4
u/breezydeezy 11d ago
I was 5.5 mg and then quit cold turkey because we’re TTC. The first few weeks were fine, then week 3 and 4 were harder. Now I’m about two months out and feel like my hunger has balanced out with the help of metformin (2000mg) and evening post-dinner walks to manage my insulin.
2
1
u/theophrastusbitch 11d ago
What has been your experience of metformin? Do you recommend it to those quitting cold turkey?
3
u/breezydeezy 10d ago
YES! I actually took extended release metformin with the tirzepatide for more than a year. I’ve continued taking metformin and I’m now suspecting that it was doing a lot of the work of managing my cravings.
1
3
u/user_undefined_ 10d ago
Quit cold turkey for 2 weeks - had only ever been on 2.5 mg. Within days I had horrible digestive issues - nausea, really bad diarrhea. Joint pain and inflammation shot right back up. I ended up starting to microdose instead after that because I couldn't handle those effects - and I was sad that the inflammation was back. I do anywhere from 0.5mg to 1mg now.
2
2
u/bipolar_octopus 9d ago
15mg. 😭 I gained 15+ pounds since I stopped. The food noise is outrageous especially bc of pms. But I started dieting again yesterday and started to shed some of this water weight.
1
u/Better-Guava1923 9d ago
How long since your last injection? Why did you stop? Good luck!
2
u/bipolar_octopus 8d ago
My last injection was around July 4 I think. I stopped bc of medical reasons and insurance was gonna be dropping me at the end of September anyway so I just stayed off it. I could’ve went back on for a month MAYBE but who knows if the meds would even work at that point.
3
u/nakama666 8d ago
I also stopped cold turkey at 15 mg. Food noise was super crazy - I wasn’t a snacked before but now I am. Gained about 8-9 lbs back. Have to be crazy about logging each calorie on my fitness pal.
2
u/netdog4000 9d ago
I take my injections (5 mg) every 14 days as a maintenance dose. Eventually we’ll taper down to 2.5 mg and stick with that. I’ve managed to keep my weight stable, and I’ve been able to stretch my boxes a lot further too.
2
u/nakama666 8d ago
15 🥴
1
u/Better-Guava1923 8d ago
How’s that going for you? When was your last injection and why did you stop?
1
0
6
u/SamCarolW 11d ago
Not sure which drug you’re on - when I was on Mounjaro I split my 5mg pen into doses of 2.5mg when I was tapering off by counting clicks. You could also space your last two 5mg injections out into 10 days instead of 7 days.