same the second time round
right so did anyone drop the dose for maintenance or just stay where they were
is a maintenance dose a real clinical thing or something we invented between us
STEP 1 is the one where they stopped and it came back isnt it, has anyone read the actual numbers
whats your rule for when a fluctuation becomes a regain
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if i go back up after regain does it work the same the second time
two or three kilos up and down is normal fluctuation. ten is a different conversation
stopped 8 months ago and put 28 back on, what did people do at that point
right so im holding at 5 for maintenance and wondering whether i should be lower
slightly off topic but how do you decide youre actually at maintenance rather than just stalled
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appetite returning is not the drug failing, it is the drug doing less because you are taking less of it
cost did not drop at maintenance for me because i went to a lower dose from the same vial and just used it slower
how long did people stay at treatment dose after hitting goal
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harder than losing