r/Wegovy

I’ve taken 2 shots so far and I haven’t noticed any change. I added wegovy because I am in perimenopause, workout/weight lift 4x a week along with 10k+ steps daily and have prioritized protein but found I was still hungry. I’m 5’2 so my calories and macros for a deficit kept me still hungry. Anyone in a similar situation see success?

Hello all. I am 26 with a bmi of around 31. For a little backstory I was taking Abilify for my bipolar disorder but I got to around 260 pounds and I started wegovy and I am now around 196 but am steadily going up. I am refusing to take my Abilify without something to counteract my weight gain. Is there anyway I can get it back? If not is there some type of insurance I can add to get it back? Any help is appreciated thank you

I've only been on a 0.25 for a month now, and will be starting 0.50 later this week. The first two weeks were pretty good, I felt the lack of hunger and food noise went way down. I lost 2 kg, but it's fluctuating, which I understand is normal, I'm not in a rush here.

What I'm finding odd is somewhere between 3rd and 4th dose, I started having an odd feeling of hunger. I'm not sure how to describe it, and TW for anyone with emetophobia.

Do you know the feeling after a night of HEAVY drinking? Like once you puke it all out, and you can feel that you're hungry, but your stomach also feels iffy, like overly sensitive. This is sort of how I feel. It's making it a bit hard to gage how hungry I actually am, or of its only an upset stomach. This obviously happens more after drinking stuff like coffee, which I guess is irritating my stomach lining. I'll try and reduce it, although I only have one cup in the morning, and one in the evening, and I'm not even finishing it as of late.

I am tracking calories and prioritizing protein, but this weird stomach feeling rarely goes away. It's either the "hard stop" to waring, or this weird kind of "muted" hunger which I'm not sure how to address.

For meal reference, my day so far has been:

• a low fat yogurt with a green apple, and a fitness granola bar (that one I had because the hunger would not subside). A cup of coffee with protein milk, which I couldn't finish before the weird stomach irritation started.

• a tuna poke bowl with plenty of veggies

• green grapes, and a second cup of coffee, now with regular milk, which I also couldn't finish.

For dinner I'll probably have some lean Ground beef with veggies and potatoes on the side.

Anyone else dealing with this? Should I try not drinking coffee at all for a bit?

One month at 0.25 and one month at .50. I've lost about 10 lbs with little nausea. Unfortunately I'm run down most of the day and have had noticeable body aches around my midsection, both front and back. Also my urine looks a little dark, which is concerning.

Fortunately they have me doing blood work this month. Anything to be worried about or are these issues normal?

My wife started the shots in 2/26 at .25mg and eventually up to 1.7mg months later. She is now on the pill at 4mg. During this period, she has had increasing trouble achieving orgasm. She has talked about this with her doctor and after bloodwork she added 5mg testosterone cream and ashwaganda but nothing has changed.

I feel really bad for her. Can anyone help please?

The past 10 days since I first started the Wegovy injection, I’ve eaten just cottage cheese, scrambled eggs, chicken, potatoes, ham & cream cheese roll ups, crackers, yogurt, cheese sticks, tuna. And that’s about it…oh, and water of course!

When will I feel well enough to eat regularly? Thank you!!

Been on Wegovy since March, have lost around 14 kg (31 lbs). Went on a family vacation for 2 weeks and didn't get the prescription filled on time so I went for about 10 days without any shot at all. Some places did not have any healthy options, and I had to have burgers a few times. I was super careful and tried to eat healthy whenever I could so the bad times would be OK. I just got back today and.... drumroll please... I lost just over 1 kg! It's less than I generally lose over 2 weeks (I stayed on the 1 since it works well for me) but not gaining weight when most of the trip i had no Wegovy left in my system was good in and of itself, but I even lost. Most days I hit maybe 8000 steps so it isn't that we walked so much that it canceled it out. So happy!!!

Hello all I started 0.25 2 1/2 weeks ago and have only lost one pound. And it’s fluctuating.

I have had no symptoms thankfully and feel some of the food noise has gone down. I’m being more mindful of protein intake and cutting back on unnecessary snacks.
I’ve also naturally have slowed down my appetite since I recently stopped breastfeeding.
I plan on starting to exercise - maybe a walking pad or yoga. But I’m pretty active with a toddler and newborn.

