Getting on GLP-1 after doctor says no

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. I appreciate all perspectives here.

I want to add that the reason my doctor thinks it’s important for me to lose some weight is because I have high blood pressure and have been taking BP medication for the past 5 years to manage it. She thinks if I can get the weight off it will naturally lower my BP and maybe I can come off the medication, or at least not need to increase the dosage as I age.

I have lost some weight before but I always gain it back because I have to eat very little or I can’t maintain it. I am too hungry so I eat more and gain it back. It’s literally the definition of yo-yo dieting.

So my thought is that I can either try something different to see if it helps, or not lose the weight and keep it off long term and deal with my high BP.

Thanks for the update OP. And to me, it seems like GLP should be the FIRST option for docs to get their high BP, high cholesterol, high diabetes risk patients down, not the LAST.

I'm stymied by this, truly. It's like docs don't believe that this could make so many people better. But I guess healthier population, less money for them and insurance? I'm looking forward to a healthier overall population and lower premiums but I'm sure that will never happen.

[Anonymous]

If it's important for you to lose weight because you are both overweight and have a commorbidity, it doesn't make a lot of sense for your doctor to steer you away from GLP-1s at all. That's especially true if you've tried to lose for a while.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You do not need her permission. Your primary care doctor is not a god or your boss. I would disclose it because it is good for your doctor to have all of the info, but I would also switch docs if she gave me a hard time.

But as a society, we choose drugs that have a professional gatekeeper for a reason.

It is not candy.

And when I am not being treated as I deem to be correct, I go elsewhere. Last year, my child had pneumonia. Was given an antibiotic and it recovered almost immediately after taking it. Fever was gone in 36 hours. So obviously bacterial. I became sick right after. Was sick for 10 days. Finally saw my dr. Refused to give me an antibiotic. Stayed sick for 3 more days. Did an online thing for an antibiotic. Felt better within 24 hours. Doctors do not always get it right.

So save money and treat yourself.

Good luck with that.

(You do understand your approach borders on RFK’s though. Experts be damned, this is what I think.)

What do you mean? I had to spend extra money because the first doctor was a doofus. Luckily the second dr agreed quickly it was likely bacterial and gave me the antibiotic. And then I recovered very quickly.