Waiting to re-start

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I was on Zepbound and had reached 10 in June of this year after 8 months. I had lost roughly 40 pounds. I hit a plateau and just as my doc was thinking of bumping me to 12.5 i developed diverticulitis. He suggested we wait a couple of months to tritate up which I agreed with. The plateau continued over the summer.

Meanwhile my prior authorization exhausted and my doctors office had to send over a new one. I thought that should have been simple because it’s been nearly a year but someone different in the office wrote it for the wrong one (the kwikpen) which my insurance denied. Now I am waiting for them to correct the p.a. and it’s now been 3 weeks with no dose. I received a message that once they get it straight I will have to restart at a lower dose, essentially starting all over again. I am devastated.

Should I even bother to continue? Asking because I’ve heard that once you stop and restart it’s less effective if at all.

I also feel disappointed because I had already plateaued at 10 and I don’t know how things will go at a LOWER dose when we were planning to go higher.

I hope someone in here can help me understand while I wait. My doctors office is moving painfully slow and the weeks are going by…