u/Jolly-Masterpiece883

I have been on Contrave for 9 months. It worked amazingly in the beginning, and now...not so much. I am maintaining or losing weight ever so slowly. I take 2 Contrave a day. I have experimented with 3 a day, but it makes my dreams uncomfortable, like borderline nightmares, and I just cannot deal with it.

I cannot imagine there are any ways to decrease the side effect of negative dreams, but if anyone has any, I am all ears. Failing this, I might go off Contrave for a month or so, and then restart, hoping to get the weight loss boost I had when i first went on. Thoughts?

I have lost weight - about 40 pounds in under a year. 300 to 260.

While I do not get out of breath anymore (almost never, and I used to, constantly) I have noticed that body parts that never hurt before are starting to - my thigh/butt and now my back when I do things like mow the lawn- this did not happen at my higher weight.

I am wondering if I am overdoing it because I can now do so much more? Or if those things always hurt, but I just did not notice it as I was too wrapped up in the being out of breath? I also suppose it is possible I have lost muscle, although I am and have always been moderately active and I have lost weight very slowly.

On the plus side - I no longer have knee pain, I no longer have weak ankles, and my stamina is great!

Have any of you experienced new aches and pains as you lost weight, and what do you think was the cause?