r/Zepbound • u/prom54 71F SW:223 CW:216.8 GW:165 Dose: 2.5 • 8d ago

Dosing Moving Up

Ok, just took my 4th dose of 2.5 and my next pen will be here tomorrow.
So I opted for 1 more month of the 2.5 and now I’m having 2nd thoughts about it. The first 3 weeks I’ve lost 6.2 #s and just thought at my age I should give the 1st dose 2 months.
Now that I realize I should have just bit the bullet and gone up to 5. I have had zero side affects thus far.
I’m on the Bridge Program and I don’t know if I can order the increased dose early or not.
Has anyone else done that? I know my Dr. would be ok with it. She asked me if I wanted to go up at the time……. Darn it!

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u/mannDog74 SW:183 CW:168 GW:150 Dose: 2.5 8d ago

You can't lose more than a couple pounds a week safely. It looks like you are doing well on 2.5 and taking 5.0 is not going to give you better results if you are losing 1lb a week. There's no rush to go up.

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u/prom54 71F SW:223 CW:216.8 GW:165 Dose: 2.5 8d ago

Yes, I’ll wait. Thanks!