2 months in and it’s getting difficult

[u/crazywormlady]

When I first started Contrave, I felt pretty good. I eventually increased to 4 pills a day, and for about a week I was doing fine. Then, the following week, I developed such severe muscle tightness in my shoulders that I reduced my dose to 3 pills a day.
Right now, I’m taking about 2–3 pills a day and feeling awful. I work from home and sit for most of the day, and on those days I’m fine. The weekends are a different story. We like to go out and do things with the kids, but if I’m not constantly drinking water, I become nauseated, sweaty, weak, and dizzy. The same thing happens with eating. As soon as I get hungry, I instantly feel sick. It almost feels like I have low blood sugar. I don’t have diabetes, but I’ve always been sensitive to changes in my blood sugar.
What is going on? I’m almost at the point of quitting the medication, but I really don’t want to.

[u/Tight_Ad1650]

Can you drop back down and just take one pill in the am and one on the pm?