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Alright, first poke, 0.5mg. Within an hour felt a little bit of light euphoria feeling. Not sure if that was placebo or maybe stress related as it took me about an hour to work up the courage to stick the needle in.

I was thinking about hitting another .5mg in a few days if no bad reaction. I'd like to titrate up to at least 2mg as fast as my body can tolerate it.

40year old, 6'3" 360lb male. Very very built underneath from years of weight lifting, sports, farm, mountainbiking, hiking, etc out west. Have a ranch/farm, working animals virtually every day after my day job which is work from home in front of a computer. At 230lb I will have the outline of a six pack begin to show and a 33-34" waist. Excited to work back to that level of body fat.

Anywho! Wish me luck!
 
DoubtProcrastinate said:


Alright, first poke, 0.5mg. Within an hour felt a little bit of light euphoria feeling. Not sure if that was placebo or maybe stress related as it took me about an hour to work up the courage to stick the needle in.

I was thinking about hitting another .5mg in a few days if no bad reaction. I'd like to titrate up to at least 2mg as fast as my body can tolerate it.

40year old, 6'3" 360lb male. Very very built underneath from years of weight lifting, sports, farm, mountainbiking, hiking, etc out west. Have a ranch/farm, working animals virtually every day after my day job which is work from home in front of a computer. At 230lb I will have the outline of a six pack begin to show and a 33-34" waist. Excited to work back to that level of body fat.

Anywho! Wish me luck!

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Hell yeah! Looking forward to the progress brother.

What made you want to go the microdose route?
 
DoubtProcrastinate said:


Alright, first poke, 0.5mg. Within an hour felt a little bit of light euphoria feeling. Not sure if that was placebo or maybe stress related as it took me about an hour to work up the courage to stick the needle in.

I was thinking about hitting another .5mg in a few days if no bad reaction. I'd like to titrate up to at least 2mg as fast as my body can tolerate it.

40year old, 6'3" 360lb male. Very very built underneath from years of weight lifting, sports, farm, mountainbiking, hiking, etc out west. Have a ranch/farm, working animals virtually every day after my day job which is work from home in front of a computer. At 230lb I will have the outline of a six pack begin to show and a 33-34" waist. Excited to work back to that level of body fat.

Anywho! Wish me luck!

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just dont go over 1mg a week at least for the first month

access the side affect slowly
 
Estarossa19 said:


Hell yeah! Looking forward to the progress brother.

What made you want to go the microdose route?

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I just wanted to test my body’s reaction. Historically I have been very sensitive to pharmaceuticals and have had allergic anaphylactic shock from medication.

Just wanted a tiny poke to test the water. Full send as soon as reasonable.
 
px1984 said:


probably adrenaline hitting that first time!

Good luck on your journey bro

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You are most likely right but the feeling is still with me ~4 hours later. Poke was at about 10:45am central time, and now its almost 3pm.

At a late lunch at around 2pm and was hungry but seemingly not at the level I would normally be waiting to eat 2 hours past noon. Very curious how much is a head game / placebo vs. my historical ultra sensitivity to any/all medication.
 
I would probably start on 1ml if I was you. I am a lot lighter than you and was ok on 1ml been on that for a month just today gone up to 1.5ml
 
At your weight, you should start with 2mg. May I ask were all you people at getting this .5mg starting dose at? I'm sure that feeling was just nerves from blasting yourself.
 
adrenaline/euphoric feeling still lingering... maybe placebo, idk.

I have seen the .5mg test poke referenced in a number of places. Also have a family member playing with grey and he started at .5 for the first entire month with success... No problem poking again in a few days if there are no side effects to this first .5mg.

I do have a very slight very very minor headache that has come on. Just monitoring and keeping myself busy doing other things.
 
BNLFL said:


At your weight, you should start with 2mg. May I ask were all you people at getting this .5mg starting dose at? I'm sure that feeling was just nerves from blasting yourself.

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I almost did it myself..then went with 1mg.
 
DoubtProcrastinate said:


Head ache continues. Slightly elevated and enough now im going to take ibuprofen.

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Dont take NSAIDs..stick to Tylenol/Acetaminophen. Tramadol if you have it.
 
And drink some water. I started out at .5mg and felt like I was in a different dimension for a few days yet I didn’t find it unpleasant. I wouldn’t have wanted a stronger reaction right off if that would’ve happened on a larger dose however. Beauty of gray is we control the dose. I see no need to be in a hurry right off, been messing around getting fat for years so ann extra month or two to get it off isn’t an issue. For me
 
Well this is fascinating. I think I really actually might be one of the super responders to Reta like I mentioned earlier in this thread happens to me with most other pharmaceuticals.

Still feeling some of the euphoria feeling, headache gone.

I ate dinner and absolutely had some kind of appetite suppression. The other half made my favorite meal that she’ll make from scratch. I ate about 1/4-1/2 as much as I would usually eat of my first plate. Zero desire for second plate at all.

Now for the fascinating part…. Blood glucose. I have been monitoring with abbot ligo sensors and I almost always hit 120-140mg/dl after a meal. Tonight I peaked between 90-100, now roughly 3 hours after eating I’m rocking 58. I feel a little bit hungry now but not enough to eat something. Staying awake now another hour or two in case it dips much lower.
 
DoubtProcrastinate said:


Well this is fascinating. I think I really actually might be one of the super responders to Reta like I mentioned earlier in this thread happens to me with most other pharmaceuticals.

Still feeling some of the euphoria feeling, headache gone.

I ate dinner and absolutely had some kind of appetite suppression. The other half made my favorite meal that she’ll make from scratch. I ate about 1/4-1/2 as much as I would usually eat of my first plate. Zero desire for second plate at all.

Now for the fascinating part…. Blood glucose. I have been monitoring with abbot ligo sensors and I almost always hit 120-140mg/dl after a meal. Tonight I peaked between 90-100, now roughly 3 hours after eating I’m rocking 58. I feel a little bit hungry now but not enough to eat something. Staying awake now another hour or two in case it dips much lower.

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If you are not already defo get electrolytes into the routine, heachaches probably dehydration
 
Smiter said:


Dont take NSAIDs..stick to Tylenol/Acetaminophen. Tramadol if you have it.

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This is the way! If you have tramadol, this would be the time to use it. When I first started glp-1s I had a headache that just wouldn't go away. I suffered with it for days. Then it finally dawned on me to try something a little stronger. I took 4 tramadol the first day, a couple the next, and headache gone.
 
So last night I got spooked by that glucose drop so I ate a small portion and everything recovered.

This morning the headache is still gone, the euphoric feeling is gone, and I am hungry. I was able to sleep in until about 9:30 am which felt amazing. Sleep score is reporting a 95 which is in line with the last few weeks since starting daily supplements.
 
DustAndDignity said:


What was your starting weight and what’s your current titration schedule? How’s are you responding so far? I’m debating switching from Tirz soon.

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for the current Reta use, I began on May 1st, and take a weekly shot. I began with 1mg, then moved to 1.5mg on the 7th, and did 4th shot on 21st at 1.5mg. I started at 255lbs. Today I am 242lbs.
 
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