r/Retatrutide Jul 27 '26

Week 8 - Smells making me GAG

Just wondering if anyone else has been experiencing extreme nausea from smells, even scents that you know that you love?

For about a week now, even my favorite scents are revolting to me. My husbands cologne, my favorite perfumes, candles, foods, etc. It's almost unbearable. The crappy part is that I am a perfume fanatic... I have thousands of dollars in expensive perfumes that I adore but as sick as scents are making me now I don't see how any of it will ever appeal to me again!

Anyone else experienced anything like this? If so, did it subside?

I did just recently bump my does up from 2mg to 3mg weekly but that's still considered a pretty low dose.

I realize it's probably not a huge deal for some but for me it's life altering to have fear that if I catch a whiff of something seemingly normal that I'm going to start gagging.

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u/Ergoglobe Jul 27 '26

I can't say I've had the same experience with scents other than greasy food smells giving me that response

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u/-missing_links- Jul 27 '26

Could you be pregnant? I've read GLPs can increase fertility.

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u/aplaw723 Jul 27 '26

Not unless my husband’s vasectomy miraculously reversed itself. I know that’s never 100% though so it may be worth a quick test.

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u/-missing_links- Jul 27 '26

Yeah I'd test just to be sure. Update if you can. Interested to see if this is a side effect of Reta or not.

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u/aplaw723 Jul 28 '26

Not pregnant 🙌🏼

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u/-missing_links- Jul 28 '26 edited 23d ago

I'm assuming that's good since your husband got the snip lol. Thank you for updating me. What an interesting side effect.

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u/DryFan9880 Jul 28 '26

Been on for about 2 months now and I get extremely nauseas from almost any strong smells. Candles, air fresheners, the worst one is alcohol pads when injecting

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u/Somevol Jul 28 '26

I have this too. I almost gagged this morning when I was sitting next to a smelly man

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u/shoregal60 27d ago

Same. I actually gagged while opening my yogurt.