FAQ — Feel Better Peptides

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Neither. It's just me. I'm Tami, most people call me T. I'm not a doctor, a nurse, or a pharmacy. I'm someone who takes these peptides myself, and after having the same hour-long conversation about a hundred times, I started writing it all down so I could help more people without burning out.
My peptides come from the same lab I've used for four years. My family and I take them ourselves, and I wouldn't hand you something I don't put in my own body.
The fastest way to reach me is a text to 806-404-0434. I answer every text myself, so when you text me, you're texting me, not a call center. If we haven't talked yet, start with the consultation form at feelbetterpep.com/consult so I've got your details in front of me.
Everything between us stays between us. You can share your journey with whoever you like, but nobody will ever hear it from me. I'm a vault.
You don't have to buy anything, and you don't have to know what you want yet. The guides, the Foundations page, the tracking sheet and the videos are free and always will be.
Start with the Feel Better Foundations: sleep, water, protein, movement. That's the base, and honestly it matters more than the shot. Then browse the Peptide Guides for whatever you're curious about.
When you're ready, fill out the consultation form at feelbetterpep.com/consult with your goals, your history, and what you've already tried. If you've been on a GLP-1 before, tell me what and how much, because it changes where I'd start you. If you haven't, that's fine. Starting from zero is actually the easier place to start, because we get to go slow from the beginning. I'll read your form and text you back with where I'd start.
For most people starting out, that's Tirzepatide. It's the most well-studied of the ones I work with, it's more affordable than the newer options, and it consistently does what people came for. But "usual" isn't "yours," so let me look at your goals before you buy anything.
The order form is at feelbetterpep.com/order. Once it comes through, I'll text you a total and a payment link. Payment is Venmo or Zelle. If you pay with the Venmo link I send, it fills in your order number for you, so your payment gets matched to your order right away.
Everything ships, $10 flat. If your order is in before 4:00 pm, it goes out the next business day. After 4:00 it's the business day after that, so a Friday-afternoon order goes out Monday. You'll get a text when it's on the way.
It depends entirely on your dose. Every guide has a "How Long Will One Vial Last?" table for that exact vial, so check yours rather than going off a rule of thumb.
The rough shape of it: a 60 mg tirzepatide vial runs about 12 weeks at 5 mg weekly, and about 6 weeks at 10 mg. Higher dose, fewer weeks. Check it before you're on your last dose so reordering isn't a scramble.

MIXING AND TAKING IT

There's a video for exactly this. Watch it once before your first vial and it'll click.
Then check your specific guide, because the mix is different for every vial: the amount of BAC water and how many units equal your dose both depend on which peptide and which vial size you have. Don't borrow a friend's numbers.
The most common mix-up is switching vial sizes. A 60 mg tirzepatide vial is twice as concentrated as a 30 mg, so the same dose takes half the units. Same medicine, different math. Always re-check the chart in your guide against the vial in your hand.
For mixing, use a 100-unit (1 mL) insulin syringe and fill it as many times as your guide calls for. 2 mL of BAC water is just two full syringes. For injecting, the 100-unit works for most doses, and a 30-unit is nicer for small doses because the markings are further apart and easier to read. Links to the exact ones I use are on the site. You'll also need BAC water and alcohol swabs.
Time of day doesn't matter for most people. Morning, night, whatever fits your life and sits best with your stomach. Some people prefer evening so they sleep through the first few hours.
Weekly is where most people start, and it's what the dosing charts in the guides are built on. But I move plenty of people to every 4 or 5 days when that works better for their body. If we've set a different interval for you, yours is the one that counts, not the chart's.
If you miss a dose, take it when you remember, as long as you're still reasonably close to when it was due. If you're already near your next one, skip it and pick back up on schedule. Never double up or take extra to catch up. That's the one rule here.
Either way, write it down on your tracking sheet. A missed or late shot changes what your weight is telling us, and if I don't know it happened I'll read your numbers wrong.
Once it's mixed, yes: fridge, 36 to 46°F. Don't freeze it, and keep it out of direct sunlight. Swab the stopper every time and use a fresh sterile syringe every dose.
If it sat out, don't panic and don't dump it. Text me how long and roughly how warm, and we'll figure out together whether it's still good.
Traveling with it is easy, and I do it constantly. I use an insulated travel case with a cold pack that goes right in my purse or backpack. I've flown with mine plenty of times and TSA has never once been an issue. They can open it if they want, but no explanation is needed.
Yes, you can take more than one, and plenty of people do. Two things I ask, though.
First, start them one at a time. If you add two new things in the same week and you feel great, you won't know which one did it, and if you feel awful, you won't know which one to back off. Give a new peptide a couple of weeks on its own before you stack something else on top.
Second, tell me everything you're taking, including anything you got somewhere else. I'm not going to judge it. I just can't give you a straight answer about your dose if I only know half of what's in you.
Please don't mix them in one syringe. I know it's more sticks, and I know that's annoying. A few technically can be mixed, but they don't always play well together, and some can work against each other, so you lose the benefit of both. Keep each peptide in its own syringe. You can still do them one right after another in the same sitting. Glutathione is intramuscular and always goes solo.
Alcohol: I'm not going to tell you what to do here. Two honest heads-ups: alcohol tends to sit a lot heavier when your stomach's already emptying slowly, so a lot of people find their tolerance drops noticeably, and it's a pile of calories with no protein in it. Go easy, especially early on and right after a dose increase.
Birth control and other medications: GLP-1 medications slow how fast your stomach empties, and that can affect how oral medications absorb, birth control pills included. This one is a real question for your doctor or pharmacist, not for me. Please ask them, and consider a backup birth control method while you're titrating.

