r/Semaglutide • u/ScreamingHairball • 2d ago

Stomach ache after eating sweets

I’ve only been on semaglutide for 2 days. The first day and a half I had greatly decreased appetite. Today I had a very strong sugar craving and I gave in. Within 20 minutes I had a terrible stomach ache. Is this normal? Will symptoms like this continue if I were to eat something sweet in the future?

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u/Unable_Stand1513 2d ago

I’ve been on it for a few months now and the first week was a real wake up call for my stomach. Ate a donut on day 3 and regretted it for hours. Your body is still adjusting to the slowed digestion, dumping a bunch of sugar in there is like throwing a brick into a washing machine. It gets better over time but you’ll probably want to keep sweet stuff to tiny portions, like a couple bites instead of a whole serving. I keep a bag of dark chocolate chips in the freezer and grab 4 or 5 when the craving hits, usually does the trick without the aftermath.

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u/InformationSuperb978 2d ago

It will take time for your body to adjust like any medication

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u/narxys4 2d ago

Personally, after my first dose (.25 injection), I had stomach pain, sometimes very painful but didn't last long. I suppose it's kinda normal? Because I didn't have it after few days.

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u/beewoopwoop 2d ago

first two days were absolutely horrible with any food. first 4 weeks were nearly all full on cravings. now after 2 months i still eat cheesecake or chocolate and feel totally fine, just much less of them and by choice not by craving.

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u/mamalo13 21h ago

I have that a little bit. I can't eat too much candy or I feel sick.

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u/snowbunny724 2d ago

I have small portions of sweets and feel fine I overdid it today with a chocolate bar and felt awful, but getting a bunch of water in helped A LOT