Week 16 progress, from 245 to 214lbs
Very glad I started on this when I did, I have officially gone from Obese to Overweight BMI.
I started at 2.5mg March 17th, then went up to 5mg on April 25th. The plan was for me to go up to a 7.5mg maintenance dose after 12 weeks but I've been responding so well at the 5mg dose (losing 1-2lbs a week) I asked my doctor if it was fine to stay at that for a while.
The biggest side effect I'm having is major GI issues if I drink alcohol, basically my tolerance has gone way way down. I'm not sure how much of that is drug and how much of that is the change in diet. I can have a beer occasionally but sugary liquor drinks are basically non-starters, I'll get sick after just a few sips.
It's a little bit of a bummer honestly but in some ways, it's been good for me too. Drinking way less alcohol is probably a huge part of why I'm losing so much weight on the drug. Never thought I was an alcoholic, but maybe I didn't realize just how much I was needing a drink after work.
The biggest negative is the cost, as I'm sure you all are familiar with. I'm having to go a non-insurance route and my copay is $250, which works out to $277.04 a month with needles+delivery. (It was $150/174.43 on the 2.5mg). To be honest, that's part of why I didn't want to ramp up to the 7.5mg dose because the pharmacy has been a little opaque about the cost.
Either way, I'm looking better and feeling better. Got my physical in September, hoping to keep making progress until then!