Considering ozempic… really struggling with weight gain, I have pcos, and dieting is not helping. Is ozempic any good?

Takes a while to get used to. I experienced lots of nausea at first, but since I only take it weekly it wasn’t too bad and I figured as long as I don’t overeat while I’m on it, the nausea is a lot more manageable. I have lost 80 pounds and my A1C has been between 5.8 to 6.3 over the last few tests.

I have PCOS too but my period is now regular.

Thanks. May I know how much you pay for your Ozempic?

For diabetes, my insurance paid for my GLP-1, but since surgery, I haven't had to take any insulin or any of my other diabetic meds, I'm in remission. Taking a GLP-1 for weight loss is short lived. Once you stop taking it, the hunger returns and your body will bounce back. That's my experience anyway.

On 7/19/2025 at 7:52 PM, JamalR93 said:

Thanks. May I know how much you pay for your Ozempic?

I actually pay for my own now because my company changed insurance, and Ozempic wasn’t covered even though I have t2. So I get mine from slimvive and I pay $599 for 0.5mg. 0.25mg is $499 last I checked. Their Ozempic is legitimate and not like the compounds from Noom and Hims/Hers which aren’t reviewed by the FDA. It’s the cheapest real Ozempic I could find, which they give you as part of their fitness and health program.

I started Ozempic 2 years ago. Started at 0.25, now taking 1mg. I was 365 lbs then and have since lost around 90 plus. But I’m still overweight that’s why my doctor recommended to up the dose, and my A1C is still over the goal anyway, 7.5 as of this writing.

My advice when you’re on it is if you feel just slightly full when you’re having a meal, STOP eating. Trust me. You either puke all of it the next morning or you get diarrhea (luckily mine wasn’t so severe). And if you have pre-existing GI issues it might not be for you- me and my wife have T2 and she took it with me at the start but couldn’t handle the stomach problems. She’s back to insulin, even metformin makes her sick by the way. It breaks her heart that she couldn’t lose as much weight as me because of PCOS as well so I at least sympathize with you, although she might try Zepbound very soon.

That said I consider my experience with Ozempic very positive because my eyesight is now a lot better, and I feel my hands and legs more, a lot less cravings, etc. etc. long story short Ozempic saved my life and the side effects are worth it at least for me.

5 hours ago, LiamAM83 said:

I actually pay for my own now because my company changed insurance, and Ozempic wasn’t covered even though I have t2. So I get mine from slimvive and I pay $599 for 0.5mg. 0.25mg is $499 last I checked. Their Ozempic is legitimate and not like the compounds from Noom and Hims/Hers which aren’t reviewed by the FDA. It’s the cheapest real Ozempic I could find, which they give you as part of their fitness and health program.

Ok. How many days did it take you to get approved by their program?

5 hours ago, reggaeman said:

I started Ozempic 2 years ago. Started at 0.25, now taking 1mg. I was 365 lbs then and have since lost around 90 plus. But I’m still overweight that’s why my doctor recommended to up the dose, and my A1C is still over the goal anyway, 7.5 as of this writing.

My advice when you’re on it is if you feel just slightly full when you’re having a meal, STOP eating. Trust me. You either puke all of it the next morning or you get diarrhea (luckily mine wasn’t so severe). And if you have pre-existing GI issues it might not be for you- me and my wife have T2 and she took it with me at the start but couldn’t handle the stomach problems. She’s back to insulin, even metformin makes her sick by the way. It breaks her heart that she couldn’t lose as much weight as me because of PCOS as well so I at least sympathize with you, although she might try Zepbound very soon.

That said I consider my experience with Ozempic very positive because my eyesight is now a lot better, and I feel my hands and legs more, a lot less cravings, etc. etc. long story short Ozempic saved my life and the side effects are worth it at least for me.

I take lantus and metformin ER and have no GI issues. thank you for your reply.

1 hour ago, JamalR93 said:

Ok. How many days did it take you to get approved by their program?

It took me less than an hour after booking an appointment. And then I received my package in 4 days.

In just 5 months, I was no longer obese. Still overweight, yes but my relationship with food is now more balanced. My fasting bg was usually between 160-180 but now I’m within the ideal range most of the time. The side effects are all true and I was worried they were gonna get worse but after a month, my experience got milder. I sometimes still get diarrhea after 3-5 days of injecting but it’s so tame compared to the horror stories I read from people online.

I originally lost one hundred pounds with a gastric sleeve. I maintained it for eight years and then over the last three I had a fifty pound creep. I went on Wegovy last October and have lost forty of the fifty. I just moved up to the highest dose this week as I want to nudge the last ten.

When I first started Wegovy, I felt ill the first two days after taking it. Nausea, headache, tiredness. All of that has faded,except mild nausea occasionally and constipation. I take MiraLAX for the constipation.

I tried Ozempic, but since I already had IBS, it was horrible for me. I was nauseated 100% of the time, no matter what I did or did not eat. It also did not affect my a1c at all, so I switched to a different med. just remember that if one medication doesn’t work, there are others out there.

Hey everyone, thanks for sharing your experiences with Ozempic. I’m on Type 2 and starting one of the GLP-1s last year, and what you’ve described lines up pretty closely with me—nausea early on, big swings in hunger, slower meals, mood shifts. Some days feel way better than others, but over time things do settle down a lot.

A friend of mine actually went to DrNewmed for Tirzepatide, and they found it helped more with cravings and blood sugar. The side effects were similar at first, but they adjusted fairly quickly. Might be worth asking your doctor about if you’re curious.