u/Informal-Internal551

How did internships work... where did you do them. How is school life? Etc.

Yes I know I made a huge mistake. I am 20yrs old 240lbs 5’4 and while thinking I was starting Reta with 0.5 mg I actually injected 5. I was wondering why the syringe was so full. This was a really big mistake and when I realized I got super scared seeing all the horror stories from grown men taking less and feeling like it was the end of them. After I took it I was a LITTLE more sleepy than usual and my stomach was a tad sensitive on day three. But l had in general no bad side effects whatsoever. Appetite suppression and food noise were gone and I struggle a lot with that so I was soooooo happy. Everything was going great until food noise and strong cravings for sweet and salty came back SLOWLY on day 5 post injection. Now 10 days later I still get full much quicker but the food noise is back in full swing. I can’t resist pizza, burger, Mac and cheese everything. I really loved how Reta and how it made me feel. Now I was under the assumption I’d feel terrible if I started with more than 1 mg to start but I did 5 and was fine. I want to continue taking it and find a schedule where I take it routinely enough to allow me to eat healthy meals, be satisfied and lose weight like how I felt until day 5. But now the question… do I take another 5mg? That feels crazy even though it’s what I did. If I switch to 1 now is it pointless or will it work? Do I need to continue with the 5 for the rest of this cycle (how long should this cycle be???) (5 will start to get expensive). Really looking for all over advice here and yes again I am a responsible person who is level headed enough and did her research to take this. I just made a really bad mistake that won’t happen again. Thx in advance!