New to grey. About to do first dose and im scared!

kristen77

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I've been on rx tirz since March. Lost 45 pounds. Cannot afford to keep paying $550/month but I'm still needing to lose 15-20 more pounds plus I'm probably going to need this med for life.

I received my package from china yesterday. I'm reading everything I can, trying to gain as much knowledge as I can... I'm about to give myself my first injection and I'm terrified. I'm thinking "what am I DOING?? I'm about to inject myself with some unknown powder from CHINA?!" I got my package from amo. From the research I've done here and reddit, it's a decent company. It's just the idea of doing this, putting something unknown into my body, who knows what it could really be? No I did not send for testing. I don't have time to. I will likely send a vial for testing in the next week or so, but for now I just need my dose. I'm almost a week out from my last dose. Sorry for sounding hysterical, I'm not quite. I am just wondering, am I crazy for doing this?? Did you feel the same way when you first started grey? Thanks for any thoughts.
 
We’ve all done it and lived to tell the tale!

Really though, if you’re super worried about untested overseas (a valid concern) you can buy one very overpriced vial from one of the higher touch domestic suppliers and get it in your hands this week. Use that while you wait for testing on your discount stuff. Skye and Polaris are well-respected domestic vendors (disclosure: I used to mod a peptide-related server with the guy who runs Polaris so know him fairly well, if you think that makes me biased on the matter then disregard the suggestion). It’s never ideal to trust vendor testing, but I’d definitely trust one of those guys more than the overseas sellers considering your situation.
 
It is scary, but just keep in mind that it is in that company's best interest to keep you alive and ordering from them. Also, legit reviews of companies in this space can carry a lot of weight, so you aren't completely powerless, even though it can feel that way.

Now, if the company you ordered from just vanishes, it might be time to panic, but until then, let's just blissfully enjoy our transformations into full blown junkies.
 
One thing that I find comforting is that "I am not the first one..." - there are so many before us that effectively tested the waters... that fact alone makes it all more palatable. I don't thnk I'd wanna volunteer to be the first one to try some new peptide or something like that.. but this is just new to you.. all these feelings are normal and it'll be one big nothing after a shot or two.. and perfectly normal to laugh at yourself and go "what was I worried about.." 🙂
 
kristen77 said:
I've been on rx tirz since March. Lost 45 pounds. Cannot afford to keep paying $550/month but I'm still needing to lose 15-20 more pounds plus I'm probably going to need this med for life.

I received my package from china yesterday. I'm reading everything I can, trying to gain as much knowledge as I can... I'm about to give myself my first injection and I'm terrified. I'm thinking "what am I DOING?? I'm about to inject myself with some unknown powder from CHINA?!" I got my package from amo. From the research I've done here and reddit, it's a decent company. It's just the idea of doing this, putting something unknown into my body, who knows what it could really be? No I did not send for testing. I don't have time to. I will likely send a vial for testing in the next week or so, but for now I just need my dose. I'm almost a week out from my last dose. Sorry for sounding hysterical, I'm not quite. I am just wondering, am I crazy for doing this?? Did you feel the same way when you first started grey? Thanks for any
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Jailbreak7 said:
One thing that I find comforting is that "I am not the first one..." - there are so many before us that effectively tested the waters... that fact alone makes it all more palatable. I don't thnk I'd wanna volunteer to be the first one to try some new peptide or something like that.. but this is just new to you.. all these feelings are normal and it'll be one big nothing after a shot or two.. and perfectly normal to laugh at yourself and go "what was I worried about.." 🙂
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I remember being really nervous. In fact I kinda screwed up my first injection I was so nervous, but it turned out fine. I've lost over 100 pounds and taken control of my healthcare journey in a way I hadn't realized was possible. Having said that, these days I prefer 3rd party tested from China- meaning, I "quarantine" or set aside the peps until I get independent testing results back, which can take weeks or months. Like Brute Enforcer Emeritus mentioned, Skye and Polaris are reputable domestics with super fast shipping (and i know them both, they're great guys), who 3rd party test. I once got peps in 2 days from Skye, 3 from Polaris. But i also have built a stockpile of tested stuff by now and can wait on testing. If I was new and out then yeah, I'd probably yolo, and I'm sure it would be fine.
 
Graymaxxem said:
I remember being really nervous. In fact I kinda screwed up my first injection I was so nervous, but it turned out fine. I've lost over 100 pounds and taken control of my healthcare journey in a way I hadn't realized was possible. Having said that, these days I prefer 3rd party tested from China- meaning, I "quarantine" or set aside the peps until I get independent testing results back, which can take weeks or months. Like Brute Enforcer Emeritus mentioned, Skye and Polaris are reputable domestics with super fast shipping (and i know them both, they're great guys), who 3rd party test. I once got peps in 2 days from Skye, 3 from Polaris. But i also have built a stockpile of tested stuff by now and can wait on testing. If I was new and out then yeah, I'd probably yolo, and I'm sure it would be fine.
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Thank you!! I'll look into these suppliers as well.
 
exploitedworkerbee said:
We’ve all done it and lived to tell the tale!

