Stopping Retatrutide, Semaglutide, or Tirzepatide

I went onto a low dose of Tirz for maintenance to keep food noise under control and expect to stay on it long term because it noticeably improves how I feel day to day. The better approach seems to be finding the smallest dose that keeps weight stable once you near your goal, then either lowering further or spacing shots out more. Moving from Reta to Tirz could also be worth considering since it appears gentler overall and carries extra health upsides. A long-term plan makes sense because people who simply quit GLPs usually regain the weight. Losing both fat and muscle on the way down, then regaining mostly fat on the way back up, is common and not ideal for health.

Five pounds from goal after dropping 55 and starting to plan ahead. I will probably step down slowly from 8 mg to 4 mg then maybe 2 mg depending on how things go. I plan to keep using Reta as long as my supply lasts.

It really comes down to how strong your hunger and food fixation were before you started losing. Some people drop fifteen pounds from one bowel movement, so if that is not you then you should be fine.

Hard to find real experiences about stopping because most people here intend to keep going. If the medication stops working long term that would be a problem. From what I have heard, expect to gain around thirty pounds once you quit.

I have no plans to ever stop Tirz because of the other benefits besides weight loss. Still a ways from goal, but the two main ideas at that point seem to be stretching doses out, with some reaching once a month, or slowly lowering until weight starts climbing again. The studies indicate most people will regain if they stop completely.

Taper as slowly as you can because hunger returns hard and hits like a truck, so be prepared for that.

On 15 mg of Tirz for the past six months and that is my current maintenance approach. Also added 1 mg of Eloralintide. These kits are not going to use themselves.

The only people I know who quit GLPs successfully were only mildly overweight from poor habits and the medication helped them change those habits. Every study I have seen shows weight returning close to the starting point after stopping. Continued dosing kept weight off for about eighty percent of people, so even with ongoing use roughly twenty percent still regained some. Why would anyone want to stop when new benefits keep appearing, such as better insulin sensitivity, lower inflammation, and improved cancer survival rates? With affordable access it is hard to justify quitting. These medications finally let me bulk and cut properly instead of cycling through bad weight gain and crash diets. I am most ready to add muscle right after a cut, so maintenance is usually short for me. I thought I would taper to a lower dose but it looks like I need my current dose to hold steady.

Lifer. Trying to space doses farther apart but planning to stay on indefinitely.