Gf is asking about trying peptides — how do I handle it?

Alright, it's official. She got her first dose — 2,5mg of Tirz — and I made sure to filter it beforehand. I'm aware my own vial should get the same treatment, but there's still time for that. Worst case, I can just filter the already-filled, unfiltered cartridge and transfer it into a fresh one.

For a brief moment I nearly panicked, thinking I'd grabbed the wrong vial and injected her with 2,5mg of Reta rather than tirz — but thankfully that wasn't the case. Either way, I had to verify the other vials more than once. It's yet another argument for proper labelling. I'm really glad that each of my kits comes with differently coloured tops.
 
Most likely, she's going to experience some side effects. In a way that shows it's doing something, though really it's just your body reacting systemically. If you two haven't already talked it through, walking her through all of that could be worthwhile. Same deal as always: protein and fiber, plus getting more physical activity than she usually does. Those are the things you can't skip.

Also, pick up a cheaper Niimbot label maker and put a label on every time you reconstitute. For mine, I believe I paid $16.
 
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Most likely, she's going to experience some side effects. In a way that shows it's doing something, though really it's just your body reacting systemically. If you two haven't already talked it through, walking her through all of that could be worthwhile. Same deal as always: protein and fiber, plus getting more physical activity than she usually does. Those are the things you can't skip.

Also, pick up a cheaper Niimbot label maker and put a label on every time you reconstitute. For mine, I believe I paid $16.
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That's a solid suggestion. The thought never crossed my mind about side effects. Possibly since none of mine were significant enough to stick in my memory. Still, I'll bring it up with her. Appreciate the reminder.

The Niimbot is showing up today. The top labels from AliExpress will get here in a few weeks.
 
If she isn’t prepared for the possibility of side effects, that talk really matters. I’d bring it up softly and at the right moment, so it doesn’t scare her once a new medication is in the picture.
 
CoconutPeach said:

Honestly, I'd be thrilled if my boyfriend showed any curiosity about peptides. Doing all this research solo is frustrating, and I'd love a partner to discuss it with. You're in a good spot — the two of you will bond over this and be working toward the same health and wellness objective.
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Yeah, that's a really good point ☺️☺️
 
So, a little follow-up. Her first dose went really smoothly, and she claims her appetite has already dropped and she's eating less. Whether that's just in her head or not, I can't say — but honestly, if it's working, that's what counts. I also made sure she's drinking plenty of water, since nobody gave me that advice and my first obesity doctor definitely never mentioned it. I'm still bitter about that jerk. I'm doing my best to support her as someone who went through the same thing not long ago. So far, no side effects to speak of. Only thing is, now all her friends are eager to hop on the glp1 bandwagon too. Guess that makes me the Peptide kingpin of this house 😂
 
JohannesSweden77 said:

quicksilver80 said:

JohannesSweden77 said:

Once I began tirz, my girlfriend showed no interest at first in taking any herself — but these days she keeps pestering me about wanting to loose weight and try peptides too, which is getting a little annoying. How to react is genuinely unclear to me. Helping her shed weight and feel better in her own body is what I want, yet the fear that she could react badly to it is there at the same time. A starter dose of tirz is something I'm considering giving her. If the nagging continues, that will probably be what happens. What my question even is, I no longer know, but perhaps someone here has been through a situation like this?
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Yeah, the same thing happened on my end. One family member watched me take the plunge. Then a second. And a third. And a fourth. Provided you source it and know it's safe, i reckon that beats a dumbass picking something up off a facebook add and ending up with life threatening sides. And the worry of ending up as the one holding the bag, so to speak, is something i understand too.
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Yes for sure. That is just how I felt. Is there a good pep for anxiety? 😄

Mochizuki0124 said:

Asked by my wife for some peptide, ill pin her ASAP no questions asked — though no kind of peptide is needed on her end right now, and getting interested in the "longevity", mitochondria or mental peptides isn't something I see happening. GHK-Cu is about the only one that could tempt her 🤣
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Oh jeez that one hadn't even crossed my mind. Those she will have to discover on her own.
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Selank is great! I've been feeling really relaxed lately.

