JakeSmashed95 said:

A step that is uncomfortable at week two is frequently comfortable at week six with no change in dose, because the gastric-emptying component…

Dose escalation anxiety for titration: I was terrified to move from 0.5mg to 1.0mg based on horror stories in this forum. But my actual experience? Slightly more appetite suppression, zero additional side effects.

Remember that the people posting about terrible side effects are a biased sample. Most people titrate up without drama — they just don't post about it because it's uneventful.

A narrower follow-up, since the general answer is now clear:

Why the interval is four weeks rather than two, and whether a slower ladder gets to the same place?

wendy_avl said:

Dose escalation anxiety for titration: I was terrified to move from 0.5mg to 1.0mg based on horror stories in this forum.

PSA for titration users considering the 0.25mg starting dose: this dose is NOT intended for weight loss. It's a titration dose to let your body adjust. Don't be discouraged if you don't lose much in the first month.

The therapeutic dose for weight management starts at 1.7mg (semaglutide) or 5mg (tirzepatide). Be patient with the ramp-up.

OP back with an update, since a thread like this is useless without one.

Closing this out: I held the step for six weeks rather than four and it settled without a dose change. The interval was the answer, not the dose.

james_edin said:

PSA for titration users considering the 0.25mg starting dose: this dose is NOT intended for weight loss.

Agreed on the arithmetic, with one condition: holding indefinitely at a dose that is not doing anything is not patience, it is a stall with a nice name. The distinction is whether appetite has changed at all at the current step.