10mg tirzepatide — strongest appetite suppression I've felt

Currently at 10mg on tirzepatide and weighing whether to move up or stay here a bit longer. I stayed on the starter dose an extra month and it was the right call. Did your appetite come back at all on the higher dose.

The creeping hunger thing matches my experience too, though mine came back around week five on the same dose. Lost most of my 47 lbs without ever going past it, so staying put a while longer sounds smart to me.

Hunger came roaring back for me around week three on 10, but since I'm only down about 4 lbs I didn't sweat it too much. If it stays quiet for you like it has so far, staying put a couple months seems like the play.

I got that same day-five rumble and figured it was just my body doing its thing, not a sign to move up. Down 72 lbs and never left this dose, so no regrets parking here.

Only 17 lbs in so I'm a bit behind you all, but the day-five hunger creeping back is exactly what I noticed too and it freaked me out at first. Hearing that you can lose serious weight without ever leaving a dose makes me feel better about not rushing upward.

Down 55 lbs mostly on 10 myself and appetite stays pretty muted here. Only get a little rumble around day five, which honestly feels like a normal hunger signal coming back. If it aint broke, I'd ride it out.

I hung out at 10 for three extra months and the hunger stayed quiet the whole time, no reason to rush it. When mine finally crept back a little, that's what told me it was time, not the calendar. You already know from stretching your starter dose that patience pays off here.

The hunger creep around day five used to panic me too, but my loss kept chugging along anyway — down 35 lbs and still not in a rush to go up. If 10mg is giving you the strongest suppression yet, that sounds like a good spot to sit for another month like you did at the start.

My day-five hunger hit around week three on 10 and never got worse than a mild nudge, so I stopped reading it as a problem. Down 63 lbs without ever bumping up, and honestly those small hunger signals make eating enough protein easier. No rush to climb if you're still losing where you are.

Sitting at 10 myself and had the same day-five return of hunger, kept waiting for it to get worse and it never did. I'm down around 65 lbs without going higher, and honestly a bit of appetite coming back made hitting my protein way less of a fight. Since you're getting the best suppression you've felt yet, staying put another month worked well for me when I was in the same spot.

Down 42 lbs and the hunger definitely whispers by day five for me too, but it never drowned out the suppression completely. I stayed put when I hit that strongest-suppression feeling and my loss kept going, so sitting another month sounds like a solid call.

10 was where my appetite quieted down the most too, and I sat there two extra months before deciding it was enough. Fifty-ish pounds in for me and the loss kept coming at that level, so no rush to climb if you're still dropping. Some hunger did creep back after a while but it was mild, more like normal appetite than the old noise.

I learned not to lie down right after eating.

Still early on my own journey at 1.7 semaglutide so I can't compare doses, but the pattern here makes sense to me — hunger creeping back a little seems to be part of the deal for a lot of people. Reading that yours at 10 stayed mild and more like normal appetite than food noise is honestly reassuring for where I'm headed.

How are you finding the higher dose so far? Hit goal weight this morning, still in shock.

At 10 I also found the hunger that came back felt like real appetite instead of the constant food chatter, which honestly made eating feel normal again. I sat at that level until losses pretty much stopped before considering a move, and staying an extra month at a lower dose first worked the same way for me.

Congrats on hitting goal, that's huge. I'm on 5 Zepbound and down 77 lbs so far, and my plan is the same as yours — hang at a dose until things stall before even thinking about moving up. The extra month at a lower level is what made 5 hit so well for me too.

Down about 30 myself and the same thing happened to me when I bumped up — a little hunger crept back around week three but it was actual hunger, not the all-day noise, and it settled again after a bit. I gave each dose a solid two months before deciding and that pacing is the only reason the moves went smoothly for me.

Honestly by month three the side effects basically disappeared. Keep going, seriously.

The staying-put approach has been working for me too — I lingered at 5 until the hunger crept back, and that pause made the jump way smoother. I'm down about 22 lbs and honestly in no rush to climb. If 10 is crushing your appetite this hard, I'd ride it out.