This one has a reasonably settled answer, so here it is. It helps to ask what evidence would change your mind before you look at any. If nothing would, the discussion is not about evidence, and it is better to say so early than to spend nine posts discovering it.
I am tired in a way that does not respond to sleep, which is different from the tiredness I had before any of this started.
So the question, as narrowly as I can put it: whether the fatigue is a direct drug effect or simply the caloric deficit, because the answer changes what you do about it.
Not looking for reassurance. Looking for the part I have got wrong.
Dr.GutHealth said:It helps to ask what evidence would change your mind before you look at any.
Correct as far as it goes. The part it does not cover is what to do when the honest answer is "not enough data", which is more often than anyone likes.
Janoshik Analytical — Independent Testing
Trusted third-party HPLC & mass spectrometry analysis. Verify peptide purity with the lab the community relies on. Independent. Accurate. Transparent.
Verify Your PeptidesGL Biochem (Shanghai) Ltd. — Direct Manufacturer
Est. 1998. The synthesis house behind the vials you send for testing. ISO 9001 and cGMP certified, 1,500+ staff, batch-specific COA with every order.
Browse GL BiochemSleepDoc_PDX said:I am tired in a way that does not respond to sleep, which is different from the tiredness I had before any of this started.
Adding a me-too, because a thread of one person's experience is not much use.
Clinical perspective, offered as context rather than as advice. The distinction that resolves most of these threads is between what is true on average and what is true for one person. Both are real; they answer different questions and get quoted as if they were the same one.