i spent twenty years negotiating with myself about food and then the negotiation just stopped, and that took months to sit with, ill dig out the number
[edited]#mental-health 2026-06-05
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- no_escrow_nate — the identity part is the hardest thing about this and it gets talked about least, which is backwards 20:28
- no_escrow_nate — we are a chat channel. good company, not clinicians, and it matters that we keep saying so flat is the word i used too. not sad exactly, just less colour in things… 20:29
- olive_orders — i get anxious the night before a dose increase, so i take it in the morning now and sleep first 21:50
- step_one_sian — people keep commenting on my body and i hate it, how do you handle that 22:23
- bp_down_bex — is anyone else more anxious about running out than about any side effect 22:51
thats grief honestly
i see somebody professionally about the eating side of this and it is the best money i have spent on any of it
were not clinicians
the dose escalation nerves, does anyone have a routine that helps with them
my partner was not pleased at first and came round. what changed it was my blood pressure, not any argument i made
genuine question the plateau nearly ended it for me. what got me through was logging something other than my weight
update from 19 months ago: the flatness lifted, slowly, and i did not have to change anything to make it
did anyone else grieve food a bit
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be kind to yourself
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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
flat is the word i used too. not sad exactly, just less colour in things for a while
the identity part is the hardest thing about this and it gets talked about least, which is backwards
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we are a chat channel. good company, not clinicians, and it matters that we keep saying so
flat is the word i used too. not sad exactly, just less colour in things for a while
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*that should say weekly
sorry to jump in does the quiet in your head ever feel like a loss rather than a relief
it does lift
[edited]im at month 9 and doing well and feel strangely sad about it, is that a thing
that counts
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
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did the flatness lift on its own or did people have to do something about it
the shame eased when i stopped thinking of it as a shortcut and started thinking of it as treatment
somebody thanked me a year later for something i barely remember saying, and that is why i still read this every day
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comments about my body were harder to take than any side effect and nobody warns you about it
has anyone found a way to celebrate that isnt about a number
glad youre back
i built a whole personality around being the one who cooks and now i barely eat, does that pass
the disorienting bit for me was realising how much of my day had been spent thinking about the next meal
grieving food is real. it was my hobby, my comfort and about half of my social life
please talk to somebody
i get anxious the night before a dose increase, so i take it in the morning now and sleep first
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i told my family at month four rather than week one, and the timing is what made it go well
[edited]that was me too
youre not a fraud
i cook more now than i used to, i just eat less of it, and that compromise saved that part of me
*that should say weekly
youre not alone in that
is anyone else more anxious about running out than about any side effect
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same at week 5
has anyone else felt oddly flat since the appetite went
if all you managed today was the dose and some water, that counts and i mean that, ask me again in a month