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Been taking low dose (1mg) tirzepatide for the past three weeks, some thoughts:
Firstly, it's working. My appetite is lower and I'm getting full faster, also my cravings for sugar and alcohol are reduced. I've already lost about 1.5kg.
I haven't noticed any lessening desire for other addictive behaviours (watching porn, scrolling etc) which I was hoping for, but then again I am on a very low dose. Consequently I'm not proscrastinating any less.
I can't tell at this stage if it is affecting my sleep. Normally my sleep is really sensitive to any changes to diet/supplements/medication so I would expect to see this. Me and my wife have a newborn so that's preventing me from measuring my sleep in a meaningful way. My hope is that the drug could stabilise my blood sugar which could reduce late-night awakenings, but we'll see.
Injections were scary at first, but I feel like I'm getting the hang of it.
Overall I'm feeling pretty positive. My plan is to try and lose weight gradually (about a pound a week) until I'm at my target weight, which I think should be possible by adjusting my dose as needed.
Anyone else partaking in delicious Chinese peptides?
I mean, I've been singing semaglutide's praises for a long while by now.
Oddly enough, I never noticed any lessening of addictive habits/desires, but I think I'm just a bit of an odd duck in that regard, given how many benefits I get out of taking it.
Not to be a pedantic dick but Tirzepatide is technically a "dual" GIP / GLP-1 receptor agonist. In practice this means it reduces weight and HbA1c (average blood glucose lvl over time) more than semaglutide alone.
No, no, it's a fair thing to point out. I'm well aware that there's a host of peptides that basically attack different receptors that regulate how the body responds to hunger, but I'll also be the first to point out that I'm not the most knowledgeable about the specifics.
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Can’t say that row of particular problems impacts me very much. If I don’t keep myself in check I can nearly eat and drink (not alcohol) without limit and I’m always hungry. I’m a tall and slender guy, but always being hungry and not being able to sleep have been with me since the earliest I could begin remembering. The only thing that can keep me down 6-8 hours a night is a 20mg-50mg melatonin.
Have you ever had a polysomnography or any other investigation into your sleep issues?
Never even heard of that. No. Never been tested for anything sleep wise. It used to drive my parents crazy. I’m good off 3-4 hours and can stay awake for days with no interventions. I can work for 23-36-48 hours usually with no issues.
Growing up my sibling and I used to share a bedroom and a bunk bed and they’d always get really pissed off that I couldn’t sleep and always called me the energizer bunny. My friends used to make fun of me and compare me to cartoon characters because I never seemed to get tired no matter what we did.
Exhaustion is mostly a mental thing with me, not a physical thing. When I want to go to sleep and the melatonin doesn’t hit right, sometimes I’ll play a very highly rated Chess game (I used to play competitively), and it requires so much mental concentration and effort I can tire myself out much more quickly by comparison rather than say running a mile. My issue is I recover very fast.
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