I just fear the medication might not be compatible with me, or maybe I’m too eager to drop weight.
What actions helped support your progress ?

Started on 1.5 3 weeks ago. I am getting pretty severe insomnia and anxiety. It has to be this med.

I am trying to push through but it is extremely tough with only getting 5 hours of sleep a night now. No REM or deep sleep according to my fitbit either. How have you handled these type issues please?

Guys this genuinely cannot be the norm every time we go up a dose?! I started 0.5mg two weeks ago and oh my GOD the past two days I genuinely don’t think I have ever been as sick. Explosive diarrhoea every 10 minutes, vomitting, excessive burping, extreme nausea, low grade fever. I literally spent half of last night on the floor of my bathroom covered in my own bodily fluids because I didn’t have the energy to sit up. I am extremely reluctant to go onto my third dose of 0.5mg on Thursday now as a result of this.

So I’ve been on and off this medication for about a year or two now I’ve chronic health conditions and sometimes when I’m in major flareups it’s just not wise for me to take Ozempic because of some of the side-effects I get

Long story short I contracted influenza an and following this I have a sinus infection. Obviously during this time for about a month I skipped Ozempic.

Funny story is before that month happened. I’ve spoken to my doctor about going up from 0.5 mg to 0.75 mg. I was prescribed the 1 mg pen with the oh.75 mg dose.

Now that I’ve had a bunch of time off it, I’m concerned about going straight up to 0.75 and I would like to be trying to do oh .5 or even 0 .25, just not to send my body into too much of a shock
I have never used a pen that doesn’t just have the dose. Every pen I have used has been the set dose for example when I was on oh.25 I used a pen from that amount.

What is the best way to draw this up? And is it possible to start myself on a slow dose from the same pen? For example starting on a dose of 0.25 then 0.5 for two weeks and then go up to 0.75 without buying more and more pens.

I’ve never had to do the clicking thing to a dose with counting so I’m not really sure how it works and the doctor didn’t give the best instructions is it better to buy a syringe and treat the pen like a vile I’ve been reading in some comments that that is easier however I would like to steer away from that because it gives me anxiety

I’m in my 3rd week taking Wegovy and the malaise and lack of motivation to do anything is really bothering me. Does it get better?

Hi all, im just about 3 weeks into my first course of jabs on 0.25mg. Ive currently lost 9lb so pretty happy (im aware the first stages may include a lot of water weight).

Just wanting advice on dosage amounts; ive only had the odd small hunger voices this week on the odd day, other than that, ive not craved food at all (im eating the right amounts etc, just no longer needing to snack, especially at night).

Does anybody ever stay on just the 0.25 jab if they think it works for them or will my body eventually decide the dosage isnt enough and the hunger come back?

I know some people dont go all the way up the doses but just wanted peoples experiences on the amounts etc. Im thinking to try 0.5 and if that again, makes me not have food cravings, to just stay on that amount?

Thanks

Hello

I was wondering if I could get your experience with something. I’ve been on wegovy for 2.5 months now and have lost 8 pounds on .25. The problem I’m having is that some days I will just feel off/dizzy/unwell for a few hours or so. Don’t know what’s causing it.

Could it be dehydration or low blood pressure? Have you experienced this long term? thought it would have already gone away so I’m hesitant to increase the dose.

TIA

Have done 4 weeks of 0.25mg and 2 weeks of 0.5mg. At the very beginning I had quite a bit of nausea but that settled after the second week or so. First week of 0.5mg was grand, took my second dose of it yesterday and oh my god I feel horrific? I have been in bed all day, been burping all day (those horrible sulphur burps), can’t eat a thing due to nausea, diarrhoea, low grade fever, bad aches and pains. Is this normal? Will it settle or should I be concerned? I just don’t understand how my first week on 0.5mg was a breeze, now I feel like I’ve been hit by a truck

I have lost 50 lbs in 17 months, most of which was during the 11 months I used the 1.7 dose. I’m two pens and about 10 days into my first month of 2.4, and I’m hungry all the time, and having cravings. I had hoped 2.4 would suppress my appetite, as I’d seemed to have adjusted to the 1.7 and plateaued during the past couple of months. I was ok not losing more, but was hoping for the appetite suppression to help me maintain.

Has anyone experienced this at 2.4, and/or is anyone able to explain the medical reason someone would have success every time they titrated to the next dose but not from 1.7 to 2.4?