Food noise - is it back?

TRIGGER WARNING FOR SOME !

Starting to panic a bit. I’m an anxious individual anyway but I just feel different.

Backstory, I lost 80 lbs in 2024 on tirzepatide. I have been in maintenance since 10/30. I deceased my dose from 2.5 down to 2.0 where I’ve been since October 30th.

I feel like the food noise is coming back. I find myself in thinking about food, thinking about what I want to eat next, thinking about bad foods I hadn’t thought about in the last year! I’m noticing that I am also hungrier I believe. I want Mc Donald’s, Taco Bell, queso, nachos, all the things I haven’t wanted in so long. And I begin to panic (the anxiety).

I haven’t gained and I just started a new vial 2 weeks ago. Maybe the vial isn’t as strong? I honestly don’t know. Same meds, same pharmacy. Maybe it’s time I increase the dosage again but I don’t want to lose anymore weight. I’m at my bottom of where I want to be.

Maybe this week is just a fluke and I need to relax and wait another week and see how things go? I did get my cycle this week for the first time in 60 days, could be why? This goes back to the anxiety thing. Maybe all of this is nothing and I’m worrying about gaining weight back for nothing.

Help!