This guide is for organising side-effect notes only. Do not change, delay, repeat, skip, or adjust a GLP-1 dose because of a tracking pattern. Questions about dose timing, dose increases, missed doses, or side effects belong with your prescriber or pharmacist.
Dose-week tracking can still be useful. Instead of writing one long list of symptoms, group your notes by the date of each prescribed dose and the days that followed. This can show whether nausea, vomiting, constipation, diarrhoea, reflux, fatigue, headache, dizziness, bloating, appetite changes, or injection-site symptoms are occasional or recurring.
For each week, record the medicine name, prescribed dose if you know it, date and time taken, and whether anything was different from your usual plan. Then add symptoms by day, using plain terms such as mild, moderate, or severe for you. Include whether symptoms affected eating, drinking, work, sleep, driving, exercise, or caring responsibilities.
A useful summary might be: "Week 3: nausea on days 1 and 2, constipation days 3 to 5, eating less than usual, no vomiting." That is clearer than trying to decide whether the dose is right. Your prescriber can interpret the timing alongside your medical history and treatment plan.
Contact your prescriber, pharmacist, or another qualified healthcare professional if side effects bother you, do not go away, worsen after a dose change, or affect food, fluids, medicines, or daily safety. Seek urgent medical help for severe or rapidly worsening symptoms.