MASHdoc_SA said:

Before/after narrative for mental health — one year in: Before (284 lbs): Winded climbing stairs, chronic back pain, pre-diabetic, on 3 medications,…

Second this. I had assumed I was the exception until I read this.

dave_SLC said:

Therapy insights from my mental health journey: my therapist introduced me to the concept of "identity updating" — the psychological work of becoming…

Bookmarking. The distinction being drawn above is the one nobody else makes. Sending this to two other people who asked me the same thing last week.

From the other side of the consultation, briefly.

Mood changes on mental health: I want to be transparent — I went through a rough patch emotionally around month 2. Not depression exactly, but a weird flatness. Food was my main coping mechanism and without that, I had to develop new ones.

Therapy has been essential. I'd strongly recommend anyone starting GLP-1 therapy also invest in mental health support. The physical transformation is only half the journey.

lisa_labSD said:

Mood changes on mental health: I want to be transparent — I went through a rough patch emotionally around month 2.

Same experience, arrived at from the opposite direction.

Moderator note: good thread. Keeping it here rather than moving it, because the question is general enough to be useful. Carry on.