Really though, if you’re super worried about untested overseas (a valid concern) you can buy one very overpriced vial from one of the higher touch domestic suppliers and get it in your hands this week. Use that while you wait for testing on your discount stuff. Skye and Polaris are well-respected domestic vendors (disclosure: I used to mod a peptide-related server with the guy who runs Polaris so know him fairly well, if you think that makes me biased on the matter then disregard the suggestion). It’s never ideal to trust vendor testing, but I’d definitely trust one of those guys more than the overseas sellers considering your situation.
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Thank you for your reply!! Question-- I noticed it was very slow to draw out. Like reallllly slow. It's not thick is it? I drew back with a standard syringe 0.5cc/mL 50 unit syringe. Should I be inserting air before drawing up? Would that help?
 
kristen77 said:
Thank you for your reply!! Question-- I noticed it was very slow to draw out. Like reallllly slow. It's not thick is it? I drew back with a standard syringe 0.5cc/mL 50 unit syringe. Should I be inserting air before drawing up? Would that help?
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Yes, pushing in air will fix that problem. You can remove the plunger from a syringe, pop it into the vial (this equalizes the pressure in the vial with the surrounding environment), then while the syringe is still in the vial re-insert the plunger and push in the air. That gives you one syringe worth of positive pressure inside the vial, and makes it easy to draw out the liquid.
 
exploitedworkerbee said:
Yes, pushing in air will fix that problem. You can remove the plunger from a syringe, pop it into the vial (this equalizes the pressure in the vial with the surrounding environment), then while the syringe is still in the vial re-insert the plunger and push in the air. That gives you one syringe worth of positive pressure inside the vial, and makes it easy to draw out the liquid.
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Ahh, tysm for this! Very helpful.
 
kristen77 said:
I've been on rx tirz since March. Lost 45 pounds. Cannot afford to keep paying $550/month but I'm still needing to lose 15-20 more pounds plus I'm probably going to need this med for life.

I received my package from china yesterday. I'm reading everything I can, trying to gain as much knowledge as I can... I'm about to give myself my first injection and I'm terrified. I'm thinking "what am I DOING?? I'm about to inject myself with some unknown powder from CHINA?!" I got my package from amo. From the research I've done here and reddit, it's a decent company. It's just the idea of doing this, putting something unknown into my body, who knows what it could really be? No I did not send for testing. I don't have time to. I will likely send a vial for testing in the next week or so, but for now I just need my dose. I'm almost a week out from my last dose. Sorry for sounding hysterical, I'm not quite. I am just wondering, am I crazy for doing this?? Did you feel the same way when you first started grey? Thanks for any thoughts.
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I feel like everyone and their uncle is pinning Amo tirz right now, and there have been a ton of third party tests done on their product within the past few months. I bought a batch during their Labor Day sale and have been using it for a few weeks now and haven't keeled over dead yet, and the med definitely works as it should. I didn't test it because of the aforementioned third party tests. Take this as you will. And yes, I had a lot of anxiety immediately after pinning my first overseas tirz.
 
Thank you for this reply!! Makes me feel better about being nervous!
geoguy78 said:
I feel like everyone and their uncle is pinning Amo tirz right now, and there have been a ton of third party tests done on their product within the past few months. I bought a batch during their Labor Day sale and have been using it for a few weeks now and haven't keeled over dead yet, and the med definitely works as it should. I didn't test it because of the aforementioned third party tests. Take this as you will. And yes, I had a lot of anxiety immediately after pinning my first
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exploitedworkerbee said:
We’ve all done it and lived to tell the tale!

Really though, if you’re super worried about untested overseas (a valid concern) you can buy one very overpriced vial from one of the higher touch domestic suppliers and get it in your hands this week. Use that while you wait for testing on your discount stuff. Skye and Polaris are well-respected domestic vendors (disclosure: I used to mod a peptide-related server with the guy who runs Polaris so know him fairly well, if you think that makes me biased on the matter then disregard the suggestion). It’s never ideal to trust vendor testing, but I’d definitely trust one of those guys more than the overseas sellers considering your situation.
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Did you use the Polaris product? No Issues I am assuming. I was thinking of getting from them.
 
geoguy78 said:
I feel like everyone and their uncle is pinning Amo tirz right now, and there have been a ton of third party tests done on their product within the past few months. I bought a batch during their Labor Day sale and have been using it for a few weeks now and haven't keeled over dead yet, and the med definitely works as it should. I didn't test it because of the aforementioned third party tests. Take this as you will. And yes, I had a lot of anxiety immediately after pinning my first overseas tirz.
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I haven't been in this forum in awhile. Who is Amo? I've probably heard of them but its not ringing a bell. Been sticking to my preferred vendor lately, might shop around.
 
Why would one buy from Polaris or Skye? I am trying to understand this. My local compounding pharmacy charges $413 for a month's supply of 15mg Tirzepatide. Polaris is $459/month.
 
Just take a deep breath. I was right where you are in June 2023. I was convinced that as soon as I shot up myself, I would be passed out with a needle in my arm and my family would find me and think I was died of a heroin overdose. It is funny now but back then I really did have anxiety and even took the whole day off work in case I had complications. Fast forward, nothing happened then or at any time. The only thing that happened was weight loss.

