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what changed for me between month 7 and month 12

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what changed for me between month 7 and month 12. I would rather ask a basic question now than get this wrong quietly for two months.

Week 21 for me was completely flat and I was convinced something was wrong. It was not. Month two was where everything happened.

I confused two very similar words on my first order and asked here, expecting to be mocked. Three people explained it properly instead.

Wrote the concentration on the vial after reading it here. Have never once had to reconstruct it from memory since.

If somebody has the same thing measured a different way, post it next to mine and we will see whether they agree.

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u/sulphur_burps_sue346 points·1 year ago

A certificate of analysis is a document describing one batch: what was tested, by what method, and what the result was. Its value depends entirely on whether it names the batch and the method.

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u/constipation_clubside effects93 points·1 year ago

Has the appetite changed, even if the scale has not?

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u/nikhil_asante51 points·1 year ago

Careful — that is a dosing recommendation dressed as an anecdote, and this board removes those.

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u/piotr_grimaldi24 points·1 year ago

Careful — that is a dosing recommendation dressed as an anecdote, and this board removes those.

Slight disagreement with this bit only, because a beginner reading it might take it as a plan rather than a description.

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u/enzo_fonseca30 points·1 year ago

no question is too basic here, that is the entire point of the board

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u/swirl_dont_shakereconstitution-36 points·1 year ago

pens and vials are the same molecule with different logistics

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u/greta_chukwu1 point·1 year ago

Did you write the concentration on the vial?

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u/dario_bakken1 point·1 year ago

read the wiki first, then ask anyway

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u/bastian_moreau268 points·1 year ago

That is area percent from a certificate, not the amount of peptide in the vial. Two different numbers and a very common mix-up.

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u/halima_mbeki190 points·1 year ago·edited

Nothing on this board is medical advice, and the people answering you — including me — are members with spreadsheets rather than clinicians.

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u/elin_trevino163 points·1 year ago

Concentration is mass over volume, and a U-100 syringe reads 100 units per millilitre. Those two facts are the whole of the arithmetic this board keeps explaining.

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u/britta_nakamura108 points·1 year ago

I would not panic about that. It is on the list of ordinary first-month experiences.

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u/laila_delgado83 points·1 year ago

Titration is a tolerance ladder. Each step exists so the gastrointestinal effects settle before the next increase, which is why the intervals are what they are.

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u/neha_falk97 points·1 year ago

the first month is a tolerance check, not a results phase

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u/nl_verzekering53 points·1 year ago

Agreed that appetite moves before the scale. Knowing that in advance saves a lot of week-three panic.

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u/rt_shift_reggie50 points·1 year ago

Right, and writing the concentration on the vial is the single best habit anyone here can start with.

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u/gentle_correctionMOD44 points·1 year ago

Flair set to Question and the wiki page linked in a comment rather than in place of an answer.

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u/food_noise_gonemaintenance15 points·1 year ago

the injection is easier than you are imagining

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u/sulphur_burps_sue16 points·1 year ago

Agreed — week two with nothing on the scale is so common it should be in the sidebar. It probably is.

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u/nausea_notesside effects52 points·1 year ago

ask the dumb question, three other people are searching for it

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u/nayeli_iyer17 points·1 year ago

write the concentration on the vial, you will thank yourself

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[removed]12 points·1 year ago

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