If this is useful to anyone:
Post at 3:48pm (English): For quite a while I stayed at 5 mg; once it stopped working, I moved up by 0.5 mg every 4 weeks. My goal was to drop as much weight as possible before turning 60. With the birthday now behind me, I'm taking things slowly. At 7.0 mg, injected every 6 days, I spent a day or 2 feeling very emotional; tiny things set me off, and at work I got embarrassed easily. So I went back down to 6.5 mg. After that I raised it gradually – 6.85 mg first, then 7.0 mg – and dosed every 7 days. That round was milder; it only lasted an afternoon, and it happened on a Sunday. Weight loss has stalled – at times I've dropped 0.5 kg, at times I've put a little back on. I don't feel confident enough to raise the dose in bigger steps.
Post at 4:19pm (English): Sema hadn't crossed my mind yet; it wouldn't be my first pick. Tirz at 4 mg every 4 days could also work. And I'm waiting on Elora. I'd also like to add GHK-Cu and maybe BPC.
Mademoiselle said:
I could use some input from others here.
My current Tirzepatide dose is 7 mg, and I’m not planning to go up, since larger doses took a toll on my mental health. So I’m thinking about layering in a second compound. Elora would be my first pick, but I’m not confident about how safe it is. Cagrilintide was the one I first had in mind, yet Retatrutide now seems like it might be the stronger choice.
When it comes to adverse effects and what it costs, what would you suggest?
As for where I am now: 85 kg on the scale. Since November I’ve dropped 18 kg. That may not sound impressive, but a great deal of fat is gone and I’ve put on substantial muscle. These days, though, things have slowed down a lot, and my goal is to shed another 18–20 kg.
Right now Elora is certainly the priciest route, and because it's still in testing/trials, anecdotal safety data is limited, but these threads share some useful first hand experiences:
Elora - My experience after 3 weeks
Each week I currently take 10 mg of Tirz. Prior to that I was on Reta at 12 mg per week, but the side effects were bad for me. With Tirz things are improving. Still, I'm putting weight back on and wanted to move to Elora rather than Cagri (since that didn't really work). I've been on it for...
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Elora research update month
I'll say this stuff either hits people fast or takes weeks to kick in I went through a whole vial in 3 days because i assumed it would be like cagri but nope the next week i was like maybe its the 80mg of triz or maybe its the sema stack but nope that elora hit me out of nowhere like a bag of bricks. so i did...
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Based on the newest tirz+elora trial, weight loss appears to speed up a lot with the stack (look for the blog The Incretin Space...it's a few posts down.) I've only just begun adding elora to tirz, so the only thing I can report is that it really cut down my day-before-tirz-shot-day munchies. (So far I've taken just one micro dose, but this week I'll begin at the most common starter dose, 3mg. My hope is to stay there and only raise tirz when needed, since it's expensive and the only vendor I'd really trust right now is Uther because they've had good testing, including ring structure. That said, @skaylife has been getting good results from elora from "Fat Cat Ella" as he says!
Cagri and reta are pretty cheap nowadays, and many people stack one or the other with tirz. Cagri appears to come with some harsh side effects, and everything I've read says the key to easing them is going very low and very slow, but based on your experience, I'd suggest titrating up any stackable in small increments since that's what has worked best for you with tirz.
Sorry about the weepiness and low mood. Hugs! I'm glad you managed to pinpoint your dose as the cause!
