When does food noise come back after stopping?

Food noise comes back gradually, not overnight. Most people first notice it in the second or third week off the medication, often as a meal that no longer satisfies or a craving that was quiet for months suddenly showing up. The mental chatter builds over the next four to six weeks and tends to peak around weeks four to eight, then settles into a baseline shaped by your sleep, stress, calorie balance, and habits. Tapering rather than stopping cold softens the curve because appetite has more time to adjust. Tracking a daily one-to-five hunger rating on the same scale at the same time catches food noise climbing one to two weeks before your scale does, which is exactly what Phaze's Taper Coach is built to surface.