fustbariclation
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Other
I was lucky to be one of the first people to be prescribed Tirzepatide on the new NHS anti-diabetes programme, that started in June 2025.
I have now been taking Mounjaro for 100 days. I'm pleased to say that I've had no negative side-effects at all. So far, I've lost 11kg.
I have, though, been surprised by some of the positive side-effects that I'd not expected. I am interested to know if there have been similar experiences with other people:
- Within a few days, continuing until now, I've felt a very positive effect on mood. Euphoria, mainly. I've often had the impulse to laugh out loud with delight, or start singing or whistling. My mood was somewhat dampened by having Covid for a week or so, but, even then, I was a lot more positive than I'd have expected.
- I have an inherited chromosomal abnormality called 'Leiden Factor V', that makes blood clot too readily. Long before the aetiology was known, it killed my grandmother (phlebitis), and my brother (pulmonary embolism). I am on warfarin for life to reduce the risk. I have, though, had a number of DVTs (Deep Vein Thromboses) in my left leg. So my let calf has been very swollen, red, hot to the touch, and with unpleasantly itchy veinous eczema... Over the past few weeks, this has change dramatically. I think it is largely a result of the anti-inflammatory nature of tirzepatide. The swelling has gone down so much that my left and right calves look fairly similar in size. The colour has changed from an angry red to a pinkish tinge. The eczema has almost completely gone, and the calf is no longer hot to the touch.
- I have always been prone to hayfever and atopic eczema. Over the past few weeks, the eczema has also almost completely disappeared, with no sores on my hands or elbows. It has been a profound and welcome change.
- I have found myself much more awake and alert, with much more energy than previously.
- I know that the reduction in 'food noise' is a common symptom, but I've been interested in how much it has changed my approach to carbohydrates, that I now seem mainly to be against. Usually, I'd have a piece of toast under eggs, and they seemed wrong, without it, but, now, they are perfectly OK on their own.
- The effect of alcohol, has changed. A glass of wine, that, previously, would have made little difference, now has me feeling quite squiffy, and, after a few glasses, I need to go to bed. We had, previously, had a few glasses of wine once a week, but now I feel, quite often, that I'd rather not have any.
OK. That's enough. Sorry to go on. As I said, I'm interested to know of you've had similar experiences.
I have now been taking Mounjaro for 100 days. I'm pleased to say that I've had no negative side-effects at all. So far, I've lost 11kg.
I have, though, been surprised by some of the positive side-effects that I'd not expected. I am interested to know if there have been similar experiences with other people:
- Within a few days, continuing until now, I've felt a very positive effect on mood. Euphoria, mainly. I've often had the impulse to laugh out loud with delight, or start singing or whistling. My mood was somewhat dampened by having Covid for a week or so, but, even then, I was a lot more positive than I'd have expected.
- I have an inherited chromosomal abnormality called 'Leiden Factor V', that makes blood clot too readily. Long before the aetiology was known, it killed my grandmother (phlebitis), and my brother (pulmonary embolism). I am on warfarin for life to reduce the risk. I have, though, had a number of DVTs (Deep Vein Thromboses) in my left leg. So my let calf has been very swollen, red, hot to the touch, and with unpleasantly itchy veinous eczema... Over the past few weeks, this has change dramatically. I think it is largely a result of the anti-inflammatory nature of tirzepatide. The swelling has gone down so much that my left and right calves look fairly similar in size. The colour has changed from an angry red to a pinkish tinge. The eczema has almost completely gone, and the calf is no longer hot to the touch.
- I have always been prone to hayfever and atopic eczema. Over the past few weeks, the eczema has also almost completely disappeared, with no sores on my hands or elbows. It has been a profound and welcome change.
- I have found myself much more awake and alert, with much more energy than previously.
- I know that the reduction in 'food noise' is a common symptom, but I've been interested in how much it has changed my approach to carbohydrates, that I now seem mainly to be against. Usually, I'd have a piece of toast under eggs, and they seemed wrong, without it, but, now, they are perfectly OK on their own.
- The effect of alcohol, has changed. A glass of wine, that, previously, would have made little difference, now has me feeling quite squiffy, and, after a few glasses, I need to go to bed. We had, previously, had a few glasses of wine once a week, but now I feel, quite often, that I'd rather not have any.
OK. That's enough. Sorry to go on. As I said, I'm interested to know of you've had similar experiences.