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Sulfur burps AND nausea, rough week

Started by BusySwimmer599 · · 39 replies · 1,446 views
#2

The sulfur burps were brutal for me early on at 2.5 too. Eating my last meal at least 3 hours before bed and sleeping slightly propped up made a big difference for the reflux. Downsides faded a lot as my stomach adjusted over a few weeks.

#3

The sulfur burps plus reflux combo wrecked my sleep too early on. What helped me was finishing dinner at least three hours before bed and keeping the head of the mattress raised a bit. I'm down 23 lbs and those nights are way behind me now, so it does get better.

#4

The burps were brutal for me around week 6 too -- I found eating my last meal well before bed helped more than anything, since lying down flat made the reflux so much worse. Also skipped anything greasy in the evenings and that cut the nausea down a lot. At 15 lbs down I wasn't going to let a rough week derail me and you shouldn't either.

#5

The sulfur burps were the worst part of my first few months, and eating my last meal at least three hours before lying down made a real difference for the reflux and sleep. Small dinners on shot days helped me too. It does ease up as your body adjusts.

#6

Only 4 lbs in myself so I'm right in the thick of it with you, but the earlier dinner thing is real -- I stopped eating after 6 and the 3am reflux wakeups basically stopped. Ginger chews got me through the worst of the burp days too. Hang in there, sounds like it eases up for most people past the first stretch.

#7

I had the sulfur burps bad early on too, and elevating the head of my bed made a bigger difference for the nighttime reflux than anything I ate or didn't eat. Smaller dinners helped me as well, especially shot days. Hang in there, it eased up for me once I got further in.

#8

The sulfur burps hit me hardest on weeks I ate heavy dinners, so I switched to my biggest meal at lunch and it made a real difference for the nighttime reflux. Also stopped eating within a couple hours of lying down, which let me actually sleep through. Losing 4 lbs with a rough week like that is still solid progress.

#9

The sulfur burps were brutal for me the first month too. Eating dinner way earlier and keeping it small made the biggest difference for my sleep. Once the reflux eased up, the weight started coming off more consistently.

#10

The reflux hit me hard on Trulicity too, especially at night. I stopped eating within a few hours of lying down and that alone made the sulfur burps way more bearable. Weirdly, down 68 lbs the reflux is basically gone now, so hang in there.

#11

The reflux was my worst side effect too, worse than the sulfur burps. Sleeping more upright and leaving a few hours between dinner and lying down made a real difference for me on 7.5. It faded for me around week three or four, hang in there.

#12

The sulfur burps hit me hardest those first couple months too. Eating dinner earlier and keeping it light made a real difference for my sleep, and the burps faded for me around week ten once my stomach adjusted. Down 38 lbs now so it was worth pushing through, but the sleep disruption part is genuinely rough.

#13

The sulfur burps hit me hard on Saxenda too, and eating smaller dinners earlier in the evening helped me stop waking up refluxing. Down 42 lbs now and the nights are way better, so it does ease up for a lot of us. Sleeping slightly propped up made a difference for me as well.

#14

I slept propped up on two pillows during my worst reflux stretch and that alone made a difference. Dinner at least three hours before bed helped too, and by week five it had mostly settled down for me. Hang in there, it does get easier.

#15

The sulfur burps hit me hardest around week three too. Eating dinner earlier made a real difference for my sleep, and the burps faded once my stomach adjusted. Down 16 lbs despite the reflux misery, so it does get better.

#16

Sulfur burps were brutal for me too, sleeping propped up on an extra pillow made a real difference. Smaller dinners helped more than anything else -- going to bed with a mostly empty stomach cut the nighttime reflux way down.

#17

The reflux hit me hard around week 3 too, and I found keeping dinner small and staying upright a couple hours before bed made a real difference. Sleeping slightly propped up helped me stop waking up with that burn. Hang in there, it faded for me once my stomach adjusted.

#18

Sleeping more upright on some extra pillows cut my reflux a lot on the 0.5 dose. Sulfur burps faded for me once dinner got smaller and earlier. Hang in there, the first stretch was the worst part for me too.

#19

The sulfur burps were brutal for me the first couple months, especially at night. Sleeping propped up on an extra pillow and keeping dinner small and early made a big difference for me. It faded as my body adjusted, hang in there.

#20

The sulfur burps wrecked my sleep too when I started at the lowest dose, eating lighter dinners and not lying down right after helped more than anything. Also cutting back greasy food made a bigger difference than I expected. It got way more tolerable for me after the first stretch.

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