for the archive somebody said the easy way thing to me and i just said it was not easy and changed the subject. it worked fine
#mental-health 2025-03-04
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- alt_ast_ali — my relationship with eating was the thing i managed and now i dont know what im managing 21:39
- third_shift — hold on if you can. week three is not the whole experience and a lot of us nearly stopped right there, thats one data point 22:17
- is_this_forever — feeling more emotional generally came up for me too and i took that to my gp rather than to a channel 22:45
- is_this_forever — did the flatness lift on its own or did people have to do something about it the escalation nerves got smaller each time for me but they never went away entirely 23:13
my relationship with eating was the thing i managed and now i dont know what im managing
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i spent twenty years negotiating with myself about food and then the negotiation just stopped, and that took months to sit with, i think
the identity part is the hardest thing about this and it gets talked about least, which is backwards
has anyone else felt oddly flat since the appetite went
it does lift
it is a loss as well as a relief and you are allowed to say both of those things
is anyone else more anxious about running out than about any side effect
[edited]please talk to somebody
[edited]coming back to this if all you managed today was the dose and some water, that counts and i mean that
youre not a fraud
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i read every twinge as something serious for the first three months and it does settle down
comments about my body were harder to take than any side effect and nobody warns you about it
i came back at month 16 to say thank you and got a much warmer response than i expected
hold on if you can. week three is not the whole experience and a lot of us nearly stopped right there, thats one data point
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same at week 5
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the running out anxiety is real and worth naming. i keep a spare month in the fridge and i sleep better for it
be kind to yourself
the disorienting bit for me was realising how much of my day had been spent thinking about the next meal
that was me too
you are not the only person in here who has felt that, and i say that as somebody who was certain they were, not advice obviously
that counts
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glad youre back
feeling more emotional generally came up for me too and i took that to my gp rather than to a channel
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were not clinicians
ok so the shame eased when i stopped thinking of it as a shortcut and started thinking of it as treatment
is it normal to feel more emotional generally on this
anxious every time i go up a dose, is that a known thing or just me
how do you deal with somebody saying you took the easy way
did the flatness lift on its own or did people have to do something about it
the escalation nerves got smaller each time for me but they never went away entirely
has anyone found a way to celebrate that isnt about a number
the quiet is strange isnt it
im ashamed of needing a medication for this and i cant seem to shake it