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...turned to compound GLP1 - and later Zepbound and eventually, grey retatrutide - only after I exhausted every standard option...diet, exercise, thyroid medication, testosterone, orlistat, phentermine, and all of the above. It took self introspection and a compromise in pride to finally try...

If not GLP1s, then you may as well go with small molecules; shit like buproprion, naltrexone, phentermine, etc.

...doses and not supplementing to support it. The legal issues don't concern me in the slightest. It's not for everyone, and it's not to be taken lightly, but clen isn't exactly "smoking PCP" level dangerous. Doctors will happily prescribe you phentermine without being upfront with the risks.

That sounds frustrating - but your dedication is impressive! Back in 2016 I weighed almost 300lb. I started a low carb diet (primarily as a therapeutic protocol for intractable epilepsy) and ended up losing 160lb in less than a year ( View...

...it wasn't wahhhh I didnt lose my weight in a week thing, lol) kick boxing, yoga, pilates, barre, swimming, sauna & boot camp (some were with light weights too) & was measuring food, intermittent fasting + had to be gluten free for 3 years. I was even prescribed phentermine & barely lost a few...

That’s a really solid run. And honestly, the fact you pulled it back down after creeping up is huge. Most people don’t. You’ve basically shown you can lose it, gain a bit, and then rein it back in. That matters more than just a straight drop. At this point (70.5 to 68), it’s not really about...

...things have gotten out of hand. That 100kg number looming I thought was so ridiculous yet there I was. Went to the doctor and started on phentermine, stayed on that til end of July. Lost 15kgs. Sometime after that I started Sema. LW 69.7kg (April 2024) 30kg loss in 15 months During 2024 I...

...on these medications and absolutely no studies about changing pathways in the same period (e.g. adding an amylin receptor agonist, adding phentermine/topiramate, or even metformin). I remember an interview a while back with Dr. Jastreboff, the lead researcher on most of the tirzepatide...

That's great & not a high dose!! I didn't have an appetite since before. I just couldn't lose no matter what (even tried phentermine, etc also). It just gets discouraging when you hear people losing 10-12+ lbs a month & took me over 2, now the past 3 weeks just a bit over 2lbs loss. I know its...

SW: 309 CW: 214 Protocols: Phentermine: June '23 - July '23 Wegovy: Nov '23 - Mar '24 - .5mg Tirz: May '24 (2.5mg) - Dec '26 (15mg) Titrated down to 3mg - Jan '26 - Mar '26 Now: week 3 of Reta .75mg/3mg of Tirz

...weight loss after the 12-15 months. What we don't know is what happens after the window if the patient switches to reta or adds phentermine, phentermine/topiramate, or naltrexone/bupropion to tirzepatide in combination. Will that carry the patient to "goal". I'm not sure that there is...

We were similarly raised. I hear you and I see you. I celebrate your 8 pounds!! I'm glad you're here.

...etc). Nothing I could do would allow me to lose weight. Dieting (tried every one under the sun & never stopped). Even no appetite, barely eating could not lose. Drs etc no answers. Not even on Phentermine, etc. I'm very new (about 5 weeks), but this is the 1st time ever that I lost 8lbs so far.

I stopped taking phentermine due to heart racing so I’m researching but also hesitant about Ms Reta

Qsymia if not covered by someones insurance (mine wasn't) Dr can prescribe phentermine and topiramate as separate scripts

I just had a doctor suggest stacking it with Sema to get the last 30 pounds off. So I did a search for any mentions of Qsymia. I was also considering Tesifensine

I got all excited on one of them, and thought I'd found a new drama thread to read, then discovered midway through that I was an active participant in it. Man, my memory is NOT what it used to be, and I'm not old enough for that to be the case!

Stimulants may also help give a weight loss boost in the short term, such as seeing an obesity specialist about phentermine. Jardiance is another option for polypharmacy (and the brand name is available direct from India). For potentially aggressive stacking, I like the posts by @Super Trips...

Bumping with more info against the use of AOD, recommending alternatives instead like GLPs and GH peptides (sermorelin and tesamorelin): Safety and Efficacy of Approved and Unapproved Peptide Therapies for Musculoskeletal Injuries and Athletic Performance (2025)

Gemini puts orfo in the same category as sema for effectiveness:

Thank you for sharing!!

...see this in the studies, which are focused on just one drug, but many of our patients are on combination therapy. They're on a GLP-1 drug plus phentermine/topiramate plus metformin, and more. They're usually on three, four, five drugs, similar to what we would see with resistant hypertension."

Watchn this thread. I was prescripted phentermine (duramine) in australia, I found that I was so effective and alert and awake all the time. I became dependant on the uplift and focus it provided me. I dont know if I have ADHD or any other condition, but being tired all the time is something I...

...I am down 25lbs in 16 weeks!!!!! This was after the scale not budging despite tons of gym time, intermittent fasting, a juice cleanse and phentermine. My first month was on 2mg of Tirz under the care of an NP friend. Bumped up to 4mg for month 2 and then went up to 5mg. Went gray because I am...

