See, I need to read this, so thanks. I've been on the struggle bus since the end of the year in terms of plateauing. But for probably stupid reasons: I'm still only at 12-13mg of tirz (I don't really care about that little difference especially as the COA fills mean any vial from the batch could be 2-5mg more than the purchased volume - love those overfills!) and feel like I'd be admitting some sort of personal defeat if I give in to the posted max speed limit of 15mg. Like I really, really want to have success with the lowest effective dose. And yet, having been on tirz for 17 months, coming within reach of my goal is a good enough reason to finally do so. It's not a magic number I'm looking for, although I lost almost 40 pounds in that first year, but more so all the "me" that I can still grab and squish as I pin, and that jiggles when I wiggle.
From Jan - mid March this year I tried reducing the tirz (down to 8-10mg) and added in reta starting with 1mg and stopping at 4. Even when I was at the 1.5-2mg with the reta, I hated the sides - GI roulette, elevated HR, cold, crap sleep, etc. I wish reta and sema didn't hate me so much, so I'm still sticking my BFF tirz who has done me no wrong with zero sides.
I'd love to add some cagri but really need to pause my pep purchases for a few months.
Since I have enough tirz to count the years on both hands, I think I need to bite the bullet and just up the tirz. I don't like waking up feeling hungry (even though I thankfully never end up eating as my coffee and water suffice until lunch) and I don't feel as full as I want to when I do eat.