I quit, but maybe I should go back?
I had been on the oz for 5 weeks. During my first week at 0.5mg I ended up in hospital with dehydration. I had a sleepless night of diarrhea, muscle cramps, chills, dry mouth, racing heart rate, basically all symptoms of dehydration other than I was still urinating. This really freaked me out and I knew that I couldn’t be asking for a ride to the ER every week from my family. I admit that I wasn’t taking electrolytes. I assumed that I was eating enough to keep my levels up since my appetite hadn’t changed drastically.
Just weighing out the pros/cons here:
After a week the medication was out of my system and my sugar cravings came on strong. I had a binge and that led to flare ups of 2 conditions that had previously been controlled while on the medication. Maybe it’s worth it to go back just to help those other conditions?
The injection really freaks me out. I can hardly believe that I did it myself for the 5 weeks that I was on it. I used to faint at the mention of a needle. I also feel the stigma around being on the medication. I have 20-30 lbs to lose, so I’m not deathly obese. I’m 5’2” female, currently 188 lbs ish.
I wasn’t having terrible side effects. The night of my injection I would have diarrhea. Then I would have heart burn/burps mostly. Not much nausea. No vomiting. Slight constipation was managed with magnesium at bedtime.
I have a pen with a .25mg dose in it, plus a brand new pen. So I could start again right away. I would obviously talk to my prescriber about re-starting. I used Felix in Canada, and they have already sent me an email offering a re-start appointment at no fee.
Not really expecting any replies. Just needed to talk it out.