A similar thing easy to forget in the peptide hype is that it takes longer with peptides, compared to traditional taboo pharma like stimulants and AAS. Teso would fall under traditional pharma too, compared to the peptide tesa, which has a longer timeline:

that crap is cheap meth stay away from it

I was briefly on jardiance + mounjaro when I was initially switching over, and that dried me out hard. I felt like I could not drink enough water no matter what.

Like you I’ve struggled with my weight my entire life. Started GLP1 at a local med spas on 2022 and then through Mochi. I had heard about “peptide from China” and was so dismissive of it all. SMH Anyways, I finally came to my senses a few months ago. This group has been extremely helpful for a...

...stalls from studying that compared to the black box of CICO. Even without diabetes, obesity specialists will sometimes add metformin, phentermine, or another medication (that insurance would approve) to help increase the effectiveness of a GLP. Generic Jardiance is available from India for...

Your bolded line reminded me of me this weekend. I saw an ambulance chaser ad about Wegovy, listing known side effects that are common knowledge. Like you, I don't understand the irresponsibility (you KNOW it has side effects when you take it) and it made me wonder if lawsuits were going to...

...song to me (look it up) and liked to poke my belly and coo like the Pillsbury Dough Boy. After my first divorce at 22 I took my first Phentermine pill and thought I was living again!💃 When I was 31 I decided to have Roux n Y Gastric Bypass surgery that changed my life as a mother of 3 young...

Teso is a reuptake inhibitor. An SNDRI to be more precise. It doesn’t directly increase the amount of any neurotransmitter, it slows their reabsorption by blocking transporter proteins on the presynaptic neuron. This keeps the neurotransmitters in the synaptic cleft longer, increasing their...

Yeah, a pill splitter is your best friend, and I would cycle to avoid the body getting too used to any stimulant. Clen has a long half life for a stimulant, which is a plus in my book. I can only get it in 40 mcg, so I split it to take 20 mcg once or twice a day. But I have also taken 40 mcg...

...That was my take on it and I decided I would taper off and perhaps, use occasionally. The Clen has it's own set of challenges as does phentermine, modafinil, and armodafinil. I am currently sticking to MOTS and B12, ensuring that I have plenty of electrolytes and protein in my diet. I am...

...start at a smaller dose than even the starting dose to mitigate some risk. If you need more time, you can buy time with a stimulant like phentermine, such as from an internist/PCP who specializes in obesity. (I love stimulants, haha.) I lost a decent amount of weight on phentermine, but I...

By the way, regarding the stimulants mentioned in this thread:

Thanks for the feedback!! I plan to titrate up today, but my biggest issue with Tirz has been the lack of energy at higher dosages. I just feel drained all of the time. I will switch the stack order for MOT-C / SS-31. Do you know why some prefer it in that order?

...weight loss. So, as you know, there's always a way to justify any peptide :) But you may be better off with a very cheap stimulant (like phentermine or very off-label clenbuterol) or other medication during a slump/slowdown compared to a non-GLP peptide. And, of course, there are a million...

A nice cup of tea, haha. I do like the V8 energy drinks, and (less so) a functional, low-acid coffee called Everyday Dose (which doesn't taste as good as plain coffee). Maybe a very low dose of the phentermine, like a tablet cut in 4? Or a caffeine tablet, whole or cut in half.

Gah! Can't do it. Do you have a runner up? LOL

...felt on metformin was diarrhea :) I took it a couple years ago. It may have prevented weight gain, and my A1c went down a little (like from 6.1 to 5.9). The phentermine (which I liked more) helped with some weight loss and probably gave some energy boost. But no jitters or anything like...

I’ve read a LOT of great things about Metformin. Everything from improving blood sugar to making people live longer. Does it make you feel anything?

It’s unfortunately the same stall. So I swapped right over and I am still stalled. I would say that the food noise and fullness is about the same as it was when I was taking Sema a few weeks ago. Thank you for replying!

...has always seemed interesting to me anyway (despite costing $90 a month or so). Other options include adding a non-GLP medication like phentermine or metformin. Another way to manage a stall (mostly from the world of "bro science" but it applies to women too) is to focus on gaining muscle...

Experience of a non-traditional responder:

Reta does come to mind since it can be stimulating (and raise heart rate) like phentermine. So that may be worth trying the next time there is money to burn :) But a non-GLP I came across is teso (tablets), which is stimulating like phentermine but can be taken longer-term...

According to this article, you may want to ask your doctor to add phentermine or Qsymia (phentermine/topiramate): https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/why-do-glp-1-drugs-stop-working-and-what-do-about-it-2024a10000ti I have not tried Qsymia myself, but it seems very promising. It is a...

...garbage for the whole 5 months. Then I switched to grey market tirz for 4 months and felt better but didn’t lose any weight until I added phentermine for appetite suppression. I stopped the tirz because it wasn’t working and switched to Contrave over some blood pressure concerns. I had crazy...