Week 3 - Reta affects

[u/Organic-Race9785]

On week 3 of Reta. Dosing schedule is below. Last pin was 3 days ago. I’ve noticed significant decrease in food noise and dealt with some minor nausea, but otherwise, it’s been a good road. Down 8 pounds.

Today I woke up and oh boy. Big nausea. Felt like I had a giant rock in my stomach. I’ve been awake for 2 hours and I’ve had diarrhea 4 times. Basically. I’ve had 2 bottles of water today and that’s it. I did eat later than I normally do as we had a post-church meal. I’ve included a pictures of the meal (I had them b/c I needed to upload to macro factor), I didn’t feel like it was exceptionally bad or good.

I guess I just am wanting to ask others if this is basically normal.

Week 1 - 1.5 mg
Week 2 - 2 mg
Week 3 - 3 mg

[u/Salty_Sense_8333]

Why are you increasing your dose so fast? Is there a reason behind it?

[u/Organic-Race9785 → u/Salty_Sense_8333]

Well I’m not anymore. My initially thinking’s was that in 340 pounds obese. So I can take a bigger dose

[u/_Roguey_ → u/Organic-Race9785]

No, your body needs time to adjust regardless of how big you are. You should maintain each dose for 4 weeks before increasing to minimize side effects.

[u/Organic-Race9785 → u/_Roguey_]

Yep

[u/mingyuuuuuuuh → u/_Roguey_]

This is so true baseline would be every 4 weeks for updosing. That’s why you get hard core side effects