somebody thanked me a year later for something i barely remember saying, and that is why i still read this every day
#mental-health 2026-06-06
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- ring_size_down — how do you handle a partner who is not pleased about you doing this 21:55
- rotate_the_site — if you are struggling in a way this channel cannot hold, please talk to a professional. we are not a crisis service and we know it 22:34
- rotate_the_site — the escalation nerves got smaller each time for me but they never went away entirely 22:46
that was me too
the quiet is strange isnt it
that counts
i see somebody professionally about the eating side of this and it is the best money i have spent on any of it
how do you handle a partner who is not pleased about you doing this
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same at week 5
im ashamed of needing a medication for this and i cant seem to shake it
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anxious every time i go up a dose, is that a known thing or just me
hold on if you can
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how do you deal with somebody saying you took the easy way
genuine question nobody says you took the easy way about a blood pressure tablet, and i keep that sentence ready for when i need it
ok so i get anxious the night before a dose increase, so i take it in the morning now and sleep first
comments about my body were harder to take than any side effect and nobody warns you about it
youre not alone in that
if you are struggling in a way this channel cannot hold, please talk to a professional. we are not a crisis service and we know it
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has anyone else felt oddly flat since the appetite went
the escalation nerves got smaller each time for me but they never went away entirely
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thank you for saying it
feeling more emotional generally came up for me too and i took that to my gp rather than to a channel, not advice obviously
the plateau nearly ended it for me. what got me through was logging something other than my weight
somebody said the easy way thing to me and i just said it was not easy and changed the subject. it worked fine, from memory
grieving food is real. it was my hobby, my comfort and about half of my social life
i measured my waist and my walking pace during the plateau because both were still moving when the scale wasnt
[edited]while im here update from 21 months ago: the flatness lifted, slowly, and i did not have to change anything to make it
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i cook more now than i used to, i just eat less of it, and that compromise saved that part of me
were not clinicians
it is a loss as well as a relief and you are allowed to say both of those things
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if all you managed today was the dose and some water, that counts and i mean that
not the easy way
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