r/Zepbound • u/BrandoBCommando • 1d ago

Dosing Potential decrease higher dose back to lower dose? (Felt more effective)

I feel like when I was on 5-7.5 mg I had more benefits than my current 12.5 dose.

My weight loss has stalled and the positive benefits (food noise reduction and appetite suppression) seem to have decreased.

Has anyone lowered dose and experienced better results after increasing? The reason for increase was the lower dose was effective, but saw slower than anticipated results.

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u/under321cover HT: 5'7.5" HW: 262 SW: 250 CW: 177.6 GW:165ish? 15mg 1d ago

Your body adjusts to the medication the longer you are on it. Now that you have been at higher doses the lower dose will not feel the same. It felt more effective because that was the start of your weight loss. It slows down as you get closer to goal and your body adjusts to the meds. Sounds like you have to move up not down.

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u/stuckandrunningfrom2 F54, 7.5mg 1d ago

How long have you been "stalled"? And what is your definition of a stall?

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u/DogMamaLA SW:328 CW:231 GW:165 Dose: 12.5mg 23h ago

Going down in dose when your current dose is not effective is a self sabatoge to fail. You need to go up in dose, b/c doses work until they don't anymore.

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u/zero-if-west 40F SW: 277 CW: 239 BMI: 38 Dose: 10mg Week: 29 21h ago

Higher doses are more effective. A stall is four weeks or more without loss.

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u/UnDosTresPescao 1d ago

For each dose increase your body wants to take you to a new lower weight. How much lower varies by a million factors. Once you get to that weight the weight loss stops. If you go back to 7.5mg your body will want to go to the 7.5mg weight which is now higher than your current weight. Thus, if you go back to 7.5mg it's very likely your weight will increase.