JohannesSweden77 said:

So, a little follow-up. Her first dose went really smoothly, and she claims her appetite has already dropped and she's eating less. Whether that's just in her head or not, I can't say — but honestly, if it's working, that's what counts. I also made sure she's drinking plenty of water, since nobody gave me that advice and my first obesity doctor definitely never mentioned it. I'm still bitter about that jerk. I'm doing my best to support her as someone who went through the same thing not long ago. So far, no side effects to speak of. Only thing is, now all her friends are eager to hop on the glp1 bandwagon too. Guess that makes me the Peptide kingpin of this house 😂
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No way, man! Don't let your GF's friends drag you into trouble (I'm not familiar with Swedish law, but in the US you definitely don't want to be caught distributing)! You can send them a nice Word doc with instructions and recommendations, but they won't care about your safety the way your GF does.

laansasa said:

JohannesSweden77 said:

laansasa said:

If only my boyfriend were interested in peps too, so we could do it together. Some health issues of his strike me as things they could help, yet he won't entertain it. Complaining isn't really fair, though - he supports me 100% and finds it "entertaining" watching me go down the rabbit hole. Perhaps one day he will budge, and if he doesn't, that's ok.

Good that your girl is walking the same road you are. One more thing for the two of you to bond over.
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A little interest only appeared after almost 9 months. Whether she actually goes through with it, I'm still not sure, though I have said that I'm going to make her own pen to use. How long you have been taking peps, I don't know, but bear in mind that we men are the slower kind of humans, so it might just take longer time. My hope is that he will follow you into the rabbit hole eventually.
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Very true...we shall see! March is when peps began for me... but supplements I take that I suggested have definitely been added by him, plus the whole ivermectin rabbithole, too. Time will tell, I suppose. Needles are what I think keeps him at bay (for now...) 😆
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laansasa said:

If only my boyfriend were interested in peps too, so we could do it together. Some health issues of his strike me as things they could help, yet he won't entertain it. Complaining isn't really fair, though - he supports me 100% and finds it "entertaining" watching me go down the rabbit hole. Perhaps one day he will budge, and if he doesn't, that's ok.

Good that your girl is walking the same road you are. One more thing for the two of you to bond over.
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Yeah, my husband finds me entertaining with all my peptide obsession, but he's scared of needles and way more cautious than me…and he doesn't really know about the whole gray market thing. I brought up Selank to him and mentioned there's a nasal spray, but he said I'd have to test it myself first before he'd try it! LOL! I'm happy being the only pep-fiend in the house 😜
 
HouseCat said:

JohannesSweden77 said:

quicksilver80 said:

JohannesSweden77 said:

Once I began tirz, my girlfriend showed no interest at first in taking any herself — but these days she keeps pestering me about wanting to loose weight and try peptides too, which is getting a little annoying. How to react is genuinely unclear to me. Helping her shed weight and feel better in her own body is what I want, yet the fear that she could react badly to it is there at the same time. A starter dose of tirz is something I'm considering giving her. If the nagging continues, that will probably be what happens. What my question even is, I no longer know, but perhaps someone here has been through a situation like this?
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Yeah, the same thing happened on my end. One family member watched me take the plunge. Then a second. And a third. And a fourth. Provided you source it and know it's safe, i reckon that beats a dumbass picking something up off a facebook add and ending up with life threatening sides. And the worry of ending up as the one holding the bag, so to speak, is something i understand too.
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Yes for sure. That is just how I felt. Is there a good pep for anxiety? 😄

Mochizuki0124 said:

Asked by my wife for some peptide, ill pin her ASAP no questions asked — though no kind of peptide is needed on her end right now, and getting interested in the "longevity", mitochondria or mental peptides isn't something I see happening. GHK-Cu is about the only one that could tempt her 🤣
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Oh jeez that one hadn't even crossed my mind. Those she will have to discover on her own.
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Selank is great! I've been feeling really relaxed lately.

