Neurotic "newbie" on Reta...

I have searched this on various reddit subs and didn't see a good answer, specifically. Please pardon my neuroses. So, I've been on Triz since 10/25. I've had great results, lost over 100lbs since. I'm within 20 lbs of my goal. I added Reta (grey market kit) in June, low and slow. Started at .25 and titrated up to 5mg as of last week. I am stacking it with Tirz while titrating it down. Am now on 7.5 tirz with great food noise supression. But I've noticed no boost to the weight loss nor have I noticed any side effects. Three days after my Reta dose, I decided add a "bump" of .5mg of Reta that I had remaining from a peptide "research" vendor with a name and website, not just a so-called sketchy telegram S.T.G. vendor. Anyhow, I've been nauseous like never before on this journey. I'm wondering the likelihood of this being a side effect of taking real reta, and maybe my grey-market telgram vendor kit (which I never had any sides from) possibly means that it was fake all this time and that my body is currently reacting to real reta? Or is it more likely the additional .5mg I added pushed me into side effect territory, since I had already pinned the 5mg three days before. I'm being neurotic, but... Any thoughts?

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u/Critical_Witness3462 — 3 days ago

Two different PDM, two different vendors. One legit vendor, one not.

Hi there. I purchased one of these for $30 from Shein--no joke--wanting to see how good the counterfeiters are....and the other one of these from Fragrance Neveah at $229 (deep discount). One is allegedly Layton and the other is allegedly Layon Exclusif. I am suspcious of both, actually, based on the weak scent. The Layton doesn't smell like my decant from DecantX. It smells waaay too weak and super alcholic and nothing like the decant.

The Layton Exclusif I've never smelled before but doesnt smell anything close in DNA to the Layton decant---although I know it IS meant to be different scent altogether. Just smells real smoky and incensey and heavy alcohol. I don't have either box any longer, but the "Layton" came in a box that looks like all the other legit ones on a google image search. Same with the Layton Exclusif, looked like everything I could find on a google image search.

Which one is fake or are they both fake, or is one of them legit? I know the one I bought from Shein cannot be legit, lol. Your thoughts? The pics for the "Layton" are labeled accordingly. The "Layton Exclusif" photos I have not labeled to save time.

Thanks!

EDIT: Fixed typo and added clarity of price.

u/Critical_Witness3462 — 2 months ago
▲ 194 r/BeforeandAfter+1 crossposts

High School Theatre Teacher and Coach, down 95 lbs on Tirz

June 2025 335 lbs

August 2025 327lbs

Monday, June 1, 231 lbs.

https://preview.redd.it/kcnlkipsvv4h1.jpg?width=592&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d1e4538c48ff6997032c39bd0e89c4ec1d993c9f

Hi Folx! I jsut wanted to thank this community. I've gotten a lot of encouragement from seeing your posts and all of the photos. I started with the Ro October 2025 at 324 lbs. (I'm 6'2", btw). I switched to Gala March of 2026 with not great customer service. I switched to GimmeCare April of 2026. I was on 5mg Zepbound (Eli Lilly) until late January 2026 when I switched to 7.5 and had a terrible reaction (cue the exorcist-like projectile vomitting and projectile from the other end, ahem...). I was tired of spending so much money on Zep, but I didn't want to kill my progress with some of the not-so-great anecdotes I'd read from others on Reddit about compounded. Anyhow, I pulled the proverbial trigger and so glad I did. Tirz is Tirz, and by golly, It's really worked. Keep it up folks! It's truly a life-saver. I have so much energy and feeling bette, less fatigue, less fogginess, less joint paint, just all around feel great! I may have hit a stall now, after 95 lbs of loss, so considering adding something else to the mix. Anyhow! If a big old chub like me can have success, I hope you do too! #YMMV

Edited: I'm new to Reddit, and I had typos.

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u/Critical_Witness3462 — 3 months ago

Tirz side-effect: Fragrance “addiction”

hi everybody. I started on Eli Lilly Zepbound October 2025. By January 2026 I switched to compounded. I’m so glad I did. So much cheaper, still great results. However, one side effect I’ve noticed, and my wife has noticed it too, I went from having five bottles of cologne to now more than 100 (not all pictured). anyone here of this—this kind of side effects, lol? I use the term “addiction” lightly. Just curious. I have seen some anecdotal evidence on Reddit and some other places about heightened sense of smell and dopamine hits now from other things other than food.

u/Critical_Witness3462 — 3 months ago