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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, there is no known reason you can't quit GLP-1s after using them. If you do, you will feel hungry and eat more and therefore gain weight. That's it. [b]Perhaps consider whether feeling hangry will be especially hard for your relative with psychosis, though. 
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What doctors mean by "for life" is that obesity is a chronic illness that isn't cured by a short course of Wegovy.

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Can you clarify what this means?  Are you saying that they'll feel hangry on the meds, or that if they come off the meds they'll feel hangry then, and if so will it be usual hanger they feel now, or something different?  Relative is not angry.  They present as very sweet and very young for their age.  During psychotic episodes their thinking is very disturbed, and sometimes they have delusions, but never delusions of harming people or delusions that would people in danger.  But during episodes they have very little ability to manage their own life.  Something like making sure your fridge is stocked so you have something to eat when meds wear off, or making sure you keep your phone charged so the alarm goes off and you go to work, is far above their abilities.  
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PP here, maybe hangry was not the right word. I'm on Wegovy. I often stretch my dose more than a week, and also I get "breakthrough" hunger the week before my period. In both cases I experience a pretty sharp hunger pang, a lot of snackiness, etc. I was imagining that your relative could feel even more confused / out of control when getting body signals like that. 
I don't think there's any harm in trying a weight loss drug, though, especially if it makes them more willing to take the other meds which are more important. [/quote]

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