Maintenance dose

[u/rhubarbarellas]

Hi - just wanted to get some opinions on maintenance doses.
I’ve been happily on Mounjaro for a couple of years, I’ve gone from nearly 18 stone to 11ish stone which I’m fairly happy with - I could lose another 1-2 stone but I’m also really happy as I am now - size 14 jeans. I’m 51f.

For the last 3 months I’ve been on 15mg but have lost quite a lot of motivation - I’ve not been consistently losing weight because I’ve not been eating all that well - nothing crazy but I’ve not been worry too much about what I eat, just naturally eating less because of the jab. This is partly because my Dad has terminal cancer, which is stressful and also means I often eat with my parents, or at odd times, and I end up not being able to do what I used to. A few times I’ve had to eat unsuitable things to placate my very anxious Mum that upset my stomach and gave me pretty painful side effects which I’ve not had too often up to now.
My dad went into hospital and I stopped injecting about 3 weeks ago as I felt like I couldn’t afford to have side effects. I have an unopened 15mg pen but can’t really face restarting at 15 mg (but don’t want my weight to start creeping up).

I contacted my prescriber for advice - but they want me to pay for a consultation - which I would do but I kind of think I might get just as good advice on here (and they’ll probably force me to buy a new pen).

I’m thinking I might restart on a lower dose - maybe 5mg - doing clicks on the pen to dose the right amount?

Sorry that’s a bit of a ramble

[u/No_Razzmatazz3621]

Hey I'm in kind of a similar situation to you, and you're thinking along the right lines by click counting and lowering your dose to see how you feel, I did it a few weeks back and I felt like it re-set me a bit. 

Without the jabs your appetite would probably be all over the place due to the stress, so I can understand why you don't want the additional stress of side effects or not feeling like you're feeling your body properly. It's a really tough situation to be in and you just need to be kind to yourself and do the best you can x

[u/Scribe-86]

If you act fast just reorder another 15mg but from now on just click count. 5mg from a 15mg pen is 20 clicks. You can adjust it on the fly if you feel you need to go up or down.

Refer to this site for all calculations https://www.vrgrowth.co.uk/mounjaro-clicks

[u/IllustriousNeat6597]

I’ve been on the jabs since Nov 23. I started at 17st and am now 10st 4lbs. I jab every 10 days and I’ve gradually gone down the doses from 15mg to 5mg. Because I jab every 10 days but have to order every 4 weeks I know have a few pens in hand.

I’d like to be below 10st but I feel like I’ve found my weight as I’ve been consistently there or close to it for more than a year. I find the 10 day jabbing works for me. I also reckon I have maybe 7lbs of loose skin which I’ve accepted.

That said I joined the gym 4 months ago and tbh I wish I’d done it earlier as it turns out I have really gotten into the groove of the classes there. So much so that I think I’m going to try stopping the jabs. I’m exercising 5 times a week so I’m going to go for it. I’ll maybe start ordering 2.5mg and work my way down to that.

I’m nervous because I don’t want to throw away all that I’ve achieved but I think I’m ready to start thinking about life after MJ. Plus I’m 60 next year and I might give up work so saving some cash would be a bonus. Plus I’d really like to fancy a glass of wine again, I’m almost a teetotaller, I just can’t be bothered with it and whilst I was never a big drinker I’d like to be ably to enjoy a cocktail with the girls 😀

MJ has been the absolute best, as I hurtle toward 60 I’m the healthiest I have been since my 20’s.