I'd like to share my experience with Ozempic and Methamphetamine addiction (chronic IV use over 16+ years).
My dopamine system is so burnt out that meth doesn’t create euphoria—it just makes me feel normal enough to function. At the same time, years of stimulant use have wrecked my metabolism, adrenal system, and hormone regulation, especially cortisol, insulin, and thyroid function. Instead of the appetite suppression people expect, I have a normal, healthy appetite, and my metabolism has slowed down dramatically. So, instead of losing weight, my body is holding onto every calorie while I struggle with extreme fatigue, insulin resistance, and a completely dysregulated stress response. Meth doesn’t “work” the way it used to—it’s just keeping me from crashing.
So I tried Ozempic. It was the worst week of my life! I couldn't keep anything down, not so much as a sip of water, for 7 days. So addict-logic says: if you feel like crap, have a shot, drugs will make you feel better! It didn't! The moment I used, I felt lightheaded instantly, vomiting increased violently and I felt completely disorientated for approximately 15 minutes. Addict-logic says: that was a fluke. Try again, drugs WILL make you feel better... I tried 5 times during those 7 days. I never felt any better.
This could be an interesting area for future research perhaps?
At 82 overeating did not kill me but dropping from 270 to 195 has certainly improved my life. Starting with my mom at about ten and doctors by college I knew it a was a health problem. Diets worked until they ended by increasing my weight higher then when I started. By my late 40s I gave up dieting initially taking it as evidence that I was at fault and had no will power. When I retired I indulged my love of ice cream and reached 270 or higher. Having $ my trainer kept me alive, active and avoiding the fatal consequences of a sedentary life. I refused to diet knowing it would have bad results, but in my 70s when I started for feel old, a change occurred, a life altering change. I stopped being depressed. I knew and it was true from childhood in Dr Grinspoon's words "suffering, often alone, feeling bad about myself, in the shadows" drove my eating and it explained why diets did not work. As depression dissipated, my eating declined. At the refrigeration door I remined myself how little food thin persons ate and my weight fell as I stopped eating the equivalent of 4 or 5 meals a day. This change coincided with my truly believing it was ok to be gay, not just saying it, but believing it. And lo and behold I have become productive.
I'd like to share my experience with Ozempic and Methamphetamine addiction (chronic IV use over 16+ years).
My dopamine system is so burnt out that meth doesn’t create euphoria—it just makes me feel normal enough to function. At the same time, years of stimulant use have wrecked my metabolism, adrenal system, and hormone regulation, especially cortisol, insulin, and thyroid function. Instead of the appetite suppression people expect, I have a normal, healthy appetite, and my metabolism has slowed down dramatically. So, instead of losing weight, my body is holding onto every calorie while I struggle with extreme fatigue, insulin resistance, and a completely dysregulated stress response. Meth doesn’t “work” the way it used to—it’s just keeping me from crashing.
So I tried Ozempic. It was the worst week of my life! I couldn't keep anything down, not so much as a sip of water, for 7 days. So addict-logic says: if you feel like crap, have a shot, drugs will make you feel better! It didn't! The moment I used, I felt lightheaded instantly, vomiting increased violently and I felt completely disorientated for approximately 15 minutes. Addict-logic says: that was a fluke. Try again, drugs WILL make you feel better... I tried 5 times during those 7 days. I never felt any better.
This could be an interesting area for future research perhaps?
At 82 overeating did not kill me but dropping from 270 to 195 has certainly improved my life. Starting with my mom at about ten and doctors by college I knew it a was a health problem. Diets worked until they ended by increasing my weight higher then when I started. By my late 40s I gave up dieting initially taking it as evidence that I was at fault and had no will power. When I retired I indulged my love of ice cream and reached 270 or higher. Having $ my trainer kept me alive, active and avoiding the fatal consequences of a sedentary life. I refused to diet knowing it would have bad results, but in my 70s when I started for feel old, a change occurred, a life altering change. I stopped being depressed. I knew and it was true from childhood in Dr Grinspoon's words "suffering, often alone, feeling bad about myself, in the shadows" drove my eating and it explained why diets did not work. As depression dissipated, my eating declined. At the refrigeration door I remined myself how little food thin persons ate and my weight fell as I stopped eating the equivalent of 4 or 5 meals a day. This change coincided with my truly believing it was ok to be gay, not just saying it, but believing it. And lo and behold I have become productive.
How does one find a Dr who can safely treat both the addiction and obesity?