HOW IT’S GOING

Two things, and one of them isn't the scale. The first thing most people notice is the food noise going quiet: you stop negotiating with the pantry all day. That usually shows up before the scale moves, and it counts. The scale is slow on purpose. This is a gradual build over weeks and months, and steady loss is the kind that stays gone.
Here's my ask, and it's the same one in every guide: if you go two full weeks without seeing or feeling any change, tell me. Don't sit there quietly wondering. If it isn't doing anything, we adjust.
That's what the tracking sheet is for. Every dose call I make comes down to three things: what your weight has done, how you've felt since the last shot, and whether you're still hungry. All three live on that sheet. Without it I'm guessing, and I won't guess with you. I'd rather ask you for the sheet a hundred times than pull a number out of thin air.
The blank sheet is on the site. Weigh on shot day, write down the dose and the date, and jot a word about how the week went. That's it.
Later than you want to. I'm a big believer in low and slow: find the lowest dose that works for you and stay there as long as you can. It's gentler on your body, it's easier on your wallet, and your body is still doing the work the whole time. There's no prize for being at a high dose, and rushing the titration is the single most common cause of feeling awful.
When I do move someone up, I'm looking at three things together: whether the weight has actually flattened out, whether you're having side effects, and whether you're still hungry. Flat, feeling fine, and still hungry usually means it's time. Any side effects worth mentioning and we hold where we are. Sometimes an extra week at the same dose is the whole fix.
And going up isn't the only lever. Sometimes the better move is tightening the days between shots rather than adding milligrams.
Usually yes, especially in the first few weeks or right after a dose increase, and it usually settles. What helps: smaller meals more often, skipping greasy and high-fat food for a bit, staying ahead on water, eating slowly and stopping when you're full instead of finishing the plate, and protein first, always.
If it's not settling, we don't just power through it. Text me and we'll hold your dose or back it down. Feeling miserable isn't the goal. I want you feeling better.
Get seen by an actual doctor, not me, for severe stomach pain, vomiting you can't stop, or signs of dehydration.
Usually not first. When someone tells me it's stopped working, nine times out of ten one of the fundamentals slipped: protein dropped, water dropped, shots got irregular, or life got busy and the lifting stopped. We fix that first. Sometimes the answer isn't a different peptide at all, it's a small dose adjustment or tightening up the days between shots. Habits move the needle more than switching molecules does. I've watched it a hundred times.
Reta is a triple agonist (GLP-1, GIP and glucagon), where Tirzepatide works two of those pathways. It's the strongest thing in the toolbox, which is the appeal and the caution both: the appetite suppression can get strong enough that people forget to eat, and under-fueling is how you lose muscle instead of fat. Where Reta genuinely earns its place is when you've stalled on TZ and the fundamentals are already solid. So before we switch anything, I'm going to ask about your protein, your water, your strength training and how consistent your shots have been.

LONGER TERM

You can lose muscle if you let it happen. That's true of any weight loss, not just peptides, and it's exactly why I keep going on about protein and lifting. Aim for 100 grams of protein a day and do something resistance-based most days. It's the difference between losing fat and just getting smaller. Watch this one especially on Reta, because people genuinely forget to eat.
You can stop whenever you want. It's your body and your call, no lectures from me. What I'll tell you honestly: appetite generally comes back, and if nothing else changed underneath, the weight tends to follow. That's the whole reason I push the Foundations so hard. The peptide is the jumpstart; the habits are what keep it.
Plenty of people also do beautifully staying at a low maintenance dose long-term rather than stopping cold. Text me if you're thinking about it and we'll talk it through.