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I’m currently on 2.5mg and about to enter my 3rd week. I’m ordering my 5mg pen tomorrow so I have it ready and I don’t run out. My doctor said I can move up to 5mg as I’ve lost all my water weight, glycogen and inflammation etc at a decent pace and now actively losing weight. (was 105kg when I started, now 99.4kg)

I’ve had some side effects being on 2.5mg. Mostly raging headaches, especially if I’m at work and not eating until my break, sulphur burps, diarrhea occasionally and stomach upset in general. It’s nothing too bad that I can’t handle with OTC help or home remedies, but wondering if the side effects get worse as you go up?

This may seem silly to ask, but I’m about to do my 2nd dose of 2.5mg on MJ.
For the first few days I felt fine, then day 3 hit and I felt like I’d been run over by a bus. Headaches, nausea, fatigue, diarrhoea, run down, nothing too extreme to handle and I pushed through. I had some food suppression during this time but now I’m feeling hungry again and I’m only one day away from my 2nd dose. Is it normal to feel like I’m not even taking Mounjaro? And when do you notice weight loss? I’ve lost 3kg but because it was my first dose it was all water and inflammation, but the scales haven’t moved an inch since, and I’m in my calorie deficit, sometimes under if I have a busy day at work.
I know it’s not a magic pen that’s going to make me get to my goal weight within days, just wanna know when it will actually feel like it’s doing something 😅 Because right now, I feel like I did before the jab 😅

This may seem silly to ask, but I’m about to do my 2nd dose of 2.5mg on MJ.
For the first few days I felt fine, then day 3 hit and I felt like I’d been run over by a bus. Headaches, nausea, fatigue, diarrhoea, run down, nothing too extreme to handle and I pushed through. I had some food suppression during this time but now I’m feeling hungry again and I’m only one day away from my 2nd dose. Is it normal to feel like I’m not even taking Mounjaro? And when do you notice weight loss? I’ve lost 3kg but because it was my first dose it was all water and inflammation, but the scales haven’t moved an inch since, and I’m in my calorie deficit, sometimes under if I have a busy day at work.
I know it’s not a magic pen that’s going to make me get to my goal weight within days, just wanna know when it will actually feel like it’s doing something 😅 Because right now, I feel like I did before the jab 😅

Hi all, I started Mounjaro 2.5mg Friday afternoon, and I’m currently on day 3. Luckily no side effects apart from the odd headache and the most minimal amount of nausea and lack of wanting to eat!
But I’ve tried to stick to my calorie deficit which is 1,700 a day, 140g of protein and 50g of fibre, even if it means forcing myself to eat small and often. And I’ve been drinking around 2L of water a day (which is a win for me in itself as I usually suck at hydrating!)
But I’ve noticed this morning when I weighed myself that I have lost nearly 4kg since Friday afternoon. Is this normal or am I losing too quickly? I don’t want to put myself at risk of gallbladder issues or pancreatitis as I know rapid weight loss can do that…

For context, I suffer with health anxiety. But because I’ve been recently diagnosed as prediabetic, I took the plunge and went on Mounjaro to hopefully lose some weight and get back on track with eating better.
I’m always so hyper-aware of any new “sensation” in my body due to my health anxiety, and just wondered what side effects I may get (I don’t read the side effects leaflets as it usually puts me off taking any medication) and any ways I can help to reduce the risk of side effects?

Hi, so I’ve had signs of pcos for as long as I can remember and have never really been tested for it. It runs in my family (mum and older sister have it) but I recently went for my lipid panel test due to having gestational diabetes in my pregnancy I have to go yearly. And my levels were prediabetic levels. Since then I’ve changed my diet, and am now on Mounjaro to help shift some weight to get my levels back to normal.

I asked my doctor if my high levels could be PCOS related, as it runs in my family. And now I’m being seen for an internal scan to check my ovaries and speak to a doctor about my symptoms. (excessive hair growth on my chin, weight gain, insulin resistance etc)
Has anybody else experienced a mix of prediabetes/diabetes and PCOS? Do they go hand in hand? Could the doctor have potentially gotten my diagnosis of prediabetes wrong and could it be just PCOS? I’m sub an uneducated girly on this, send help lol

Hi all. So about 10 days ago I changed my diet as I was diagnosed with prediabetes. I cut out almost all sugar and have around (sometimes less than) 50g of carbs per day in a bid to get my sugar levels back to normal. I used to eat quite a bit of carbs and refined sugars etc.
but recently since cutting down I’ve been having leg pains and spasms that feel like electric shocks.
I have a GP appointment in a few weeks and I’m hoping they can rule out neuropathy pain, but wondering if this is normal when it comes to losing weight and cutting sugar?

Hey all. So last Monday I was diagnosed with prediabetes. Since my diagnosis I switched up my diet drastically. Cut out all refined sugar and most carbs and stick to minimal sugar and only consume it with protein and fibre.

For the past week my numbers have been very up and down, but today was my most linear day so far.

- Lowest morning fasting blood sugar so far at 5.5

- ALL of my 1 and 2 hour post-meal sugars are within the “normal” threshold under 7.8

Genuinely the switch in my diet has given me more energy, my body doesn’t ache the way it used to, there’s no sugar crashes or feeling run down, less fatigue, cutting out sugar was hard, and has certainly given me some withdrawal symptoms like headaches, irritability etc (my one vice was chocolate and I haven’t had any for a week!)

Posting here to give people some hope that changing your diet can really benefit you in so many ways possible, ways I didn’t even notice! All the advice in this subreddit has been amazingly useful, and I’m hoping that when I get my HbAC1 checked again in 3 months my average sugar will have gone down, even slightly! 🫶🎉

(I’d usually celebrate by binge eating, but I’m celebrating with an early night instead!)

Hi all, I’ve recently been diagnosed as prediabetic. It really brought me down but I should’ve seen it coming, my very sugar filled diet and limited exercise as well as having gestational diabetes in pregnancy twice AND a family history of diabetes type 2. Anyway, I’ve been SO good and I’m genuinely so proud of myself because since being diagnosed I instantly changed my diet and have cut refined sugar and most carbs.

A small win for me, the last few days I’ve been under 7.8 every time I’ve taken my sugars 2 hours after eating.

Today after eating a meal, I was 7.7 which has disheartened me a little as I’m so close to going out of the “normal” threshold. Any tips on how to keep my blood sugar down? It’s been around 6.0-7.0 the last few days after eating!