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My view of GLP-1s has a similar flavor.
me at 35: LSD is so consciousness altering! whoa!
me at 45: GLP-1s are so consciousness altering! whoa!
What I was expecting was a reduction in hunger, that makes sense. What I find really interesting is when I do have cravings, or feel hungry, the "seeking" behind what I do about it is gone. I feel a lot more activation energy is needed to pit stop at the bakery, or get a goodie out of the pantry, or even scoop myself up another helping.
I think this is the dopamine system being suppressed. But... only at the extremes?
I haven't become an adhedonic robot though. Sex is still excellent and when I do order something delicious and eat it I still enjoy it.
How does this make any sense?
Ozempic would be "too good to be true", but thankfully the universe is apathetic and cold, and doesn't work that way. God knows that an enormous amount of effort has been put into finding some massive downside, to little avail.
I wouldn't call what I've experienced consciousness altering, at least if you don't think taking a Tylenol to reduce pain makes it a psychotropic drug haha. But it does make me less hungry. I'm like 50% sure it's also decreased my craving for liquor, not that I drank that much in the first place.
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