Any advice?

Any advice for increasing dose and spacing vs. lowering the dose and dealing with intense rebound hunger??

My plan starting next month is to try increasing to 15 mg and see if I can make it to 10-12 days between shots.

Here is my experience so far:

I’ve been trying to ease into maintenance over the past few weeks. I just hit 100 lbs lost this past week. My biggest issue was binge eating and mindless snacking all through grad school and then gaining a ton of weight during pregnancy that did not magically melt off during breastfeeding.

I think my fear in spacing is losing control that the med has helped me gain with overeating. It’s been so freeing to not have to worry about IF I will overeat.

-I’ve been on 12.5 mg and lost about 10 lbs a month on every dose I’ve been on. Except for this past month, I tried spacing and eating more. I lost about 5 lbs.

• I talked to my doctor about a maintenance plan and she suggested increasing the dose to 15 mg and spacing out to every 2 weeks to save money.

• I tried spacing out my 12.5 mg dose and found I can’t make it past day 8/9. It’s incredibly uncomfortable.

When I was on doses 7.5 mg and lower I felt the appetite suppression wear off around day 5 and I really struggled to make it through the week. On 12.5 I feel hungry during three week but do not overeat and I make it to day 7 no problem.

I am using the coupon so cost is a factor and I would love to be able to take it only twice a month.