somebody said the easy way thing to me and i just said it was not easy and changed the subject. it worked fine, for what its worth
update from 15 months ago: the flatness lifted, slowly, and i did not have to change anything to make it
#mental-health 2026-04-16
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- vialkeeper — somebody said the easy way thing to me and i just said it was not easy and changed the subject. it worked fine, for what its worth update from 15 months ago: the… 13:59
- sgp_subq — we are a chat channel. good company, not clinicians, and it matters that we keep saying so 15:36
- endotoxin_ed — nobody says you took the easy way about a blood pressure tablet, and i keep that sentence ready for when i need it 15:42
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flat is the word i used too. not sad exactly, just less colour in things for a while
im at month 17 and doing well and feel strangely sad about it, is that a thing
the food noise going quiet is the thing people are least prepared for. i sat in the kitchen at 8pm not knowing what i was for
if all you managed today was the dose and some water, that counts and i mean that
the plateau nearly ended it for me. what got me through was logging something other than my weight
please talk to somebody
nobody in this room thinks less of you for needing a medication. genuinely nobody
we are a chat channel. good company, not clinicians, and it matters that we keep saying so
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be kind to yourself
my mood dipped around week five and lifted by about week ten. i cannot tell you why either of those happened
nobody says you took the easy way about a blood pressure tablet, and i keep that sentence ready for when i need it
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i came back at month 20 to say thank you and got a much warmer response than i expected
i asked one relative to stop commenting. it was awkward for a week and it was worth it
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is anyone else more anxious about running out than about any side effect