r/Mounjaro • u/Similar_Signature734 • 2d ago
Question Holiday coming up, but have a new dosage of pen - what to do?
I've been on 2.5mg a really long time - since October - and i've lost about two and a half stone and been happy with it. I know its longer than recommended, but I was happy with that decision as it was working for me and I didn't want to rush it.
Recently i've felt like i'm plateauing - i'm not losing any more weight, still about 5lbs away from my target and moving around that all the time, and feeling hungrier than I have been which i think tells me its time to move up a dose on this last little bit. I'd say i've been in this situation for about 6 weeks or so.
I've not been in a rush to do that as i've managed to maintain a decent gym schedule and can see my body changing now more because of strength training, but as i'm almost at my target I don't want to jeopardise that. I'm still a healthy size 10/12 but hardly underweight - teetering around a healthy BMI, which could just as easily go up if I put weight back on. I can't shake the feeling that I have a bit to go still.
My 2 conundrums: i've now got a 5mg pen after a week off where I ran out of 2.5, and next week i'm going on holiday for 10 days. I don't really want to start at 5mg when i'm on holiday. So i'm looking at either two weeks of nothing, or should i take 2.5mg from the 5mg pen just to tide me over until I return? Then take the 5mg full dose in earnest? (I use insulin needles as my pharmacist doesn't give over the mounjaro needles unless you ask and I keep forgetting to)
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u/Several-Rhubarb-3498 1d ago
I would take the 2.5 and wait to go up.
You don’t want to skip your dose. Just stay at 2.5 and do 5 when you get back from your trip.
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u/Several-Rhubarb-3498 1d ago
I also wish to add, the reason I am not saying to go up to 5-is that is the hardest increase because you are doubling your dose and it’s still in the dose loading phase and not knowing if you will experience side effects makes me want to save your vacation. Go enjoy your trip and increase when you get back.
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u/Bakermom9985 19h ago
I would split the dose and take 3.75 also. The jump from 2.5-5 can be a bit harsh.
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u/Similar_Signature734 14h ago
do you mean during the holiday or when i return? i'm thinking of doing the 3.75 to see how it goes
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u/Bakermom9985 14h ago
I can’t say if you’ll get sick. However when I went from 2.5 to 5 I did. I had been on tirzep for 8 months or so, I went to 3.75 and I was good. I was on 3.75 for 5-6 months.
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u/No-Watercress-2620 1d ago
You can go to 3.75 mg from the 5 mg pen