Any lifers here?
For context, I was very thin and fit pre-kids, but it took every ounce of my energy to restrict what I ate. 3 kids led to 70lb weight gain. Couldn’t lose it on my own so started zep and it was the best thing I ever did. The food noise I battled my whole life was gone. My brain felt calmer, body felt better, and it was wonderful to be free of thinking of food all day long and never feeling satisfied. And I know there’s a genetic component to it because my dad is exactly the same and has also responded to the medicine incredibly well. Neither of us had side effects.
I lost 65lbs and was at goal weight. The max I was ever on was 10mg. I started to titrate down and was fine until week 5 back at 5mg. Food noise is back with a vengeance, craving carbs like crazy, craving sugar, etc. I figured I would stay on something like 2.5 because it makes me feel better but now I’m thinking that isn’t going to be enough and I might need to be on 7.5mg long term.
Anyone here stay on a dose higher than 5 even after you lost the weight? I truly think I might need 7.5 even to stay in maintenance. I desperately want the mental bandwidth back that I had when I didn’t have to think about food.