JohannesSweden77 said:

So, a little follow-up. Her first dose went really smoothly, and she claims her appetite has already dropped and she's eating less. Whether that's just in her head or not, I can't say — but honestly, if it's working, that's what counts. I also made sure she's drinking plenty of water, since nobody gave me that advice and my first obesity doctor definitely never mentioned it. I'm still bitter about that jerk. I'm doing my best to support her as someone who went through the same thing not long ago. So far, no side effects to speak of. Only thing is, now all her friends are eager to hop on the glp1 bandwagon too. Guess that makes me the Peptide kingpin of this house 😂
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No way, man! Don't let your GF's friends drag you into trouble (I'm not familiar with Swedish law, but in the US you definitely don't want to be caught distributing)! You can send them a nice Word doc with instructions and recommendations, but they won't care about your safety the way your GF does.

laansasa said:

JohannesSweden77 said:

laansasa said:

If only my boyfriend were interested in peps too, so we could do it together. Some health issues of his strike me as things they could help, yet he won't entertain it. Complaining isn't really fair, though - he supports me 100% and finds it "entertaining" watching me go down the rabbit hole. Perhaps one day he will budge, and if he doesn't, that's ok.

Good that your girl is walking the same road you are. One more thing for the two of you to bond over.
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A little interest only appeared after almost 9 months. Whether she actually goes through with it, I'm still not sure, though I have said that I'm going to make her own pen to use. How long you have been taking peps, I don't know, but bear in mind that we men are the slower kind of humans, so it might just take longer time. My hope is that he will follow you into the rabbit hole eventually.
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Very true...we shall see! March is when peps began for me... but supplements I take that I suggested have definitely been added by him, plus the whole ivermectin rabbithole, too. Time will tell, I suppose. Needles are what I think keeps him at bay (for now...) 😆
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laansasa said:

If only my boyfriend were interested in peps too, so we could do it together. Some health issues of his strike me as things they could help, yet he won't entertain it. Complaining isn't really fair, though - he supports me 100% and finds it "entertaining" watching me go down the rabbit hole. Perhaps one day he will budge, and if he doesn't, that's ok.

Good that your girl is walking the same road you are. One more thing for the two of you to bond over.
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Yeah, my husband finds me entertaining with all my peptide obsession, but he's scared of needles and way more cautious than me…and he doesn't really know about the whole gray market thing. I brought up Selank to him and mentioned there's a nasal spray, but he said I'd have to test it myself first before he'd try it! LOL! I'm happy being the only pep-fiend in the house 😜
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Same here! I've gotten pretty close to talking my guy into giving some nasal sprays a shot that would do him some good, though he hasn't fully agreed yet!
 
Peptide Enthusiast said:


Yeah a few people on here have been in a similar spot. Once one person starts seeing results it tends to make the other person curious, and sometimes that curiosity turns into pressure pretty fast.

It’s good that you want to support her, but it’s also smart that you’re hesitant. Starting someone else on it (even a low dose) when you’re not a doctor is a bigger deal than it first seems — side effects can hit differently for different people, and if something goes sideways it can get messy fast.

A lot of people in your situation end up having a more serious conversation with their partner about expectations, risks, and whether they’re actually ready instead of just jumping straight into sharing a dose. Some couples decide to go the proper route together (doctor, bloodwork, etc.), others wait until the interest cools off a bit.

You’re not wrong for feeling torn about it. Wanting to help her but also not wanting to be responsible if it doesn’t go well is a pretty normal conflict.

