For post-bypass, what semaglutide dose made a difference?

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i had gastric bypass back in 2014, so my situation is a little different than someone starting fresh. Been on semaglutide for about 11 mos now, down 34 pounds. It’s been slower than some, which my doc said might be the case. For others here who’ve also had bariatric surgery and are on semaglutide, at what dose did you really start to feel it?

I’m not just talking about the scale moving, though that’s obviously part of it. I mean the quietness of the food noise, that feeling of not constantly thinking about food. That’s a big deal after living with it coming back for so long. Or the actual shift in cravings.

I know for a lot of people who haven’t had bypass, the lower doses like 0.25 or 0.5mg make a big impact pretty quick. My surgeon said it might be different for us because our bodies are already adjusted to a different level of restriction and nutrient absorption, and our hunger signals are wired differently post-op. Just wondering if that’s been the case for others. Did you hit 1.0mg or higher before you felt a real shift in appetite control or the other benefits?

Or was it earlier for you? Curious what people’s experiences have been with that specific feeling of things actually shifting haha

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your surgeon’s observation that post-bypass bodies are “wired differently” after surgery is such an important piece. The way hunger signals get integrated can shift again when semaglutide enters that complex picture. What sometimes gets called “food noise” returning, or a plateau in the feeling of quietness, can actually be the body still adapting to changes

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it’s a critical distinction to ask when you really feel it post-bypass, because the mechanisms influencing hunger and satiety are already operating on an altered landscape. the ‘quietness of the food noise’ you’re hoping for could be coming from central nervous system effects, but for someone with altered gastric emptying from surgery, that signal might be

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your surgeon’s point about rewired hunger signals makes so much sense.

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that sense of “quietness of the food noise” is exactly what i felt, but the baseline shift from bypass definitely makes me wonder if the receptor occupancy needs a longer runway. those rewired hunger signals are doing a lot more than just physical restriction.

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food noise quietness: same here lol