dogbitevictim
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I'm a woman in her early twenties, living in Idaho. Being heavy set has been my reality for as long as I can remember. I still recall telling a girl in 3rd grade art class that I weighed 116 pounds, and hearing back, “That's as much as my mom weighs!”. At 14 I was 215 pounds, though I was doing xfit and a competitive sport at the time. Eventually I burnt out and sank deep into mental illness for years once COVID arrived. That meant roughly 5 years of staying indoors whenever possible, sleeping the days away, doing nothing. All the while my relationship with food got worse. I barely left, zoned out on TikTok, and the only trips out were to a drive-through. My heaviest was 325. I'm at 320 now. And I'm 5'7.
Nothing alarming has shown up in my labs except my HDL/LDL levels. My bad cholesterol runs high, down to a lot of saturated fat and a generally poor diet. I'm also diagnosed with Obstructive Sleep Apnea and use a CPAP. My guess is the OSA clears up as the weight comes off. Lucky enough to be obese without major complications like diabetes. I suspect my mental state and my size feed off one another. That won't hold forever, which is part of why I'm here.
I've used a GLP-1 before. Ordered Rybelsus pills from down South — 2mg pills for a month, on and off, then halved 14mg capsules for maybe half a month. My pill routine was never consistent, so I dropped the Rybelsus entirely.
Roughly 2 months back my doctor floated applying for a Zepbound prescription, on the grounds of Mild to Moderate OSA. I waited 5 weeks to hear anything from my insurer, and the answer was a denial — my OSA wasn't severe enough.
Once the prescription was refused, someone close to me pointed me toward a local “beauty bar”. They prescribe compounded semaglutide or tirzepatide. It's handled via a backend pharmacy. Apparently it's for people their insurance won't approve. Cash only, and you pay per pre-filled injector — one a month, or however often. You venmo the person, she orders it, and it lands at your door.
I pay $375 for a 15mg pre filled injector of compounded Tirzepatide with a B12 buffer. For the past two weeks I've injected 2.5mg every days (Each Saturday). This Saturday I plan to go to 5mg. Something has been nagging at me that this is too much money, and browsing reddit forums pointed me to this side to educate myself.
No miracle appetite suppressant so far. I still catch myself eating more than I should, or grabbing an unhealthy meal. I don't beat myself up for one slip a week. Bit by bit I'm steering toward healthier food when hunger hits, and finding swaps for the absolute junk I used to live on. The harder I was on myself about binge eating, or about guilt over junk food, the more it drove me to keep going. If I have 3 slices of pizza, I shrug it off, and at least it was only those 3 rather than the whole damn pizza. My habits are slowly improving, and I stay loose with myself to sidestep burnout.
I'm keen to, and hoping to, get back into exercising too. No gym membership for me — just a single visit where I run a full body circuit plus cardio, same as I've done before. I'm actually looking forward to having something entertaining playing while I put in 30 minutes of plain walking on the treadmill in my garage.
This time I want to get it right. I'm ready to start living again, and to get healthier as I go. Hopefully this gave some insight into where I'm coming from and why I'm here. I'm keen to learn and to have a resource I can draw on. And I'm trying to find a way to keep dosing my tirzepatide without shredding my wallet hunting for $375 every month.
Nothing alarming has shown up in my labs except my HDL/LDL levels. My bad cholesterol runs high, down to a lot of saturated fat and a generally poor diet. I'm also diagnosed with Obstructive Sleep Apnea and use a CPAP. My guess is the OSA clears up as the weight comes off. Lucky enough to be obese without major complications like diabetes. I suspect my mental state and my size feed off one another. That won't hold forever, which is part of why I'm here.
I've used a GLP-1 before. Ordered Rybelsus pills from down South — 2mg pills for a month, on and off, then halved 14mg capsules for maybe half a month. My pill routine was never consistent, so I dropped the Rybelsus entirely.
Roughly 2 months back my doctor floated applying for a Zepbound prescription, on the grounds of Mild to Moderate OSA. I waited 5 weeks to hear anything from my insurer, and the answer was a denial — my OSA wasn't severe enough.
Once the prescription was refused, someone close to me pointed me toward a local “beauty bar”. They prescribe compounded semaglutide or tirzepatide. It's handled via a backend pharmacy. Apparently it's for people their insurance won't approve. Cash only, and you pay per pre-filled injector — one a month, or however often. You venmo the person, she orders it, and it lands at your door.
I pay $375 for a 15mg pre filled injector of compounded Tirzepatide with a B12 buffer. For the past two weeks I've injected 2.5mg every days (Each Saturday). This Saturday I plan to go to 5mg. Something has been nagging at me that this is too much money, and browsing reddit forums pointed me to this side to educate myself.
No miracle appetite suppressant so far. I still catch myself eating more than I should, or grabbing an unhealthy meal. I don't beat myself up for one slip a week. Bit by bit I'm steering toward healthier food when hunger hits, and finding swaps for the absolute junk I used to live on. The harder I was on myself about binge eating, or about guilt over junk food, the more it drove me to keep going. If I have 3 slices of pizza, I shrug it off, and at least it was only those 3 rather than the whole damn pizza. My habits are slowly improving, and I stay loose with myself to sidestep burnout.
I'm keen to, and hoping to, get back into exercising too. No gym membership for me — just a single visit where I run a full body circuit plus cardio, same as I've done before. I'm actually looking forward to having something entertaining playing while I put in 30 minutes of plain walking on the treadmill in my garage.
This time I want to get it right. I'm ready to start living again, and to get healthier as I go. Hopefully this gave some insight into where I'm coming from and why I'm here. I'm keen to learn and to have a resource I can draw on. And I'm trying to find a way to keep dosing my tirzepatide without shredding my wallet hunting for $375 every month.