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Yeah, I get where you're coming from. Ideally she'd be part of this from start to finish, but a doctor isn't really an option beyond the routine blood work she already gets done for unrelated reasons. Where we live, you qualify for glp1 help only with a BMI of 30+ or 27+ plus some underlying condition. Her BMI isn't that high. She's simply put on a little weight. Overweight, possibly — I can't say for certain. In our everyday chats I keep bringing up the side effects and other things, every single day. Things like staying hydrated. Spicy food matters a lot to her and so far it hasn't caused any trouble. Right now what worries me most is getting her moving more. Hey! I can guess what's going through your head! Cut it out! This isn't that sort of forum. 😂 All joking aside, she does need to excersise and I've spent a long time trying and pestering her about it. I also try to show her by example what proper, hard training can do. Back when we got together, she was the athletic one and I was the slob on the sofa with pizza. Funny how things flip. Either way, I think — and hope — she's committed for the long haul, but only time will tell.
 
Peptide Enthusiast said:


Yeah that makes sense. Hard when the official route isn’t really an option for her BMI.

Sounds like you’re handling the education part well though. The exercise piece is usually the toughest one to get consistent with, especially if the motivation is still building.

How’s she responding when you bring up training?

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Yeah, absolutely. Getting into training took me ages — my own start was only about 3 months back, so pushing her hard isn't really an option. She teases me, saying my idea of exercise is walking from the couch to the kitchen. That kind of thing. My hope is that her ADHD friend, the sporty one, will get through to her better. Lazy isn't the issue with her, so all she really needs is to begin again, the way she did before.
 
Peptide Enthusiast said:


Haha yeah those sofa-to-kitchen jokes are classic. At least she’s still got a sense of humor about it. Sounds like the right approach though! not pushing too hard while she’s still finding her rhythm. Sometimes the friend route works better than the partner route anyway. Has she mentioned anything about wanting to train together, or is she more the solo type?

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Yeah, she cracks me up. Same as me 😂. Being on her own isn't really her thing — that's more my style. When I train, I'm in my own zone, following whatever plan I've got for that session. I did throw out a half-hearted invite for her to come to my gym, and we've got equipment at home as well. I'm ready to set my own stuff to one side and walk her through it.
 
JohannesSweden77 said:

So, a little follow-up. Her first dose went really smoothly, and she claims her appetite has already dropped and she's eating less. Whether that's just in her head or not, I can't say — but honestly, if it's working, that's what counts. I also made sure she's drinking plenty of water, since nobody gave me that advice and my first obesity doctor definitely never mentioned it. I'm still bitter about that jerk. I'm doing my best to support her as someone who went through the same thing not long ago. So far, no side effects to speak of. Only thing is, now all her friends are eager to hop on the glp1 bandwagon too. Guess that makes me the Peptide kingpin of this house 😂
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haha, at this point you’re pretty much the peptide spokesperson for your whole home 😂
 
If you hand peptides to somebody else and it goes badly sideways, you might end up on the hook legally. That scenario is extremely improbable, sure. But thinking about it more as a responsibility within a relationship: since the chance of at least some negative reaction is honestly quite high, maybe around 50/50, it seems sensible to make certain she has done at least a bit of reading on her own about these compounds and especially about side effects. That way, if something does go wrong, she cannot point the finger at you — for example, if she ends up with severe nausea and spends days vomiting, and you never told her that outcome was possible. So nudge her toward some independent research, even if it is only the standard pharma company patient information for people beginning the medication. In a perfect world where the legitimate products were not so absurdly costly, a doctor writing the prescription would have walked her through that guidance anyway, so she ought to at least have that level of knowledge. Odds are you have already covered this, but I figured it was worth saying just in case.
 
lessthanhalf said:

If you hand peptides to somebody else and it goes badly sideways, you might end up on the hook legally. That scenario is extremely improbable, sure. But thinking about it more as a responsibility within a relationship: since the chance of at least some negative reaction is honestly quite high, maybe around 50/50, it seems sensible to make certain she has done at least a bit of reading on her own about these compounds and especially about side effects. That way, if something does go wrong, she cannot point the finger at you — for example, if she ends up with severe nausea and spends days vomiting, and you never told her that outcome was possible. So nudge her toward some independent research, even if it is only the standard pharma company patient information for people beginning the medication. In a perfect world where the legitimate products were not so absurdly costly, a doctor writing the prescription would have walked her through that guidance anyway, so she ought to at least have that level of knowledge. Odds are you have already covered this, but I figured it was worth saying just in case.
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That's a fair point, and I think I've already been doing that — and will keep doing it. She knows about the side effects because I told her, and I've passed along links with further reading; she's genuinely interested and has looked things up on her own as well. In my own case, the doctor barely explained anything and asked almost nothing during follow-ups. Since then I've switched to a different doctor, one I actually like and who appears to care more about his patients than the last one did.

