#mental-health 2026-02-05

the shame eased when i stopped thinking of it as a shortcut and started thinking of it as treatment

the quiet is strange isnt it

we are a chat channel. good company, not clinicians, and it matters that we keep saying so

i told my family at month four rather than week one, and the timing is what made it go well

that was me too

coming back after 2 months to say thank you, is that alright to do in here

does anyone else find compliments make them want to hide

does anyone talk to somebody professionally about this side of it

i built a whole personality around being the one who cooks and now i barely eat, does that pass

the plateau nearly ended it for me. what got me through was logging something other than my weight, your mileage will differ

glad youre back

please talk to somebody

i get anxious the night before a dose increase, so i take it in the morning now and sleep first

my partner was not pleased at first and came round. what changed it was my blood pressure, not any argument i made

the running out anxiety is real and worth naming. i keep a spare month in the fridge and i sleep better for it

nobody in this room thinks less of you for needing a medication. genuinely nobody

i read every twinge as something serious for the first three months and it does settle down

the disorienting bit for me was realising how much of my day had been spent thinking about the next meal
i cook more now than i used to, i just eat less of it, and that compromise saved that part of me

the food noise went completely quiet and i dont know what to do with the silence, is that normal

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

i see somebody professionally about the eating side of this and it is the best money i have spent on any of it

somebody said the easy way thing to me and i just said it was not easy and changed the subject. it worked fine

youre not a fraud

i measured my waist and my walking pace during the plateau because both were still moving when the scale wasnt

how did people get through a long plateau without giving up entirely

were not clinicians

my relationship with eating was the thing i managed and now i dont know what im managing
i get anxious the night before a dose increase, so i take it in the morning now and sleep first

if all you managed today was the dose and some water, that counts and i mean that

be kind to yourself

comments about my body were harder to take than any side effect and nobody warns you about it

how do you deal with somebody saying you took the easy way

how do you tell family youre on this without getting a lecture back
update from 16 months ago: the flatness lifted, slowly, and i did not have to change anything to make it

while im here update from 21 months ago: the flatness lifted, slowly, and i did not have to change anything to make it

i cook more now than i used to, i just eat less of it, and that compromise saved that part of me, your mileage will differ

hold on if you can, thats just me

not the easy way

i spent twenty years negotiating with myself about food and then the negotiation just stopped, and that took months to sit with

thank you for saying it

thats grief honestly