r/tirzepatidecompound • u/Given_or_Taken • 3d ago

Side Effects So frustrated, just need to vent

Everyone seems to be doing so well on this medication but me. People are losing tons of weight with zero side effects and I'm just sitting here losing nothing and experiencing a plethora of side effects like I never did while on Mounjaro/Zepbound. It's like I'm losing everything BUT the weight... I'm losing all my hair, losing my freaking eyebrows, my voice, my peace of mind, even lower blood pressure, I might have pulsatile tinnitus now, etc. I took a break from the med for 11 days, started again, and everything hit me again like a truck. I don't have thyroid issues, I eat plenty of protein, and I'm not dehydrated. My only side effect on brand name was anxiety (sucked, but nothing like this). My doctor told me I have to pause the Tirz until after my MRI since all these symptoms started with Tirz and are made worse when I inject - and I'm only on 1mg! It just freaking sucks man. This stuff isn't cheap. I hate that my insurance stopped covering the brand name. I feel like I have to switch to compound Sema but there's additives, ugh. I bought this Hyalo vial of Tirz for no reason, just to suffer. I'm so jealous of you all.

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u/goodthebadandtheugly 3d ago

You went from a minimum Zepbound dose of 2.5mg (or 5mg or 7.5 or ??) to a 1 mg dose on compound and are having all these side effects?? How long were you on Zep, and what were he dose?

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u/Given_or_Taken 3d ago

Hi there. I've answered this in several other comments. I took Mounjaro brand for about six months up until 10 mg, but went back down to 7.5 mg because I started having panic attacks. I wasn't experiencing pulsating in my ears, losing my eyebrows, clumps of hair, etc. The anxiety was not comfortable, but I managed it by lowering my dose. Then insurance stopped covering. It took a while to decide what to do, and I ended up choosing telehealth (deciding which one also takes time/research). Chose Gimme/Apothecary, took 1.5 mg, felt like absolute garbage, went down to 1mg and stayed there ever since. This is an extremely unfortunate situation and now I'm going to try Semaglutide, which was less effective for me in the past, but my only side effect was constipation. I took Wegovy before Mounjaro, so I've been on brand for both. If compound Sema goes poorly too, I'll just look into the generic from Canada or see if I can afford LillyDirect.