As for her friends, I'll stick to giving advice and answering whatever questions come up — nothing beyond that. I don't want them falling for scams, or ending up in a worse situation.
 
JohannesSweden77 said:

So, a little follow-up. Her first dose went really smoothly, and she claims her appetite has already dropped and she's eating less. Whether that's just in her head or not, I can't say — but honestly, if it's working, that's what counts. I also made sure she's drinking plenty of water, since nobody gave me that advice and my first obesity doctor definitely never mentioned it. I'm still bitter about that jerk. I'm doing my best to support her as someone who went through the same thing not long ago. So far, no side effects to speak of. Only thing is, now all her friends are eager to hop on the glp1 bandwagon too. Guess that makes me the Peptide kingpin of this house 😂
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Have her step on the scale weekly so there's a record of how things are going. If she'd rather keep the number to herself, that's fine — she can simply let you know whether any weight came off.
 
A quick update on my end. She's now had her 2nd injection, and things are still going well. Nothing negative to report. Her appetite has dropped, and she isn't thinking about food as much. She's eating less at meals, and while we were cooking dinner tonight she told me that just smelling it made her feel full already. She's dropped some weight too. Seems like everything is moving in a really positive direction.
 
miameow said:

boytres said:

Taking it yourself while not wanting her to research it on her own strikes me as a bit hypocritical. But thats just my opinion...

In my experience, the harder you push to stop someone doing what they want, the more certain it becomes that they will do it, and then some. Better to be supportive and enjoy the journey together. At least that way you know she's safe, and if anything goes wrong your there to help when she needs it.
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^ This. Genuinely wise words.

JohannesSweden77 said:

Once I began tirz, my girlfriend showed no interest at first in taking any herself — but these days she keeps pestering me about wanting to loose weight and try peptides too, which is getting a little annoying. How to react is genuinely unclear to me. Helping her shed weight and feel better in her own body is what I want, yet the fear that she could react badly to it is there at the same time. A starter dose of tirz is something I'm considering giving her. If the nagging continues, that will probably be what happens. What my question even is, I no longer know, but perhaps someone here has been through a situation like this?
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Be glad she's taking an interest in your hobby. Would completely indifferent be better? Couples grow closer over shared interests, and partners sharing parts of their lives — peptide vials included — is only natural.

What do you reckon T100 and R100 exist for? Sharing is caring.
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If someone is running 0.9mg/week and stretching 1 kit into a 20 year supply, isn't the answer obvious?
 
JohannesSweden77 said:


So since I started taking tirz my girlfriend first didn't seem interested in taking it herself but now she's even getting a bit annoying pestering me that she wants to loose weight and try some peptides also. I don't know how to react really. I want to help her lose weight and feel better in her own body but at the same time I'm scared she'll have a bad reaction or something. I'm thinking about giving her a starter dose of tirz. That will most likely happen if she keeps nagging me. Don't know what my question is anymore but maybe someone have been in a situation like this?

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Begin at .25 so you can confirm she won't react badly and then hold you responsible. 😉 Increase the amount gradually after that. For me, .5 Tirz was enough to get a response, so there's no reason to burn through peptides when it isn't necessary.
 
Are people actually suggesting a dose that's just 1/10th of the standard starting amount? Might as well put them on homeopathic tirz while we're at it, just for extra caution. “The vendor's bac water remembers the tirz, plus a touch of norovirus. This stuff really works!”

For tirz, 2.5mg is a safe and effective dose to begin with.
 
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