I Accidentally injected two 10mg pens

Please be kind to me. I truly never thought this would happen to me.

Here’s what happened. Last month my doctor said I should move up to the 12.5mg dose. I told her that I had a left over box of 2.5mg from the shortage that I would hate to expire and asked if I could do two shots. One 10mg and one 2.5mg. She said yes. So she ordered another box of the 10mg and a box of the 12.5mg for the following month.

The first two weeks I would grab one 10mg and one 2.5mg and inject both in different spots of my body. I had no issues and I started losing consistently again. About 1-1.5lbs a week. What you need to know is I’ve been insanely stressed, overwhelmed, and exhausted. I was in the middle of moving and stressing about those things and at work I was slammed and working so so much overtime. I wasn’t myself truly.

I take my shot on Tuesday nights and I usually take the pens out to get to room temp when I get home from work. But I had to work really late that night so in the morning before work not fully awake I opened the fridge and took out two pens and without really looking them and I put them aside for that night. I injected one in my arm and one in my stomach before bed and put them in my sharps container.

Surprisingly I was fine the next two days. I had no idea what I had done. Friday morning I woke up at 5am in terrible pain. I don’t want to get too graphic but it was hell. Pure liquid shit for 2 and half days straight. I truly thought I got a very bad stomach bug. I hydrated, ate very little, and tried my best to sleep it off.

Well yesterday was my shot day again and I went to grab the pens from the fridge to find that I had only one 10mg pen. I was super confused. This can’t be I have two weeks left of this box! I start to put the pieces together and I dump out my sharps container on the floor of the kitchen and matched up the serial numbers and sure enough there was three 10mg pens with the same serial number. I had accidentally overdosed myself with 20mg of zepbound. I was in shock, embarrassment, and utter disbelief. This can’t be right. I’m always so careful and I would never do this to myself.

For the most part I feel ok now. Pretty tired and obviously not hungry at all. I’ve been doing my best to eat and stay very hydrated. I didn’t take any injections last night. I thought about taking the 2.5mg but I realized that would be dumb and unnecessary. I haven’t told my doctor yet. I don’t know why but I’m so scared to tell her. What will she think? I’m clearly not a responsible person now. Maybe she will take me off it? So many irrational thoughts. Zepbound has changed my life. Not just the weight loss but the lack of food noise. I don’t really care or obsess about food anymore. I no longer obsess with my weight or how I look. I feel better going up and down stairs and walking. I weight train 3x a week. I’ve lost 79lbs in a little over a year and I have another 56lbs to go.

Please be kind and gentle. It’s been a week now and I think I’m ok? Any advice? Do you think I’ll have any lasting damage to my body? Should I tell my doctor? I see her on the 5th. Any kind words of understanding or advice is appreciated. Thanks for reading all of that.

EDIT: Wow I’m so blown away by this amazing community. Truly thank you for making me feel better, for making me laugh, and giving me some solid advice. I appreciate you all so much. ❤️