Ozempic husband midlife crises

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do these people need to stay on an injectable forever or what’s the actual plan?

Do their cravings and impulse eating return once off the $1000 monthly shots?

The effects go away if you stop the medication.

[Anonymous]

OP, there is some evidence that these new meds help with a wide range of cravings and addictive behaviors. So maybe ozempic will help your spouse in multiple ways.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Spouse had a recent work lunch with guy who lost a ton of weight on ozempic the last 12 mos.

My spouse over eats, over drinks, over snacks, over works and doesn’t exercise- unless it’s his one of his 1-2 hyper focuses like in grad school. Some overeating and impulse eating is due to his untreated ADHD.

Now he’s hellbent on paying $1k a month to “get in shape” forever.

Worse, I had him cover an urgimed visit for sick kid two days ago with my doctor, and he asked about. That doc loved it for diabetics and said it makes you digest slowly, always feel full, it’s great, come back!

Now DH is telling everyone we see he’s going to do it. He doesn’t read news so hasn’t read about it the last couple years. Can’t believe it took one lunch with a work industry colleague for him to jump on the bandleader.

Pros? Cons? Does it help ADHD and (eating) stims?

I know it's off topic, but I hate this language. presumably you share this child and he's not the baby sitter

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do these people need to stay on an injectable forever or what’s the actual plan?

Do their cravings and impulse eating return once off the $1000 monthly shots?

$25/month with insurance for the rest of my life does not sound terrible. That's less than your peloton costs.

Sounds like fatsos “only” needing to lose 40-50 pounds pay full freight. No insurance, no coupons.

You prob need to be seriously diabetic and 75lbs + obese to get some insurance coverage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do these people need to stay on an injectable forever or what’s the actual plan?

Do their cravings and impulse eating return once off the $1000 monthly shots?

The effects go away if you stop the medication.

What effects?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It will change his/your life. If he’s medically obese or overweight w/ a comorbidity he may be able to get Wegovy covered by insurance. Otherwise, he can find a pharmacy that will compound the medication at a couple hundred $. It requires a lifestyle change and I’d take him up on it.

What lifestyle change? Pretending they're cardiovascularly fit and self-disciplined eating healthy foods in the right portions?

Does it also create muscle tone, heart health, and well oxygenated blood?

Seems like an increasingly pricey shortcut to eventually looking skinny fat or normal weights.

I love it when skinny people come on here and get all jealous that their fat friends are losing weight.

You must be responding to the wrong post.

The PPP was talking about muscle tone, nutrition, and cardiovascular health.

Is there an injectable for that too!?!

[Anonymous]

Why doesn’t be try adhd meds
First and see if
That helps with the impulsive eating

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Spouse had a recent work lunch with guy who lost a ton of weight on ozempic the last 12 mos.

My spouse over eats, over drinks, over snacks, over works and doesn’t exercise- unless it’s his one of his 1-2 hyper focuses like in grad school. Some overeating and impulse eating is due to his untreated ADHD.

Now he’s hellbent on paying $1k a month to “get in shape” forever.

Worse, I had him cover an urgimed visit for sick kid two days ago with my doctor, and he asked about. That doc loved it for diabetics and said it makes you digest slowly, always feel full, it’s great, come back!

Now DH is telling everyone we see he’s going to do it. He doesn’t read news so hasn’t read about it the last couple years. Can’t believe it took one lunch with a work industry colleague for him to jump on the bandleader.

Pros? Cons? Does it help ADHD and (eating) stims?

This probably has been mentioned, but nearly all ADHD drugs tamp down or quite seriously limit your appetite.

[Anonymous]

I thought some adhd meds make kids plump up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It will change his/your life. If he’s medically obese or overweight w/ a comorbidity he may be able to get Wegovy covered by insurance. Otherwise, he can find a pharmacy that will compound the medication at a couple hundred $. It requires a lifestyle change and I’d take him up on it.

Whelp. My husband did this and he lost a ton of weight. He is obsessed now. Annoyingly so. Like all he does is workout. Stopped cleaning the house, reading to the kids or whatever so he can workout. Very picky and inflexible about what time we eat and what.
There could be worse things, I know.

My insurance would not cover the meds for me even though I am obese. Sigh.

To sorta be in this together I have just stopped eating any thing “good”. The joy of life has been sucked out of me, but I am down 15 lbs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought some adhd meds make kids plump up.

I don't think any of the stimulants do that, and the stimulants are the only ones that seem to be actually effective.

I've taken them for 30 years and my kid takes them. For me, the effect has been from, total suppression of appetite that makes me feel nauseous at the sight of food to no noticeable effect. My current stuff doesn't seem to really kill the appetite, but when I'm on it I don't do impulsive things like, help myself to seconds, raid the snack cabinet, have more drinks... So, at a minimum, when it works well, it makes you the kind of person who doesn't eat impulsively.

[Anonymous]

My husband started on Wegovy about 12 days ago and he has lost 7.5 pounds. He hasn’t had any negative side effects which is a real plus. I’ve been dieting too so some of his loss is likely due to healthier eating but certainly not all of it as I’ve only lost 2 pounds. It costs a fortune but he will be much healthier and happier when he loses 25-30 pounds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My husband started on Wegovy about 12 days ago and he has lost 7.5 pounds. He hasn’t had any negative side effects which is a real plus. I’ve been dieting too so some of his loss is likely due to healthier eating but certainly not all of it as I’ve only lost 2 pounds. It costs a fortune but he will be much healthier and happier when he loses 25-30 pounds.

and you will have lost "just" 9 pounds. But your 9 pounds are going to stay off, and you're going to be healthier because you changed your lifestyle. He's going to be stuck taking wegovy and when he stops, he's gaining it all back.

i'd tell you to consider yourself lucky and entitled to some smugness, but he's going to be a b**ch when he regains the weight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My husband started on Wegovy about 12 days ago and he has lost 7.5 pounds. He hasn’t had any negative side effects which is a real plus. I’ve been dieting too so some of his loss is likely due to healthier eating but certainly not all of it as I’ve only lost 2 pounds. It costs a fortune but he will be much healthier and happier when he loses 25-30 pounds.

just give yourself a $5000 vacation with some friends to match his Wegovy costs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My husband started on Wegovy about 12 days ago and he has lost 7.5 pounds. He hasn’t had any negative side effects which is a real plus. I’ve been dieting too so some of his loss is likely due to healthier eating but certainly not all of it as I’ve only lost 2 pounds. It costs a fortune but he will be much healthier and happier when he loses 25-30 pounds.

and you will have lost "just" 9 pounds. But your 9 pounds are going to stay off, and you're going to be healthier because you changed your lifestyle. He's going to be stuck taking wegovy and when he stops, he's gaining it all back.

i'd tell you to consider yourself lucky and entitled to some smugness, but he's going to be a b**ch when he regains the weight.

Nearly all people who lose weight through changes in diet and exercise still gain the weight back. It’s not like this is unique to Wegovy.