u/midsummersgarden

I guess I’ve done ok so far because we have gigs and more are in process. But: do you guys use AI for your flyers? Do you post a calendar of events, why and why not? I’ve heard at least one band guy say he won’t do an event calendar because he doesn’t want people saying “eh I’ll just catch them later, look at all these gigs.” Do you do you tube clips: I have just done Facebook and instagram reels to show our work. What are your dos and do nots for social media?

I have some vials with longer bud dates than my new vials that just came in. Are you guys using your new vials with shorter bud dates first?

Anyone have an easy way to get the fiddle sound for some country songs the band is doing, I’m just getting straight orchestral violin.

My tirz journey has been positive. I am. 56 year old female. I look good, I feel physically better overall, and my body is a good shape now, I am a very active person with muscle so when I get below 170 at my height of 5’5 I start to get this great hourglass shape. I just don’t feel like more weight loss is necessary.

I’m on 9mg. I’ve been losing about 2 pounds a month now. I weigh 168 this week.

After I take the shot, for a few days I find I am so emotionally flat, that I struggle to work or enjoy my hobbies, my digestion is slow, and I’m honestly pretty irritable. Toward the end of the week when my shot is due, suddenly I can go to the bathroom without laxatives, I sleep soundly, and I start seeing the world a little brighter.

This is hard because I have been an insulin resistant person for a very long time with an HBa1c that was creeping up, very high inflammation and body pain, and rapid weight gain on a fairly normal diet before I started tirz. The drug is necessary for me.

I will NOT do HRT or antidepressants so do not suggest them. I have definite reasons that would be another huge post so I’d rather not explain myself.

I tried cutting down the med to 7.5 and I put on three pounds in two days.

Would a more gradual taper help me? I’m thinking I might even start counting calories and regulating my diet more which is 🤮 for me psychologically. What if I just went down by one unit a week? Would I possibly limit weight gain and start to just be more mindful of what I eat, find some balance with less of this drug?

Sorry for the long post and all of my opinions. I’m sure if some of you have had lifelong metabolic issues you can understand my issues with drugs in general - it took YEARS for me to try glp1. And my issues with anything close to ED behavior.