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c/tapering·submitted 9 months ago by u/marisol_kravchenko

three years of tapering threads, summarised so you do not have to read them

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three years of tapering threads, summarised so you do not have to read them. It is the sort of thing everyone half-believes and nobody writes down. Stopped for cost reasons. Appetite came back at about week 21, well before the scale moved, exactly as this board said it would. Wrote down where I was before changing…

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u/marta_weiss283 points·9 months ago

Withdrawal studies across this class consistently show substantial regain after discontinuation, with appetite typically returning before weight changes. That is a description of the pharmacology of a chronic condition.

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u/chain_confirm_cpayments138 points·9 months ago

Withdrawal studies across this class consistently show substantial regain after discontinuation, with appetite typically returning before weight chang

Disagreeing with this bit: stretching and reducing are different things and the post treats them as one.

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u/yara_bakken105 points·9 months ago

Appetite is the proximal effect and weight is the lagging integrated outcome, which is why watching appetite gives you an earlier and more honest signal.

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u/neha_krastev131 points·9 months ago

appetite comes back before the weight does

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u/valeria_cardoso81 points·9 months ago

What is prompting the decision — cost, supply, side effects, or something else?

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u/janek_ferrari66 points·9 months ago

Push back: that is a taper schedule aimed at another member and this board does not host those.

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u/valeria_girard193 points·9 months ago

stopping is a plan, not an event

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u/priya_weiss131 points·9 months ago

Right, and the habits from the losing phase are the part that has to outlive the dose.

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