What’s stopping you from trying a GLP / meds?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don’t do it ladies. The weight will come right back, and then some. GLP’s suck you in and make it difficult to quit. I’m on one now…

You aren't supposed "to quit." It's an anti-obesity medication that you stay on for life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They don't know the long term affects of it.
It seems like once you go off it your appetite comes back and you gain all the weight back. I'd rather lose weight Melissa McCarthily.
I am scared of sh*tting my pants, which can be a side effect.

I've been on Wegovy two years and ... I'm not gonna lie ... this has happened to me 3 times. Very fortunately I was home, or at least in my driveway trying to get into my home, each time. Humiliating and awful nonetheless. I now have clothes in my car in case. But I've had what is likely a worse-than-average experience with side effects.

[Anonymous]

I don’t want to take a compounded version but don’t think I qualify for the real ones (yet).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'll wait 3+ years and see how they do, those on the weight loss meds.

They've been on the market a lot longer than 3 years (some of them), what's the concern?

Not really.

Sure, the active ingredient, semaglutide, as prescribed in Ozempic for diabetes has been on the market "longer than 3 years." But as prescribed for weight loss the dosing is higher. As any doctor or pharmacist can tell you, medicine vs poison is dose. So jury is still out on the long term effects of these medications as prescribed and taken for weight loss.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are currently supporting a patient at the counseling center where I work who lost her husband to a rare, aggressive cancer potentially linked to GLP-1 usage. Her husband had been on a GLP-1 drug for eight months when a routine scan for a separate issue uncovered a rare and incredibly aggressive cancer. He had almost no symptoms, just a bit of localized pain, yet he passed away only a week after the news. All of his siblings were instructed by their doctors to stop taking their GLP-1 medications right away. I'm not sure what kind of cancer it is though.

It is so incredibly inappropriate of you to have posted this publicly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Literally everyone I know seems to be on a GLP or weight loss meds and I have been hesitant up until now, but am giving it some serious thought. Looking around at my friends, colleagues and even family members on it, they all are in the best shape of their lives and just don’t think about food anymore, which is my constant struggle. And these are people who only wanted to lose 10-25 lbs.

My body wants to be 10-15 lbs heavier than I want to be so I am either strictly dieting and calorie counting to lose/maintain weight, or I eat normally (but still eat healthy 80% of the time) and weigh 10+ lbs more and just don’t feel like I look good - my clothes are tight and I carry all my weight in my stomach so people sometimes ask if I am pregnant.

My main reasons for not going on it are that my GP is opposed and isn’t a fan of the meds unless you’re diabetic/pre-diabetic (so I would need to go around her which feels awkward), and I am slightly concerned about the long-term impact that isn’t as well documented for meds like Wegovy.

Given how easy it is to get these meds now, what’s stopping others from trying them other than cost?

I could have written this.....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't want to inject myself with something that messes around with the GI system and will require me to on it for life not to regain. I'll just lose and regain the old fashioned way.

This.....I worry about the side effects and long term issues it may or may not cause.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your body does not have a mind of its own OP. It does not “want” anything. It is this distorted line of thinking that is tripping you up.

You are not in a battle with your body.

Actually perimenopause and meno pause can feel like a battle with your body. Weigh gain/hormonal issues is part of it.

[Anonymous]

Vomiting, having to have my gallbladder removed like a few people i know, knowing all the weight comes back once you stop it, big pharma not knowing any of the log term side effects of this drug, thinking this is a lazy cop out too for those with out type 2 diabetes, should I keep going?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are currently supporting a patient at the counseling center where I work who lost her husband to a rare, aggressive cancer potentially linked to GLP-1 usage. Her husband had been on a GLP-1 drug for eight months when a routine scan for a separate issue uncovered a rare and incredibly aggressive cancer. He had almost no symptoms, just a bit of localized pain, yet he passed away only a week after the news. All of his siblings were instructed by their doctors to stop taking their GLP-1 medications right away. I'm not sure what kind of cancer it is though.

It is so incredibly inappropriate of you to have posted this publicly.

I am not her therapist, and she shared this with me outside of her session while chatting. She said it was her goal to tell anyone who is considering the drugs what happened to her husband.

[Anonymous]

Hopefully, what's stopping a lot of people from trying a GLP is their doctor. I'm now on a GLP, but I fit the target demographic (obese, insulin resistant, on medications that cause insulin resistance and weight gain, can't lose weight despite eating right and exercising). My doctor is also monitoring my kidney and thyroid function, side effects, etc. It's entirely different if someone is trying to lose vanity weight and is using a shady online practice that isn't adequately monitoring everything.

[Anonymous]

I'm fat bc I was an alcoholic for a few years. I'm in recovery and starting to lose weight. My problem isn't really eating when I'm sober so much as it was I would drink a bottle of wine and then eat slop.

[Anonymous]

I was on one for 9 moths and loved it. For the first time in my life I was not controlled by food. I have very little side effects and overall felt great on it. I actually had better digestion. However, I went off thinking I could maintain that weigh loss and oh how I was wrong. I regained the weight and then some.

The only thing at this point that is holding me back is knowing if I go on it I will never go off and I am not sure i want to be on it for the next 40+ years. I also worry about what happens if for some reason I can no longer get it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are currently supporting a patient at the counseling center where I work who lost her husband to a rare, aggressive cancer potentially linked to GLP-1 usage. Her husband had been on a GLP-1 drug for eight months when a routine scan for a separate issue uncovered a rare and incredibly aggressive cancer. He had almost no symptoms, just a bit of localized pain, yet he passed away only a week after the news. All of his siblings were instructed by their doctors to stop taking their GLP-1 medications right away. I'm not sure what kind of cancer it is though.

It is so incredibly inappropriate of you to have posted this publicly.

I am not her therapist, and she shared this with me outside of her session while chatting. She said it was her goal to tell anyone who is considering the drugs what happened to her husband.

Sure, Jan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are currently supporting a patient at the counseling center where I work who lost her husband to a rare, aggressive cancer potentially linked to GLP-1 usage. Her husband had been on a GLP-1 drug for eight months when a routine scan for a separate issue uncovered a rare and incredibly aggressive cancer. He had almost no symptoms, just a bit of localized pain, yet he passed away only a week after the news. All of his siblings were instructed by their doctors to stop taking their GLP-1 medications right away. I'm not sure what kind of cancer it is though.

It is so incredibly inappropriate of you to have posted this publicly.

I am not her therapist, and she shared this with me outside of her session while chatting. She said it was her goal to tell anyone who is considering the drugs what happened to her husband.

The GLP evangelicals cannot be questioned. Even when you relay a story with no PII