Myth vs Fact
No, you do not need it forever
The honest answer to the most common question we are asked, and the part most people skip.
Dr. Rush · 3 min read
The question behind the question is usually: will I put it all back on.\n\nThe honest answer is that some people stay on a maintenance dose long term, some step down, and some stop. Which of those applies to you depends on how much of the change was medication and how much of it was everything around the medication.\n\nWhat we can tell you plainly: stopping abruptly without a plan is the version that goes badly. Stepping down under supervision, with the eating and training that supports it already in place, is the version that holds.\n\nWe do not know at the start which one you will be. Anyone who tells you they do is selling something.
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