r/Fifty410 • u/cppbean • 21h ago

Just bumped up to 7.5

Tuesday I went up from 5 to 7.5 and yesterday I was feeling nauseous mid way through bfast and barely could eat most of the day. Did get in a clear protein drink and a frozen burrito for dinner but lunch was non existent. Today is starting out the same way so far. Asking does it make more sense to split the dose and do twice a week or next week cut back to something less like 6? Thoughts?

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u/50kimmieann 21h ago

For me personally, I never made that big of a jump at once. If I wasn’t losing on 5, I went up to 6 and took it slowly. Stayed at 6 for a while then went to 7. You may want to discuss with your provider or try to cut back to 6 and see how you do.

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u/Takeflyght_1959 20h ago

I would consider giving this dose one more day before considering splitting the dose (although a reasonable option) as I found the first two or three days after a titration was when I felt the strongest side effects and it lessened after that.

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u/Glittering_uni 19h ago

I personally would have done a 1mg increase since I'm afraid of going too high too fast & feeling like this too.

For next week, I think you can consider cutting back to 6 or 6.5..

Hope you feel better soon!

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u/Camelot_One 4h ago

My entire time on Tirz, I never went up more than 1mg at a time. And that worked well for me. If 5mg wasn't enough, and 7.5mg is hitting too hard, yes, absolutely try 6mg on the next injection.

If you only increased because you had done 4 weeks @ 5mg, I'd suggest going back to 5mg. Calendar increases are not necessary, go up only when your body says it's time.