christian_d
Explorer
Hello everyone!
GLP meds have been in my routine for a little over two years - Zepbound first, and compounding got found once Zep ran short and I couldn't get it. Another 9 months went by on compounded tirz ($$$), and then reta got discovered, and that's been the one since. About 50 lbs came off in the first eight or nine months, but stuck is where I've been since, and I'm still about 10 or 15 lbs from my target weight. Breaking the stall is why the switch to reta happened - but above 6mg/week has been out of reach due to pretty severe allodynia. Going from 3mg 2x a week to 1mg daily recently seems to be better, so time will tell if a bump up higher is possible.
Before any of you kind people offer suggestions, I should say many supps have been tried to combat the allodynia, but nothing has worked yet. ALCAR, curcumin, omega-3s, ALA, Mg, gabapentin, LDN, BPC, TB500, etc…
Possibly adding a small amount of elora to the reta when it's available is something I'm very interested in though. reta got stocked up on when I was first starting it (before the allodynia), so giving up on it and abandoning 3 years worth of vials in my freezer isn't really wanted.
So that's the journey up to now. Knowledge keeps getting built (always) and offering help when I can is what I look forward to.
GLP meds have been in my routine for a little over two years - Zepbound first, and compounding got found once Zep ran short and I couldn't get it. Another 9 months went by on compounded tirz ($$$), and then reta got discovered, and that's been the one since. About 50 lbs came off in the first eight or nine months, but stuck is where I've been since, and I'm still about 10 or 15 lbs from my target weight. Breaking the stall is why the switch to reta happened - but above 6mg/week has been out of reach due to pretty severe allodynia. Going from 3mg 2x a week to 1mg daily recently seems to be better, so time will tell if a bump up higher is possible.
Before any of you kind people offer suggestions, I should say many supps have been tried to combat the allodynia, but nothing has worked yet. ALCAR, curcumin, omega-3s, ALA, Mg, gabapentin, LDN, BPC, TB500, etc…
Possibly adding a small amount of elora to the reta when it's available is something I'm very interested in though. reta got stocked up on when I was first starting it (before the allodynia), so giving up on it and abandoning 3 years worth of vials in my freezer isn't really wanted.
So that's the journey up to now. Knowledge keeps getting built (always) and offering help when I can is what I look forward to.