Diarrhea vs constipation on GLP-1 — need advice

dan_philly said:

Keep the original post as written when you update it, and add the correction underneath.

That reframing is the part I needed. Adding it to my notes with a link back to this thread.

OP back with an update, since a thread like this is useless without one.

Update — the osmotic agent was the thing. I had been reaching for a stimulant, which was making the next day worse.

BenResearch_OR said:

Update — the osmotic agent was the thing.

This is my experience too, for whatever a second data point is worth.

BenResearch_OR said:

Update — the osmotic agent was the thing.

There is a second half to this that has not been said yet. The honest answer is that the effect is real, the magnitude is contested, and the individual variation is larger than either. Those three things can all be true at once, and most arguments here are two people holding different parts of that.

Adding the numbers, since they settle part of this. If you are comparing against somebody else’s result, check that you are comparing the same measurement taken the same way. Most of the apparent contradictions in these threads dissolve at that step.

Correct me if the detail matters more than I have assumed.