why does nobody talk about maintenance
Question in the title, detail here: why does nobody talk about maintenance. Withdrawal studies in this class consistently show substantial regain after discontinuation. That is a pharmacological finding about a chronic condition, not a statement about anyone’s discipline. Body weight varies by a couple of kilos over…
the trials that looked at withdrawal are unambiguous about what follows
Not convinced. Interval stretching changes your exposure profile, not just the total, and the two are not equivalent.
maintenance is a phase, not a finish line
Correction: that trial measured regain after withdrawal, not failure of the drug during treatment. Very different claim.
Disagree with chasing the last stretch by going up. You are trading a real side-effect cost for a number you chose arbitrarily.
Careful — a dose reduction plan is a conversation with someone who knows your history, not a board consensus.
Has appetite changed, or only the scale?
Maintenance is the phase with the least published guidance and the most individual variation, which is precisely why board consensus here is worth less than usual.
the habits are the part that has to outlive the dose
stretching the interval is not the same as reducing the dose