Does anyone else feel the cold on these meds?

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While browsing the forum I saw other posts mentioning that people's temperature perception shifts. That matched my own experience, and I had been wondering whether I was the only one. Most of the time I am someone who runs hot, but during more than a year on Mounjaro I found I got cold more easily. Then insurance cut my Mounjaro off for 4 months, and I was running hot once more — but I am back on Tirzepatide now and the temperature change has returned.

It suits me well, because my wife is permanently cold. We used to keep the AC at 78 degrees, otherwise I would be sweating while she was wrapped in a blanket the whole time. With this shift setting in again I am comfortable with the AC on 79. She still reaches for the blanket now and then, but we are a bit better matched on temperature, and I no longer have to listen to her saying "it's so cold it is in here" over and over. That is a side effect I will take.
 
I used to run hot, and now I am far more sensitive to cold. Whether that is the Tirz or me losing a layer of insulating fat, I could not say.
 
Since going on Tirzepatide I have been colder than at any point in my life. Winter worries me a bit, given that I am still getting cold while it is over 80 outside right now
 
jmk909er said:

While browsing the forum I saw other posts mentioning that people's temperature perception shifts. That matched my own experience, and I had been wondering whether I was the only one. Most of the time I am someone who runs hot, but during more than a year on Mounjaro I found I got cold more easily. Then insurance cut my Mounjaro off for 4 months, and I was running hot once more — but I am back on Tirzepatide now and the temperature change has returned.

It suits me well, because my wife is permanently cold. We used to keep the AC at 78 degrees, otherwise I would be sweating while she was wrapped in a blanket the whole time. With this shift setting in again I am comfortable with the AC on 79. She still reaches for the blanket now and then, but we are a bit better matched on temperature, and I no longer have to listen to her saying "it's so cold it is in here" over and over. That is a side effect I will take.
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Same story for me until reta. Only now do I get why kids wander about in hoodies when it is 80 degrees out.
 
Hmm. Now that it has been pointed out, yes. I am normally hot and find working out in the sun hard going. These days being out in the heat is a LOT easier.
 
For me it kicked in over the last 15 pounds of loss. I am in the south, so I can tell you with certainty it is NOT cold anywhere near here in August. Even so, I have usually got a blanket on most mornings and evenings now.

It is metabolic. We know this. Just one big energy balance. But it is still weird.
 
Yes, absolutely! It comes up a lot. Cold air gets to me now, yet standing outside at 90 feels pretty good, so I suppose that is a benefit.
 
Same here. I began reta in March and the summer heat just did not seem as oppressive here in Bama. Maybe it is just me. I do not get cold at work, but walking out into the heat I notice how well the air conditioner is doing.
 
jmk909er said:

PurpleSage said:

I used to run hot, and now I am far more sensitive to cold. Whether that is the Tirz or me losing a layer of insulating fat, I could not say.
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My money's on the Tirz! 😉
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Reta does it too, and mine kicked in back in April on 6mg.

sheilarae74 said:

jmk909er said:

While browsing the forum I saw other posts mentioning that people's temperature perception shifts. That matched my own experience, and I had been wondering whether I was the only one. Most of the time I am someone who runs hot, but during more than a year on Mounjaro I found I got cold more easily. Then insurance cut my Mounjaro off for 4 months, and I was running hot once more — but I am back on Tirzepatide now and the temperature change has returned.

It suits me well, because my wife is permanently cold. We used to keep the AC at 78 degrees, otherwise I would be sweating while she was wrapped in a blanket the whole time. With this shift setting in again I am comfortable with the AC on 79. She still reaches for the blanket now and then, but we are a bit better matched on temperature, and I no longer have to listen to her saying "it's so cold it is in here" over and over. That is a side effect I will take.
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Same story for me until reta. Only now do I get why kids wander about in hoodies when it is 80 degrees out.
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Yeah, except sweating in them makes them smell like goats. According to my 14 year old grandson, it's a look.
 
HARLEYV2 said:

Shedding weight and the metabolic changes that follow look to be the Culprit. As I lose, my body runs Colder .
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The temperature difference showed up as soon as I restarted Tirzepatide, before I had lost any weight at all
 
Reta has me absolutely freezing!! It is 100 degrees outside and I keep switching the a/c off. Until it dawned on me that it is just me, I was convinced my thermostat was glitching 😬 still, I will happily take the saving on my energy bill. Fewer bills means more cash for peptides
 
My read is that a caloric deficit makes the body cut back on generating heat, so you feel colder. Alternate answer: at maintenance you simply carry far less insulation...
 
di_peppil said:

My read is that a caloric deficit makes the body cut back on generating heat, so you feel colder. Alternate answer: at maintenance you simply carry far less insulation...
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Never happened to me at maintenance. Mind you, maintenance does not come with such a large weight loss either, and it is easy enough to adjust.
 
This has been an issue for me, though it only started once I titrated up to 5mg (where I still am). I am about eight weeks into tirz and the last four shots have all been 5mg, yet the chilly feeling only arrived in the last 2-3 weeks.
 
Yes, my hands and feet get very cold! The first few weeks of reta were 'worse' for it; these days I mostly notice it over the first few days after pinning.
 
Cold was a certainty while I was still losing. Nothing unusual there, it is to be expected. Electric slippers and a decent sweater became my uniform... I LIVED in them for months. Maintenance has been going 6 months now and the chill has lifted. These days I handle hot weather better than I did carrying 55 lbs more.
 
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