how much of what we believe about appetite return actually comes from regain threads
The title is the whole question — how much of what we believe about appetite return actually comes from regain threads — but here is why I am asking. Nothing on this board is a taper schedule, and no member can write one for another. What can be shared is what people watched and what they observed. There is very…
Same. A quiet fortnight after stopping tells you very little; the interesting part starts later.
That is a pause rather than a stop, and the plans for the two are not the same.
nobody here can write you a taper schedule
a fortnight of nothing is not evidence that you are fine
Not convinced. Two weeks of stable weight is not evidence of anything yet.
Right, and the habits from the losing phase are the part that has to outlive the dose.
the habits are what has to carry it afterwards
Yes — the withdrawal literature is consistent and it is a pharmacological finding, not a moral one.
stopping is a plan, not an event
Correcting myself upthread: appetite returned at week 13 for me, not the week I posted.
cost and supply are the two most common reasons and both are legitimate
stopping abruptly and stopping gradually are different experiences