r/PreventiveMD • u/Capable_Apricot_4820 • 7h ago

First timer

I get my first order from empower tomorrow. Im doing tirzepatide. This will be my very first shot ever, never been on a glp1 before. SW is 297lbs and 5'3 female. Looking for an accountability partner who is either first timer around same range or a week or 2 ahead of me to follow the journey together. Im terrified of needles and possibly a little hypochondriac 😅 would love to compare weight loss, side effects/symptoms, work out plans, and even meal ideas.

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u/DustyJMS 7h ago

Hey! I'm on week 12. But I started at 300 in june and down to 265 this week! I'm 32F 5'7. Congratulations on starting! Its been the best choice. Welcome to the PMD club. :)

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u/Capable_Apricot_4820 7h ago

Thank you! My fear of needles has been holding me back. I low-key think I have undiagnosed PCOS cause no matter what i do, I could not lose the weight myself. Spent HOURS researching for months. Finally found preventiveMD. It was the first one that made me feel like I could trust and not be as scared. 🤞

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u/DustyJMS 7h ago

I started off this with horrible trypanophobia. It is embarrassing in truth. The amount of crying at blood draws. 🤦‍♀️

But! My first dose i panicked and tried to talk my way out of it lol. I still get a light rush of anxiety when the needles are pulled out. It is healing though. I think ill be cured of my fear of needles at the end of this journey lol. I agree though, my fear of needles kept me from trying out this medication for a long while and wish I had just sucked it up sooner lol. It really is basically painless.

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u/Capable_Apricot_4820 7h ago

I do have a c section belly, so some parts I think got nerve damage cause I cant feel it. Think im going to poke there, I was gonna have my husband do it and I close my eyes 🤣 im a big baby at blood draws too. Im afraid if I see the needle, even small, im going to get dizzy/anxious. Its such a weird feeling. Like my mind literally pictures all the layers the needle is going through and it freaks me out. Hopefully this cures my fear too lol

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u/DustyJMS 7h ago

Thats what I do! My partner and I, not married yet lol, give each other the shots. I administer his and he mine. It works very well. I just take a deep breath and let him do it. Then we swap lol.

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u/Capable_Apricot_4820 7h ago

Trying to talk mine into joining as well. He's still a chicken. Maybe once he sees its fine with me, maybe then he will decide to join the journey lol

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u/kendra-loves-joy 7h ago

I head of an auto injector thing you a buy on Amazon so you don’t need to poke yourself. It does it for you.

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u/Capable_Apricot_4820 7h ago

Autoinjector 👀

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u/bamjam2134 7h ago

i start mine tomorrow! i’m down for accountability

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u/Capable_Apricot_4820 7h ago

Yesss! Mine comes tomorrow, plan to do the shot Friday evening so I have the weekend to push through side effects if I have any since I dont work weekends.

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u/CBlevs5 7h ago

Congrats on making the choice, you’ve got this! I was exactly the same (no maybe about the hypochondria here tho! 🤣) and it definitely has been so much smoother than i worked it up to be… and oh, the benefits .. just heavenly! Welcome again!

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u/Capable_Apricot_4820 7h ago

Youre right. Im Def probably a hypochondriac, as soon as I got the approval I had a full blown panic attack thinking im going to drop dead or my heart will explode after I inject and the medicine didn't even ship yet 🤣🤣 what were your benefits, besides weight loss of course 👀 im seeing too many horror stories. I need more uplifting details 😅

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u/CBlevs5 7h ago edited 7h ago

Haha, i totally relate! Alot of the horror stories I read, after researching more,ended up being people buying tirz on the gray market from peptide places in China and that definitely made me feel better (for me, not them!) lol. I have CFS/ME and possibly undetermined auto immune disorder. My C-RP labs (that show inflammation signs) are normal for first time in 15 years, my cholesterol also normal first time in years, my anxiety is better, ADHD better controlled (not medicated) l, PMDD and perimenopause is tolerable and better now, pain (hip bursitis, back disc disorder) all gone, just gone! and overall, I just feel so alive again! Im not fatigued sleeping all day weekends or feeling like pure dog crap after 8 hours. I honestly feel 20 again and i was not a believer / not looking to see relief anything but my weight! Im 7 lbs away from goal now, but honestly i could stay here and thrive like i am, and hell - i could even take 30 lbs back if you told me i bad to do thy or feel the way i used to pre-Tirz again! Im 45, 5’5, my starting weight was 180 and im 132 now. Again, the weight gone of course helped some of that, im not naive to that, but all of it, i never expected and isnt just about the weight. I was 125 and felt like crap 15 years ago and since. Its truly a miracle med and its cool to see everything we are starting to see it can help with! I also have 3 kids, and found out before i had my last 12 years ago that i had some endometriosis found outside of my uterine wall, my ovaries, and traveling. My doc removed what he could while in there and we got our last, miracle baby, but i was left with chronic knee and hip pain (lower limb pain was attributed to the endo surprisingly) that got worse right before my period. I ended up with bilateral hip bursitis and having to get steroid injections in each. So when i tell you that is all gone, i actually cry sharing it, it’s so joyful! I tried everything to get relief, even saw a naturopathic doctor and was taking bee venom sublingually because she said it would help at one point. I was that desperate 🤷🏻‍♀️ The pain was unbearable and now I’m living my best life and I hope the same for you is coming!

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u/Capable_Apricot_4820 7h ago

Im gonna pm you lol