i’ve been on tirzepatide for 8 wks now, 0.5mg subq weekly. 💪 noticed appetite suppression kicks in around day 4-5, but the energy dip that comes with it is no joke. it clears by week 2, but those first few weeks are rough. anyone else experience this? i’ve been tracking my energy levels in the journal field tied to each dose entry and it’s been helpful to see the pattern. wondering if it’s just me or if this is a common side effect
that’s a sub-therapeutic ramp dose, not an effect dose.
At 0.5mg the GLP-1 receptor occupancy isn’t doing much for appetite suppression, so I’d question that being the direct driver. It’s more likely an early GIP-mediated shift in gastric motility your body is still adapting to. 📊
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check your b12 and ferritin if you haven’t recently. bariatric people, myself included (VSG 2017, started tirz in sept 2025), are often undermedicated on vitamins, which can really drag you down when calories drop. my surgeon’s office always makes me pull labs before any med changes like this. 🤔