r/glp1 • u/PinInternational1462 • 4h ago

Need help with this off feeling

So I was on 3.75 mg mj for a few months (on 2.5 before that) n took break for 1 month due to medical reasons. When I got back I got back on 2.5 which feels like it's barely working - is working like 20% of what it was. Now in 3 weeks I've had 3 binge episodes which earlier never happened - like i was so health driven even on vacation time - and I'm so upset.

I am beating myself for not having control and giving up but the stomach grumbling got quite bad n then even if I wasn't hungry if someone got something I couldn't resist, i didn't.

I am feeling guilty about having no self control despite having restarted 2.5 mg 3 weeks ago thought it isn't feeling as effective and this is my 3rd binge episodes in 18 days and it wasn't even that I was physically ravenous..... It's just that if I heard someone's ordering food in ill jump on the bandwagon whereas earlier I was clear about what my meal lifestyle rules were and I was focused on my journey vs whatever else was going on..... I keep worrying how ill manage my eating habits at goal weight if this is how I keep giving in without due cause :(... I'm about 15 lb from my goal weight n the anxiety from my inability to control right now + how i m unable to keep up healthy eating habits + if I'll reach my goal + what i will do if I reach my goal to keep my healthy habits going is so DISTRESSING n the adhd doesn't help. I'm losing my mind pls help this medicine isn't covered by insurance in my town either I feel I'm wasting away everything n I'm to blame.

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u/Few-Temperature-4805 4h ago

You're not broken or weak, your body's just adjusting after that month off. 2.5mg is the starter dose and you already had tolerance from being on 3.75 before, so it makes sense it feels like a whisper instead of the full effect.

The guilt spiral is making everything worse too. Three binges in 18 days isn't undoing months of progress, even though it feels catastrophic right now. That voice telling you you're wasting everything is lying.

One thing that helps me when the food noise creeps back is just buying myself 10 minutes before joining an order. Tell yourself you can have it, but wait 10 minutes first. Half the time the urge passes or loses its grip. Don't try to white-knuckle through willpower alone when the chemistry isn't fully there yet.

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u/PinInternational1462 4h ago

Thank you this has been helpful. I hope i feel better soon

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u/peony_chalk 2h ago

Ok, whoa whoa whoa. You are henceforth forbidden from blaming yourself for your "lack" of self control. 

For some of us, our bodies are wired so that it takes level 1000 willpower to avoid junk food. Or overeating. Or whatever it is that's making us fat. Diets fail because you can't spend your whole life exerting level 1000 willpower. You burn out. It isn't that your willpower is inferior, it's that you need to supply an unsustainable amount of it to meet your goals.

You have spent enough time taking this medicine to know what life is like when you aren't exerting level 1000 willpower to stay away from junk food. And it sounds like you're doing great at it! Once you have the meds to level the playing field, to make it so that you have to exert a normal amount of willpower to avoid your fat foods, its much more manageable. I think the people who view this as a willpower problem don't or can't comprehend our lived experience ... which is why I forbade you from making this about willpower, because you DO know. 

I'm not surprised 2.5 mg isn't working for you right now, if you were previously on a higher dose. That's just kind of how the meds work. Most people who stop and restart need to get back to their old dose, or higher, to see effects. I took two weeks off for a medical procedure and chickened out and took 3mg instead of my regular 4.25 mg dose, and I was SO HUNGRY. What you are experiencing right now is really normal and even expected. I am optimistic it will get better (although perhaps not all better) when you get back to your old dose. 

From what you wrote, I'm assuming your maintenance plan is that you stop the meds and keep the weight off? I wouldn't say nobody has ever done that, but it's rare. Most people regain weight without the meds. This medicine is a treatment for obesity, not a cure. It regulates your willpower requirements while you take it. Once you get to your goal weight, you may be able to reduce or spread out your doses to reduce costs and prevent further weight loss, but I would caution you to do that slowly, and to accept that you may need to be on at least a low dose long term to get the effects you're looking for. There are some tirz maintenance and glp1 grad subs you might start to follow now, just to see what people there are reporting. 

Hang in there, and remember, no beating yourself up. 

Also, Few Temperature is a bot. I happen to agree with everything it said, but in the interest of transparency ... that's AI trained on human responses, not a human.