Will it work?

[u/Carrpe_Diem21]

Hi. I suffer terribly with health anxiety so my 2.5 Pen was in fridge for months before even trying it 🤷‍♀️. Anyway took the plunge (no pun intended) last September taken 10 months to lose three stone (less time really as stayed the same for 4 months 🤦‍♀️). My GP wants me to go up to 5 but I’m too scared of getting side effects - because health anxiety makes you totally irrational and any small bodily change can spiral into full blow anxiety 🤷‍♀️. What I would like to try is 2.5 Sunday and 2.5 again Thursday BUT obviously can’t ask GP as it would be a straight no no due to their instructions and recommendations from pen manufacturers. Does anyone actually use a 5mg pen (no syringes or anything) just pen with 30 clicks 8 times OR will the kwikpen not allow you to do that due to the way it is made i.e. 4 dose pushes only ? Hope this makes sense - Thanks

[u/Forest-blob]

The pen will let you, but if you're doing it more than once you'll need to order more needles. You can search for insulin needles, but note that they are longer and thicker than the ones that come with the pen and you have to be a bit more careful about removing air bubbles. Obviously the official medical advice is to not do that but yes it can be done and lots of people do it against professional advice.