Now it has been more than a year. I've tried all kinds of peptides. If it was that dangerous, you'd see more posts from people running to the hospital. You'd see people post warnings about what happened to them.

Yes people can have the same complications that people have from pharma meds. But honestly I don't see the same type of posts of people vomiting uncontrollably that I see on the main forums about pharma meds.
 
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You know what helped my nerves was reading at Meso RX forum. The forum for bodybuilders. They will literally inject anything and everything, sketchy stuff I wouldn't even consider. And most of them are fine, physically anyway.

Regarding weight loss peptides, from me looking at a ton of tests over the past few months. It is rare that the supplier will overfill the vial with peptide.

For vials that fail testing in a bad way, it is mostly from them trying to save a few bucks by not putting the full amount of peptide in the vial, or not putting the peptide in the vial at all. I have seen vendors switch out Tirz for Sema, but that was only when Tirz first came out and Sema was cheaper, they were just trying to save a few dollars. I've also seen purity fails but that can mean anything it can just mean the peptide chains got broken, which is not necessarily dangerous it just makes it less effective.
 
dogmom said:
You know what helped my nerves was reading at Meso RX forum. The forum for bodybuilders. They will literally inject anything and everything, sketchy stuff I wouldn't even consider. And most of them are fine, physically anyway.
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Ditto for what it's worth, it's crazy how much the human body can take.

Most are fine in the short-term at least. There are definitely some threads on there about ones that need to go on TRT for the rest of their lives because they didn't do proper post cycle therapy or post cycle therapy no longer does anything for them.
 
Love2Garden59 said:
Why would one buy from Polaris or Skye? I am trying to understand this. My local compounding pharmacy charges $413 for a month's supply of 15mg Tirzepatide. Polaris is $459/month.
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If your local compounding pharmacy is cheaper then that is probably the better option. A few reasons someone might choose a pricy domestic option vs your compound pharmacy are that they aren’t aware of the option, they don’t qualify for a prescription, they don’t have access to a doctor to write the prescription, they’re at a lower dose where the cost comparison doesn’t work out the same, they don’t have a local compounding pharmacy like yours, they want something that you won’t find at a compounding pharmacy (retatrutide, cagrilintide for example)… those are a few reasons off the top of my head. The one time I used an expensive domestic option was I wanted cagrilintide and they had it in stock at a time when the overseas guys were just getting it going and quality was all over the place.
 
Yep, this. I'd only grab a few vials as a stop gap, and didn't want to go through a dr visit and scrip, and getting set up with everything that goes with it, when I can just grab a couple vials while I wait on international shipping, or testing, etc etc.
 
kristen77 said:
I've been on rx tirz since March. Lost 45 pounds. Cannot afford to keep paying $550/month but I'm still needing to lose 15-20 more pounds plus I'm probably going to need this med for life.

I received my package from china yesterday. I'm reading everything I can, trying to gain as much knowledge as I can... I'm about to give myself my first injection and I'm terrified. I'm thinking "what am I DOING?? I'm about to inject myself with some unknown powder from CHINA?!" I got my package from amo. From the research I've done here and reddit, it's a decent company. It's just the idea of doing this, putting something unknown into my body, who knows what it could really be? No I did not send for testing. I don't have time to. I will likely send a vial for testing in the next week or so, but for now I just need my dose. I'm almost a week out from my last dose. Sorry for sounding hysterical, I'm not quite. I am just wondering, am I crazy for doing this?? Did you feel the same way when you first started grey? Thanks for any thoughts.
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For what it’s worth, I am following a similar path. I started on compound and have just bought my first gray.
I ordered one vial from Skye on Sunday and it will be here tomorrow. That will hold me over until my 10 vial kit arrives and I send out to test.
I think I have it figured out, and then I do more reading which inevitably prompts more questions. I am still finishing my last compound but I can 💯 feel you. It sounds just like how I feel every time I think about the dwindling security blanket in the fridge 🥹
 
I feel you OP, were in a very similar spot (apparently quite a few in this forum are too)
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I received my L5 kit on Monday and today I reconstituted a vial with 1ml hospira and took my first 2.5mg dose about two hours ago. Did not test or filter. Straight rawdogged the tirzzy.

No stinging, no ISR and no other oddities to report so far, just like when I was on compounded. Right before the dose I was gonna make a big turkey sandwich and now all I'm interested in is mowing the lawn.

I do think testing and filtering are good ideas and will be pursuing each in the future when it's financially viable for the added peace of mind.
 
afrayy said:
I feel you OP, were in a very similar spot (apparently quite a few in this forum are too)
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I received my L5 kit on Monday and today I reconstituted a vial with 1ml hospira and took my first 2.5mg dose about two hours ago. Did not test or filter. Straight rawdogged the tirzzy.

No stinging, no ISR and no other oddities to report so far, just like when I was on compounded. Right before the dose I was gonna make a big turkey sandwich and now all I'm interested in is mowing the lawn.

I do think testing and filtering are good ideas and will be pursuing each in the future when it's financially viable for the added peace of mind.
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