u/Gold_Incident8251

I already had some really extensive dental work as a child, pallet expansion and teeth removal, a track brace and then my orthodontist just kinda…. Gave up? Top teeth were perfect, bite fixed but bottom teeth were still crooked and one of my teeth had moved too far forward and the tooth came out the gum and left the root exposed

New ortho said that a track brace is less control and the old one would’ve gave up as not to risk me losing my front tooth due to the gum issue and he could correct it with Invisalign but only if he shaves my teeth to create space. What are the issues with the teeth shaving? I think it’s my only option really if I want straight teeth

Im still pretty new to mj and I have such a complicated relationship with myself and my weight is woven in there. Im currently really having to face up to the self neglect and poor organisational skills that allowed me to get to this size in the first place but I decided to set myself a treat at every stone I lose and something weird has happened 😅

When I was a child I had some pretty extensive dental work done that lasted about 5 years in total and the orthodontist told me as I was finally having my braces off that my teeth wouldn’t ever be straight on the bottom and as a teenage girl I was so crushed. I threw my retainer straight in the bin on my way out the door and he had filed my canines down and gave me a stupid American smile on top that I haaate and for a couple decades almost I’ve been super self conscious that when I speak all you can see is my crooked bottom teeth that took me years of pain for minimal results 😒 and as part of my end goal “reward” I decided to actually see if I could do anything about them

I went for a consultation, I walked in terrified expecting them to tell me that there was nothing that could be done and I was SO shocked to hear that actually he could fix them. I started sobbing in the dental chair 😂 but I don’t think I’d have ever have even been to check without these meds and I decided actually I’m not going to have them as a reward, I’m just going to save up and get them in a year whether I’ve lost the weight or not because I’m worth feeling good about myself

Crazy crazy moment for me and I just had to share it

Anyone else experienced this?? I started mounjaro like 3 weeks ago and I thought I was feeling a bit depressed or something, I was feeling grouchy and tired, overstimulated at everything, thoughts beating me up again whilst they race at me and I’m taking a billion years to complete tasks and THEN this morning it hit me what’s going wrong. Delayed gastric emptying can cause issues with medication absorption 😵‍💫 I’m feeling the sting of unmedicated adhd again 😅 anyone relate?

Anyone found their migraines have been worse since starting? Just took my third jab a few days ago and I’ve gone from every couple months having a migraine/aura to 2 or 3 a week 😵‍💫 the auras have been really bad

I think half the reason I’ve avoided weight loss for so long is because I got to this size by ignoring my obesity 😬 I’m feeling so bad about myself at the moment, I’m only two weeks into mounjaro but still about 70lbs down from my highest, I feel bigger as I get less fat and more flabby, I really don’t like me very much right now 😵‍💫

Sorry this has probably been asked before but I couldn’t find it 😅 can I just buy the insulin needles at the chemist? Also thinking of getting some spare needles for the pen, I want to order a 5mg pen and half the dose to see if I would like to move up, what do I need for those?

I’m (28F) just over 5ft 11 and I have no idea what I’m actually supposed to weigh? Started at 330lbs, got down to 280 by myself, started on MJ but I don’t actually know what I’m aiming for? First goal is 230 to hit the big 100 but I don’t know what I’m actually supposed to be 😅 I’m quite a broad set person, wide hips and shoulders, do I want a huge goal? Is helpful to have an end goal? Or just go bit by bit?

Had my first dose (2.5mg) on Monday, it’s now Friday and I’m actually struggling to eat (insane after binge eating my whole life) I told myself I wasn’t going to calorie count and then realised I didn’t eat much so I’ve just been rough logging at the end of the day to total and check if I need to squeeze something in a bit more

Do I do my 2.5mg pen on Monday or should I dial it back to 2? Is it more intense on the second week? I’m also on metformin (non diabetic) should I skip my tablets?

Any recommendations? I’m new to this and I drink a LOT of water anyway and it’s increased with the mj but I’m just not feeling like it’s hitting right? I’ve had it before where I was hospitalised for drinking too much water so I’m kinda scared 😅 where do we buy electrolytes from and which ones taste good? At the moment I’m drinking half a pint of coconut water, a protein shake and about 2.5/3 litres of water a day

I posted a few days ago freaking out in case the meds weren’t working (the first day of jabbing silly I know) and I’m in the habit of daily weighing and just not looking because it all just goes to my phone. I obviously was looking in the run up of starting mj and it sat at around 20st. Then I peeked today (told myself I wouldn’t until my next jab it’s only been 4 days) and I’m 19st 2?! I was like hang on this can’t be right and I re weighed a bunch of times moving the scales and the highest the scale tipped was 19st 3🫣 obviously it’ll be loads of water weight but holy cow!! 🐮 I’ve not been below 19st 5 this whole year!

Okay SO I loooove our national health service but she’s been strangled to breaking point 😅 saw a gyny for the first time at 11, pcos (pmos) diagnosis at 18, several years going back to the doctor SLAMMING on weight for no apparent reason (23st 8 at my peak), a billion miscarriages and a normal hba1c they decided to prescribe me metformin yknow… just in case it does anything 🤷🏻‍♀️

Drop to 19st pretty much immediately, get pregnant and stay pregnant (thank you lord) and develop severe gestational diabetes right at the last leg of pregnancy that hospitalises me and they just yoink him out, 3 weeks early, 10lb 5 and jobs a good un, diabetes goes away.

Second baby comes along and similar story only they take me off metformin, I develop the diabetes sooner, and they just cannot control it, I see a diabetes specialist and he’s like Jesus Christ you have a wild insulin resistance, you need metformin forever. They then can’t control my blood sugar, I’m maxed out on insulin and I nearly end up in a coma. Baby gets yoinked again and yet again (thank you higher power) baby’s all good

GP then refuses to prescribe me any metformin, none of my blood work seems to have made it across. Spend a year and a half fighting for the meds, despite getting down to 15 stone through pregnancy I manage to then gain SIX STONE, in 18 months, eating badly sure but not horribly and definitely not 6 stone worth of bad. I get put back on it, the whole time nobody checks my insulin levels just told my blood sugars fine and therefore there’s no issue. I’m now on metformin and I’ve just decided to privately pay for a glp-1.

Did anyone have any luck from this? Should I be pushing for an endocrinologist referral? Can I get prescribed this medication? What do we do about the weight gain? Does the glp-1 help with it with an IR? I’m relatively sedentary, hyper mobility and obesity are an awful combo 🤢 I do half an hour of yoga or Pilates a day, currently back at my standard metformin 19st

I took my 2.5mg jab for the first time last night, I’m non diabetic but I have a pretty gnarly insulin resistance so I’m on 1500mg a day of metformin also (cleared by both my gp and my online provider) and I dunno… I was just expecting to wake up this morning feeling different? I woke up same as always, thinking about breakfast and the 5 billion tasks I have to do for the day, what is supposed to make you feel?