[PSA] gallbladder is not what most of this community thinks it is
gallbladder is not what most of this community thinks it is. If you already knew this, the post is not for you and you can scroll on. The effect on gastric emptying is most pronounced early and attenuates with continued dosing, which is the mechanism behind the "it settles at a stable dose" pattern the whole board…
sulphur burps for the first eight days after each step, then nothing, every single time. Predictable enough that I started planning my week around it.
Correction: that is a known effect of reduced intake rather than a direct drug effect. The distinction matters because the fix is different.
Kept a one-line-a-day log for two months. The pattern was obvious on paper and invisible in my head.
a rough fortnight at each step is normal, a rough three months is not
Kept a one-line-a-day log for two months.
This is the shape almost everybody here describes, and it is the single most reassuring thing in the thread.
if it is severe or persistent that is a clinician question, not a board question
Yes. Holding the dose is a real option and it does not mean you have failed at anything.
fatigue on day two and gone by day four is the standard shape
Is it every week or did it start at a particular dose?