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Hello everyone,

As per the rules of the forum here's my intro and a little about me.

I am a researcher (yeah, a real one šŸ™‚) with a PhD in neuroimmunology. I'm based in a country that is not my home country and I hope to move soon from here.

I have always been curious about alternative ways of dealing with your health, since it's my job too, technically.

So I'm here mostly for learning, because I am naturally curious.

I'd like to start my journey with GLP-1s in particular for a couple of reasons, probably not the usual ones you see here.

First, I have AuDHD and I have a lot of food noise (well, noise in general tbh lol) - I am in a phase of my life where I feel very triggered and my brain constantly seeks dopamine, so I'd like to turn the switch off until I'm in a better place.

Second, I have lymphedema especially in my legs due to years and years of birth control, and I'd like to see if I can eliminate some of the inflammation I have.

Honestly, I don't have much weight to lose (maybe 5 kg?), I've been training regularly 4x week + walking for more than a decade and I have a coach for my programs. My nutrition and supplements are on point, as I am also a registered nutritionist in my home country and I like to practice what I preach.

Any good conversation, advice, food for thoughts is always going to be very welcome šŸ˜„

Thanks for having me here!
 
hello! welcome. Iā€˜m also new here but the reason why you got in glp-1 rabbit hole is almost exactly the same as mine.

Iā€™ve also suffered from food noise, and it caused me a mild obsessive-compulsive disorder which made my relationship with food somewhat bad. I always thought of food and food was my biggest dopamine, which was not good for ADHD self. Also having pmos (pcos) I also experienced metabolic disorder, making me hard to see the results of my hard work of building a body that aim for.

however two months of tirzepatide finally had fixed a lot of these problems, and Iā€™m now trying to explore more with the community!

Iā€˜m hoping for the best for you too : )
 
ChAsEr435 said:


Hope you find what your looking for , would be interested in hearing more about audhd , have you found any peptides that help ?

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Iā€™m not the one you asked nor AuDHD but I have ADHD.

This has been my personal experience with tirzepatide.

My brain has always felt overstimulated and cluttered, like I accidentally clicked a spam link and suddenly had twenty pop-up windows open at once. Random thoughts, urges, distractions, and especially food cravings would constantly compete for my attention.

For me, food noise wasnā€™t just ā€œthinking about snacks.ā€ A very specific food would suddenly pop into my head, and it would feel almost impossible to move on until I had it. I could be completely full and still feel like I needed to eat that exact thing. If I didnā€™t, I would spend hours fixating on it instead of working, resting, or being present in my actual life. And it could happen multiple times a day.

Since starting tirzepatide, that noise has gotten so much quieter. Subjectively, it feels like the intensity of the reward loop has been turned down. The urgent pull toward food is weaker, and eating feels more proportional now. I can get hungry, eat, enjoy it, and move on, instead of feeling like food is taking over my entire mental bandwidth.

I didnā€™t realize how much energy I was spending every day trying to resist thoughts and impulses that felt way bigger than ā€œwillpower.ā€ It was exhausting. Having less food noise has made it easier to focus on my life, my work, and the things I actually care about.
 
ChAsEr435 said:


Hope you find what your looking for , would be interested in hearing more about audhd , have you found any peptides that help ?

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Hi, sorry for the delay, I didn't get the notifications šŸ™‚ so far no, I started reta last month at very low dosage. It helped a lot with food noise, but not with energy levels/focus. Quite the opposite actually, the day of the injection I feel super calm and sleepy and cannot do anything lol, not what I was hoping.
 
hyamsuta said:


hello! welcome. Iā€˜m also new here but the reason why you got in glp-1 rabbit hole is almost exactly the same as mine.

Iā€™ve also suffered from food noise, and it caused me a mild obsessive-compulsive disorder which made my relationship with food somewhat bad. I always thought of food and food was my biggest dopamine, which was not good for ADHD self. Also having pmos (pcos) I also experienced metabolic disorder, making me hard to see the results of my hard work of building a body that aim for.

however two months of tirzepatide finally had fixed a lot of these problems, and Iā€™m now trying to explore more with the community!

Iā€˜m hoping for the best for you too : )

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I'm very happy for you! I hope I can find my way too šŸ™‚ especially in terms of energy and focus! I think I will have to stack something else on top of reta, which has already helped with food noise and general dopamine seeking.
 
hyamsuta said:


Iā€™m not the one you asked nor AuDHD but I have ADHD.

This has been my personal experience with tirzepatide.

My brain has always felt overstimulated and cluttered, like I accidentally clicked a spam link and suddenly had twenty pop-up windows open at once. Random thoughts, urges, distractions, and especially food cravings would constantly compete for my attention.

For me, food noise wasnā€™t just ā€œthinking about snacks.ā€ A very specific food would suddenly pop into my head, and it would feel almost impossible to move on until I had it. I could be completely full and still feel like I needed to eat that exact thing. If I didnā€™t, I would spend hours fixating on it instead of working, resting, or being present in my actual life. And it could happen multiple times a day.

Since starting tirzepatide, that noise has gotten so much quieter. Subjectively, it feels like the intensity of the reward loop has been turned down. The urgent pull toward food is weaker, and eating feels more proportional now. I can get hungry, eat, enjoy it, and move on, instead of feeling like food is taking over my entire mental bandwidth.

I didnā€™t realize how much energy I was spending every day trying to resist thoughts and impulses that felt way bigger than ā€œwillpower.ā€ It was exhausting. Having less food noise has made it easier to focus on my life, my work, and the things I actually care about.

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Thanks for sharing your experience with me šŸ™‚
 
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