Who is currently or was previously above a 15mg dose?

[swimmer]

I was on 2.0 semi for over a year. Lost a little while quitting nicotine. The last 6 months there was no weight loss. I switched to tirz and quickly ramped up to 15 with no side effects. Started losing 1 - 2 lbs per week. After 3 month the weight loss leveled off. I read an article about a study that men might not lose as much as women on tirz possibly because of dose restriction at 15. I increased to 20 per week and still had no side effects. I started dropping at 1 - 2 lbs per week again. I have been at 20 for 3 months. Weight is still dropping at 1 to 2 pounds a week.

 

[MariMar95]

Id love to hear about your experiences above the normal max dose of 15mg.

If you're currently dosing 15mg every 6 or 5 days, you're above 15mg a week btw

I've been at 15mg every 6 days for just starting my 9th week now. That's basically the same as a weekly 17.5mg dose.

I know a lot are afraid of the fabled 15mg and "there's nowhere to go from there", and I was in that camp too. I did a few weeks of 6mg before going to 7.5 just because I was responding so well, but eventually I said fuck it for science lmao. I wanted to see how the higher doses were and i was already losing fast. I'm also planning on finding the lowest effective dose for maintaining, so why not push the meds a bit? Lol

I did 3 weeks of 10mg every 7 days, 3 weeks of 10mg every 6 days, and then skipped 12.5 because fuck it science lmao 12.5 is a lame dose anyway and went to 15mg for a couple of weeks. I preferred the every 6 days dosing, so moved to that a couple months back which is effitcely a 17.5mg weekly dose.

I had my highest % of weight lost in December at that dose, even though I had already lost 75lbs and was getting close to my goal. I expected the weight loss to slow down as I got closer and closer to my goal, but the 17.5 is straight melting me like butter.

Side effect wise, nothing really to report other than the regular fatigue, but I've been dealing with that since week 1. Never really had any other sides with other doses, so this wasn't really unexpected.

I'm considering moving to 15mg every 5 days for the last 15-20 pounds I have left for no real reason other than to try it

Who else is pushing the meds and how's it been?

Hey! I did a few weeks of a higher-dose compounded GLP-1 (15 mg weekly) but was losing weight too fast so my doctor put me down to 10 mg weekly. Been on that dose since late December, down about 30 lbs. This was a short-term experience with above-standard dosing rather than ongoing, so I may not have the same perspective you're looking for. The rapid weight loss (about 4-5 lbs per week) was concerning to my healthcare provider, which is why we reduced the dose. No new side effects at this point compared to when I was on the higher dose - the main difference was just the speed of weight loss.