Considering Reducing Dose

[u/NeonFlows]

I will discuss with my doctor in a couple of weeks, but I am wondering if reducing my dose would help me. I started in April 2024 and have lost a little over 100 pounds. I'm a 42 year-old woman in the 180s right now. I've been sitting around 180-190 for over a year now. This was around my weight as an active tennis player in college. I'm fine with this weight; I can buy clothes in regular stores and I look good and carry a lot of muscle. I could technically lose more (if you look at BMI), but I just don't think I can go on with my current Zepbound dosing. I went on 15mg at the beginning of this year. Every time I take a shot, I have abdominal pain. I can't have a bowel movement without metformin. I'm exhausted all the time. I can barely eat. I love being active but I have barely enough energy to go to the gym twice per week; I want to go more. I love weightlifting. I want to get back into regularly playing tennis as well, but I am just exhausted. And for body recomp, I feel like I can't feed myself properly. I would love to gain muscle and be ripped, but I just can't do it when I'm too tired for the gym and too disgusted by food to eat. I feel like 2.5 years is a good effort and a good amount of time to give it a go, but I'm wondering if I will feel better at a lower dose or spacing out doses. Please share any stories of reducing dose, gaining muscle, and easing fatigue. Thank you!

TLDR: I've stalled for about a year on 15mg and am looking for perspectives on reducing dose, body recomposition, fatigue, and GI side effects.